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Johnny Reggae by The Piglets is among the pre-show plays, a novelty ska song written by Jonathan King released with a fun video -
That's not all though. The song gained multi-cultural importance as others adapted it, and some of that story is told here
Do the Reggay by Toots and the Maytels from 1968 is considered the first song to be credited as reggae, though composed sort of accidentally - https://www.songfacts.com/facts/toots-the-maytals/do-the-reggay
But the genre was in the making for quite some time already in Jamaica, a fusion of many styles as described here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise/the-rise-of-reggae/zdkxqp3
That's not all though. The song gained multi-cultural importance as others adapted it, and some of that story is told here
The Travels of Johnny Reggae: From Jonathan King to Prince Far-I; From Skinhead to Rasta
“Johnny Reggae” began as an English pop-ska song in 1971. Written and produced by Jonathan King, it described a skinhead with that nickname through the eyes of his girlfriend. Subsequently, the son...
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Do the Reggay by Toots and the Maytels from 1968 is considered the first song to be credited as reggae, though composed sort of accidentally - https://www.songfacts.com/facts/toots-the-maytals/do-the-reggay
But the genre was in the making for quite some time already in Jamaica, a fusion of many styles as described here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise/the-rise-of-reggae/zdkxqp3
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