This Day in Jamaican Music

October 12

On October 12 in Jamaican music: 5 releases dated to this day, including International Herb by Culture (1979), 1 moment from the Island Chronicle and 6 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. 1979 International HerbAlbum

    Culture

  2. 2012 Pray fi di PeopleAlbum

    U-Roy

  3. 2017 CreationAlbum

    Junior Kelly

  4. 2018 Never EndingAlbum

    Beres Hammond

  5. 2007 My Girl Dis ft. Maxi PriestSingle

    Richie Stephens

Island Chronicle

Moments from the Chronicle

1
  1. 2018

    Beres Hammond releases "Never Ending" on VP Records — a 14-track album of romantic reggae from the genre's most beloved crooner, produced with longtime collaborators including Willie Lindo, Dean Fraser, and Mafia & Fluxy. Read more →

News archive

Stories published on this day

6

From the JamaicansMusic newsroom, going back to 2008.

  1. 2023 Michael ‘Ibo’ Cooper, Third World Co-Founder, Educator and Reggae Ambassador, Dies at 71

    Music

  2. 2014 Etana's ‘I Rise’ places her in a class of her own

    Music

  3. 2014 The women of Jamaican Music gets overdue homage in "SONGBIRDS: PIONEERING WOMEN IN JAMAICAN MUSIC"

    Culture

  4. 2013 Sean Paul's upcoming album to bring 'Full Frequency'

    Music

  5. 2013 When Chronixx met BBC Radio 1Xtra Live

    Music

  6. 2009 Jamaica Banning Dancehall Music!

    Press Releases

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