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Sly Dunbar
Sly Dunbar
musician
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Robert Shakespeare
Robert Shakespeare
Jamaican musician
2
Toots and the Maytals
Toots and the Maytals
Jamaican ska/rocksteady band
3
Cherine Anderson
Cherine Anderson
Jamaican singer
4
Bitty McLean
Bitty McLean
British singer
5
Ansell Collins
Ansell Collins
Jamaican musician
6
Sister Nancy
Sister Nancy
Jamaican musician
7
Half Pint
Half Pint
Jamaican dancehall, ragga, and reggae singer
8
Wayne Wonder
Wayne Wonder
Jamaican musician
9
Chris Blackwell
Chris Blackwell
English businessman and record producer
10
Triston Palmer
Triston Palmer
Jamaican musician
11
Winston Grennan
Winston Grennan
Jamaican drummer, creator of one drop reggae beat, flyers beat,
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Black Uhuru
Black Uhuru
Jamaican reggae group
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The Heptones
The Heptones
band
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Ini Kamoze
Ini Kamoze
Musical artist
15
The Skatalites
The Skatalites
Jamaican ska band
16
Marcia Griffiths
Marcia Griffiths
Jamaican singer
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T.O.K.
T.O.K.
band
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Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff
Jamaican musician, singer and actor
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Willi Williams
Willi Williams
Jamaican reggae musician
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The Gladiators
The Gladiators
band that plays reggae
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Mikey Chung
Mikey Chung
Jamaican musician
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Spanner Banner
Spanner Banner
musician
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Luciano
Luciano
Jamaican second-generation roots reggae artist and poet
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Buju Banton
Buju Banton
Jamaican musician
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Me and You
Me and You
band from Jamaica
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Material
Material
American band led by Bill Laswell
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Tiger
Tiger
Jamaican dancehall musician
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Leslie Kong
Leslie Kong
Chinese-Jamaican record producer
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Sugar Minott
Sugar Minott
Jamaican musician
30
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
musical artist
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Joe Gibbs
Joe Gibbs
Jamaican record producer
32
Bunny Wailer
Bunny Wailer
Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter and percussionist
33
Shinehead
Shinehead
Jamaican singer
34
Major Lazer
Major Lazer
Jamaican-American electronic dance music band
35
Tommy McCook
Tommy McCook
Jamaican musician
36
U-Roy
U-Roy
Jamaican musician
37
Sean Paul
Sean Paul
Jamaican singer, rapper, and record producer
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Burning Spear
Burning Spear
Jamaican roots reggae musician
39
Lloyd Parks
Lloyd Parks
Jamaican musician
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Johnny Clarke
Johnny Clarke
Jamaican musician
41
Apache Indian
Apache Indian
UK vocalist and reggae DJ
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The Revolutionaries
The Revolutionaries
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Barrington Levy
Barrington Levy
reggae and dancehall artist from Jamaica
Sly and Robbie
Jamaican rhythm section and production duo

Sly and Robbie

Intro
Jamaican rhythm section and production duo
Genres
Record Labels
Awards Received
Gold Musgrave Medal
Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
Nominated For
Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
News
Members, past and present

Sly and Robbie are a prolific Jamaican rhythm section and production duo, associated primarily with the reggae and dub genres. Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare teamed up in the mid-1970s after establishing themselves separately in Jamaica as professional musicians.