This Day in Jamaican Music

June 23

On June 23 in Jamaican music: we remember Vic Taylor (2003), 9 releases dated to this day, including Breakout by Jimmy Cliff (1992) and 1 story from the news archive.

Releases

Released on this day

9

Albums and singles in the Listen library dated to this day — press play from any title.

  1. 1992 BreakoutAlbum

    Jimmy Cliff

  2. 1994 Good LifeAlbum

    Cocoa Tea

  3. 2011 Jada Kingdom Official Music VideosAlbum

    Jada Kingdom

  4. 2008 SurvivorSingle

    T.O.K

  5. 2011 BreathlessSingle

    Vybz Kartel

  6. 2011 FreshSingle

    Vybz Kartel

  7. 2011 Ghetto YouthSingle

    Vybz Kartel

  8. 2011 Go Go WineSingle

    Vybz Kartel

  9. 2011 My CrewSingle

    Vybz Kartel

Tributes

Remembered on this day

1

Voices we lost on this date. Their music is still in the library.

  1. 2003 Vic Taylor

    Passed away · 23 years ago

News archive

Stories published on this day

1

From the JamaicansMusic newsroom, going back to 2008.

  1. 2013 Remembering the Crown Prince of Reggae: Dennis Brown

    Music

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