This Day in Jamaican Music

March 5

On March 5 in Jamaican music: 4 albums dated to this day, including Night Nurse by Gregory Isaacs (1982) and 6 stories from the news archive.

Releases

Released on this day

4

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

  1. 1982 Night NurseAlbum

    Gregory Isaacs

  2. 1998 The Prime of Gregory IsaacsAlbum

    Gregory Isaacs

  3. 2002 Sensimilla ShowdownAlbum

    Lee 'Scratch' Perry

  4. 2021 United State of MindAlbum

    Maxi Priest

News archive

Stories published on this day

6

From the JamaicansMusic newsroom, going back to 2008.

  1. 2014 Tessanne Chin to sing as part of a female super soul group for the White House

    Music

  2. 2013 From starring in a number of films to doing 'Reggae Soul'

    Music

  3. 2013 Toi leaves lipstick stains on a glass full of love

    Interviews

  4. 2012 Assassin: Keeping it Real

    Interviews

  5. 2012 Chan Dizzy: Making Waves

    Interviews

  6. 2012 Helsinki, Finland: Reggae Global Report

    Magazine

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