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Lynn Taitt
Lynn Taitt
Jamaican musician
1
The Skatalites
The Skatalites
Jamaican ska band
2
Cedric Brooks
Cedric Brooks
Jamaican reggae musician
3
Clancy Eccles
Clancy Eccles
Jamaican musician
4
Headley Bennett
Headley Bennett
Jamaican saxophonist
5
Enos McLeod
Enos McLeod
Jamaican musician
6
Gladstone Anderson
Gladstone Anderson
Jamaican musician
7
Eddie Thornton
Eddie Thornton
Jamaican musician
8
Laurel Aitken
Laurel Aitken
singer
9
Lloyd Parks
Lloyd Parks
Jamaican musician
10
Zap Pow
Zap Pow
11
Clue J & His Blues Blasters
Clue J & His Blues Blasters
Jamaican band
12
Ken Parker
Ken Parker
Jamaican musician
13
Bongo Herman
Bongo Herman
Jamaican musician
14
Theophilus Beckford
Theophilus Beckford
Jamaican pianist
15
Jah Lloyd
Jah Lloyd
Jamaican singer, deejay and producer
16
Stranger Cole
Stranger Cole
Jamaican musician
17
Dave Barker
Dave Barker
Jamaican reggae musician
18
Count Ossie
Count Ossie
drummer
19
Mike Brooks
Mike Brooks
Jamaican musician
20
Dwight Pinkney
Dwight Pinkney
Jamaican musician
21
Errol Holt
Errol Holt
Jamaican musician
22
Coxsone Dodd
Coxsone Dodd
Jamaican musician
23
Sharon Forrester
Sharon Forrester
Jamaican musician
24
Ansell Collins
Ansell Collins
Jamaican musician
25
Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont
Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont
Jamaican musician
26
Screwdriver
Screwdriver
Jamaican musician
27
Mikey Chung
Mikey Chung
Jamaican musician
28
Owen Gray
Owen Gray
Jamaican musician
29
Slim Smith
Slim Smith
Jamaican singer
30
Patrick Andy
Patrick Andy
Jamaican singer
31
Lorna Bennett
Lorna Bennett
Jamaican musician
32
Derrick Morgan
Derrick Morgan
Jamaican musician
33
Big Joe
Big Joe
Jamaican musician
34
Sir Lord Comic
Sir Lord Comic
Reggae musician
35
Burning Spear
Burning Spear
Jamaican roots reggae musician
36
Blue Riddim Band
Blue Riddim Band
37
Valentine Chin
Valentine Chin
Jamaican musician
38
Duke Reid
Duke Reid
Jamaican record producer and DJ
39
Herman Chin-Loy
Herman Chin-Loy
Jamaican record producer
40
Mike Anthony
Mike Anthony
British singer
41
Clive Hunt
Clive Hunt
Jamaican musician
42
The Morwells
The Morwells
43
Keith & Tex
Keith & Tex
44
Keith Hudson
Keith Hudson
Jamaican musician
45
Wayne Wonder
Wayne Wonder
Jamaican musician
46
Derrick Harriott
Derrick Harriott
Jamaican musician
47
Matumbi
Matumbi
48
Glen Brown
Glen Brown
Jamaican musician
49
Alton Ellis
Alton Ellis
Jamaican musician
50
Tommy Cowan
Tommy Cowan
Jamaican musician
51
Robert Ffrench
Robert Ffrench
Jamaican musician
52
Ernest Ranglin
Ernest Ranglin
Jamaican guitarist and composer
53
Dizzy Reece
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
54
King Sounds
King Sounds
Jamaican musician
55
Earl Sixteen
Earl Sixteen
Jamaican musician
56
Vivian Jones
Vivian Jones
Jamaican-born British reggae singer who performed with several bands in the 1970s before recording as a solo artist from 1980
57
Carlos Malcolm
Carlos Malcolm
Jamaican musician
58
Soul Syndicate
Soul Syndicate
59
Tiger
Tiger
Jamaican dancehall musician
60
The Maytones
The Maytones
Jamaican band
61
Red Dragon
Red Dragon
singer
62
David Madden
David Madden
Jamaican musician
63
John Holt
John Holt
Jamaican reggae singer
64
The Blackstones
The Blackstones
musical artist
65
Delroy Wilson
Delroy Wilson
Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer (1948-1995)
66
Judge Dread
Judge Dread
English musician
67
The Techniques
The Techniques
68
B.B. Seaton
B.B. Seaton
Reggae singer
69
Danny Ray
Danny Ray
Jamaican-born reggae singer and producer
70
The Congos
The Congos
Jamaican band
71
Jimmy London
Jimmy London
Jamaican musician
72
The Viceroys
The Viceroys
Jamaican reggae vocal group
73
Freddie McKay
Freddie McKay
Jamaican musician
74
Twinkle Brothers
Twinkle Brothers
band
75
Ken Boothe
Ken Boothe
Jamaican musician
76
Ernest Wilson
Ernest Wilson
Jamaican musician
77
Spanner Banner
Spanner Banner
musician
78
Terror Fabulous
Terror Fabulous
musician
79
Larry Marshall
Larry Marshall
Jamaican musician
80
Justin Hinds
Justin Hinds
Jamaican musician
81
Toyan
Toyan
Jamaican musician
82
The Aces
The Aces
83
King Stitt
King Stitt
Jamaican reggae musician
Oswald Brooks
Jamaican musician

Oswald Brooks

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Oswald "Baba" Brooks (born c.1935) was a trumpet player who played jazz in the 1950s with the Eric Dean orchestra and recorded during the 1960s original Jamaican ska era for producers Duke Reid, Sonia Pottinger and her husband Lindon, King Edwards, and Prince Buster.