The Jamaicans

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Years Active
1967 – 1972 (5 years)
The Jamaicans were a Jamaican rocksteady vocal group formed in 1967 and disbanded in 1972. Mostly known for the songs "Ba Ba Boom" (that won the Island's Festival Song Contest in 1967) and "Things You Say You Love" produced by Arthur "Duke" Reid for Treasure Isle. The Jamaicans (Tommy Cowan, Norris Weir, Martin Williams) burst on the scene in 1967 by winning the second Jamaican Festival song contest with a bit of nonsensical rocksteady called "Ba Ba Boom," a piece that had been written by Cowan and Weir. The pair continued to write, and t… read more
The Jamaicans were a Jamaican rocksteady vocal group formed in 1967 and disbanded in 1972. Mostly known for the songs "Ba Ba Boom" (that won the Island's Festival Song Contest in 1967) and "Things You Say You Love" produced by Arthur "Duke" Reid for Treasure… read more
The Jamaicans were a Jamaican rocksteady vocal group formed in 1967 and disbanded in 1972. Mostly known for the songs "Ba Ba Boom" (that won the Island's Festival Song Contest in 1967) and "Things You Say You Love" produced by Arthur "Duke" Reid for Treasure Isle. The Jamaicans (Tommy Cowan, Norris Weir, Martin Williams) burst o… read more

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1 Play track Let's Do Rocksteady: The Story of Rocksteady 1966-68 Ba Ba Boom
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 244 listeners
2 Play track Let's Do Rocksteady: The Story of Rocksteady 1966-68 Things You Say You Love
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3 Play track Celebrating Jamaica 50: The History of Reggae Dedicated to you
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4 Jamaican Beat Baba Boom Time - Original
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5 Greatest Jamaican Beat (Expanded Version) Baba Boom
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6 Dedicate My Song to You - aka Dedicated to You Dedicate My Song to You - aka Dedicated to You
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7 Baba Boom (Festival '67) Baba Boom (Festival '67)
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8 Play track The Best Of The Jamaicans Cool Night
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9 Duke Reid Rocks Steady Dedicate My Song To You (aka Dedicated To You)
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 4 listeners
10 Play track The Best Of The Jamaicans Love Uprising
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  1. 14,205 listeners

    1967 · 1 track

    Ba Ba Boom
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  2. 3,972 listeners

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    Things You Say You Love
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  3. 1,441 listeners

    2 Nov 2007 · 14 tracks

    The Best Of The Jamaicans
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  4. 773 listeners

    Dedicated to You
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