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The Viceroys
The Viceroys
Jamaican reggae vocal group
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Kiddus I
Kiddus I
Jamaican musician
2
The Upsetters
The Upsetters
Jamaican reggae band
3
Soul Syndicate
Soul Syndicate
4
Leroy Sibbles
Leroy Sibbles
Canadian musician
5
Zap Pow
Zap Pow
6
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Jamaican reggae band
7
Mighty Diamonds
Mighty Diamonds
US vocal trio
8
Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson
Jamaican singer
9
Julian Marley
Julian Marley
English musician
10
Aston Barrett
Aston Barrett
Jamaican bass player and Rastafarian
11
Linval Thompson
Linval Thompson
Jamaican reggae and dub musician and record producer
12
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Jamaican reggae producer
13
Triston Palmer
Triston Palmer
Jamaican musician
14
Junior Murvin
Junior Murvin
Jamaican reggae musician
15
Jah Stitch
Jah Stitch
Jamaican musician
16
Inner Circle
Inner Circle
Jamaican reggae group
17
Dwight Pinkney
Dwight Pinkney
Jamaican musician
18
The Meditations
The Meditations
19
Uziah Thompson
Uziah Thompson
Jamaican musician
20
Ernest Ranglin
Ernest Ranglin
Jamaican guitarist and composer
21
Bunny Wailer
Bunny Wailer
Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter and percussionist
22
Joe Gibbs
Joe Gibbs
Jamaican record producer
23
King Jammy
King Jammy
Jamaican dub mixer and record producer.
24
Earl Sixteen
Earl Sixteen
Jamaican musician
25
Bongo Herman
Bongo Herman
Jamaican musician
26
Joe Higgs
Joe Higgs
Jamaican musician
27
Vin Gordon
Vin Gordon
Jamaican musician
28
The Gladiators
The Gladiators
band that plays reggae
29
Toots and the Maytals
Toots and the Maytals
Jamaican ska/rocksteady band
30
Mutabaruka
Mutabaruka
Jamaican dub poet
31
Ronnie Davis
Ronnie Davis
Jamaican musician
32
Al Campbell
Al Campbell
Jamaican reggae musician
33
Ras Michael
Ras Michael
Jamaican musician
34
The Congos
The Congos
Jamaican band
35
Me and You
Me and You
band from Jamaica
36
Prince Jazzbo
Prince Jazzbo
Jamaican reggae deejay
37
U-Roy
U-Roy
Jamaican musician
38
Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Jamaican singer, songwriter and musician
39
Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh
Jamaican reggae singer and musician
40
Niney the Observer
Niney the Observer
Jamaican musician
41
Aura Lewis
Aura Lewis
South African musician
42
Earl Zero
Earl Zero
Reggae singer
43
Burning Spear
Burning Spear
Jamaican roots reggae musician
44
Ansell Collins
Ansell Collins
Jamaican musician
45
The Heptones
The Heptones
band
46
Bunny Lee
Bunny Lee
Jamaican record producer
47
Slim Smith
Slim Smith
Jamaican singer
48
Geoffrey Chung
Geoffrey Chung
Jamaican record producer
49
The In Crowd
The In Crowd
Jamaican Reggae Band
50
Andru Branch
Andru Branch
Canadian reggae musician
51
Joseph Israel
Joseph Israel
American musician
52
Glen Adams
Glen Adams
musician
53
The Ethiopians
The Ethiopians
band
54
King Tubby
King Tubby
Jamaican electronics and sound engineer
55
Judy Mowatt
Judy Mowatt
Jamaican singer and songwriter
56
The Aggrovators
The Aggrovators
dub/reggae backing band in the 1970s and 1980s
57
Boris Gardiner
Boris Gardiner
Jamaican musician
58
Sly Dunbar
Sly Dunbar
musician
59
Chezidek
Chezidek
Jamaican musician
60
Vincent Ford
Vincent Ford
Jamaican songwriter
Earl "Chinna" Smith
Jamaican musician

Earl "Chinna" Smith

Intro
Jamaican musician
Genres
Music

Earl "Chinna" Smith (born 6 August 1955), a.k.a. Earl Flute and Melchezidek the High Priest, is a Jamaican guitarist active since the late 1960s. He is most well known for his work with the Soul Syndicate band and has recorded with many reggae artists, appearing on more than 500 albums.