This Day in Jamaican Music

March 20

On March 20 in Jamaican music: a birthday for Lee 'Scratch' Perry (1936), 4 releases dated to this day, including Higher Ground by Bushman (2001) and 6 stories from the news archive.

Birthdays

Born on this day

1

Artists whose profiles carry this date of birth.

  1. 1936 Lee 'Scratch' Perry

    Born in Kendal · 90 years ago

Releases

Released on this day

4

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

  1. 2001 Higher GroundAlbum

    Bushman

  2. 2007 Mind Control (Acoustic)Album

    Stephen Marley

  3. 2024 Roots FoundationAlbum

    Earl Sixteen

  4. 2008 Real JamaicanSingle

    Busy Signal

News archive

Stories published on this day

6

From the JamaicansMusic newsroom, going back to 2008.

  1. 2014 Flow Partners With Jamaicansmusic.com For Free Earth Hour Concert

    Music

  2. 2014 Machu Ezra ushers new sound into Jamaica

    Music

  3. 2013 Delux Edition of Kaya To Be Released For 35th Anniversary

    Music

  4. 2013 Gentleman sees a new day dawn on next album

    Interviews

  5. 2013 Noisey Jamaica smokes one with Popcaan

    Music

  6. 2012 Jamaicansmusic.com to Premiere Fire video by Gyptian

    Music

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