This Day in Jamaican Music

September 3

On September 3 in Jamaican music: a birthday for Cocoa Tea (1959), 4 releases dated to this day, including Technomajikal by Lee 'Scratch' Perry (1997) and 1 story from the news archive.

Birthdays

Born on this day

1

Artists whose profiles carry this date of birth.

  1. 1959 Cocoa Tea

    Born in Kingston · 67 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. 1997 TechnomajikalAlbum

    Lee 'Scratch' Perry

  2. 2021 PraisesAlbum

    Barry Brown

  3. 2021 The Capitol Session '73Album

    Bob Marley

  4. 2008 Do The Maths ft. Bounty KillerSingle

    Busy Signal

News archive

Stories published on this day

1

From the JamaicansMusic newsroom, going back to 2008.

  1. 2013 On Da Reggae Tip Round Up

    Music

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