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LOOKING BACK – HOW JAMAICA’S POPULAR MUSIC FLOODED THE OVERSEAS MARKET IN THE 1960’s!

 By Roy Black— Laurel Aitken— Laying the foundation for the dissemination of Jamaica’s popular music to the outside world is the focus of this retrospective. Last week, the Music Diaries paid tribute to Jimmy James, one of the entertainers who were central to that process. James, however, was by no means alone. In fact, his role of opening the floodgates for the arrival of a multitude of Jamaican stars in the United Kingdom may have been overshadowed by several others, with Laurel Aitken, Millie Small, Desmond Dekker, Wilfred ‘Jackie’ Edwards, Prince Buster, record producer Chris Blackwell and record label owner Emile Shalit, being the main contenders. It all happened between 1960 and 1967. Laurel Aitken was the first to make the move when he migrated to the United Kingdom (UK), in 1960, to capitalize on … Read entire article »

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SONNY ROBERTS – A PIONEER OF JAMAICAN MUSIC IN ENGLAND GETS HIS DUE RECOGNITION!

By Howard Campbell—   Top: Sonny Roberts Bottom: Millie Small, Chris Blackwell and Wilfred Jackie Edwards– OF the many Jamaicans who made their mark in the British music industry during the 1960’s and 1970’s, Sonny Roberts may be the most unheralded. Roberts finally gets his due this evening at the 18th Tribute To The Greats show at the Chinese Benevolent Association in St Andrew. Dubbed ‘The British Connection’, it honours a number of Jamaicans who helped put Caribbean music on the map in the United Kingdom. Roberts, who moved to the UK in the late 1950s, was the first Jamaican to open a recording studio in that country. Though he rubbed shoulders in those early days with other pioneers including Island Records founder Chris Blackwell and Trojan Records founder Lee Gopthal, Roberts’ trailblazing feats is not as … Read entire article »

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