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Toots Hibbert (1942 – 2020), reggae giant who led the Maytals
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legacy.comToots Hibbert was the lead singer and primary songwriter for Toots and the Maytals, one of Jamaica’s most foundational reggae and ska bands.Hibbert, born Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert, was the first singer to use the word “reggae” in a recording.
The 1968 Maytals song “Do the Reggay” introduced the term to the world, and it stuck. At the time, Hibbert had been leading the Maytals for seven years and was already gaining attention in his native Jamaica with singles including “Bam Bam” and “54-46, That’s My Number.” Toots and the Maytals would break through to an international audience with their 1970 U.K.
hit “Monkey Man” and receive more notice with the release on the 1971 film “The Harder They Come.” The Jamaican crime film is credited with.
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