This Day in Jamaican Music

May 1

On May 1 in Jamaican music: 5 releases dated to this day, including Mr. Isaacs by Gregory Isaacs (1982) and 4 stories from the news archive.

Releases

Released on this day

5

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

  1. 1982 Mr. IsaacsAlbum

    Gregory Isaacs

  2. 2001 On the BeachAlbum

    Max Romeo

  3. 2007 Ska FatherAlbum

    Toots & The Maytals

  4. 2009 Coconut ShellSingle

    Queen Ifrica

  5. 2014 I Love You StillSingle

    Tanya Asaki

News archive

Stories published on this day

4

From the JamaicansMusic newsroom, going back to 2008.

  1. 2014 Gyptian gets 'Stuck' in love for new video

    Music

  2. 2014 Meet Zhavea; the chanteuse you simply can't get enough of

    Interviews

  3. 2014 Playing for Change unifies the world with 'Words of Wonder/Get Up, Stand Up'

    Music

  4. 2009 Sizzla - Ghetto Youth-ology

    Press Releases

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