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Rhoda Dakar
Rhoda Dakar
British singer and musician
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The Specials
The Specials
British 2-Tone ska band
2
The Selecter
The Selecter
British new wave band
3
The Ethiopians
The Ethiopians
band
4
Roddy Radiation
Roddy Radiation
British musician
5
Prince Buster
Prince Buster
Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
6
Mo-dettes
Mo-dettes
English post-punk band
7
Madness
Madness
English ska band
8
Bad Manners
Bad Manners
British 2-tone ska band
9
The Apollinaires
The Apollinaires
British post-punk band
10
Alton Ellis
Alton Ellis
Jamaican musician
11
Dan Woodgate
Dan Woodgate
English drummer, songwriter, composer and record producer
12
The Skatalites
The Skatalites
Jamaican ska band
13
Mud
Mud
UK glam rock band
14
Pink Military
Pink Military
15
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
musical artist
16
Ernest Ranglin
Ernest Ranglin
Jamaican guitarist and composer
17
Graham Parker
Graham Parker
British singer
18
The Gladiators
The Gladiators
band that plays reggae
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The Beat
The Beat
British band
20
The Members
The Members
21
The Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats
band
22
Stubborn All-Stars
Stubborn All-Stars
New York City-based ska band
23
Racey
Racey
British pop group
24
Desmond Dekker
Desmond Dekker
Jamaican singer-songwriter
25
King
King
British New Wave pop band
26
Dandy Livingstone
Dandy Livingstone
Jamaican musician
27
Skids
Skids
rock band from Scotland
28
Go Jimmy Go
Go Jimmy Go
ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul influenced band
29
Smokie
Smokie
English rock band
30
Symarip
Symarip
31
Bruce Ruffin
Bruce Ruffin
Jamaican musician
32
David Steele
David Steele
English musician, songwriter
33
The Records
The Records
British power pop band
34
Spunge
Spunge
ska punk band from Tewkesbury, England
35
Vic Ruggiero
Vic Ruggiero
musician, songwriter and producer from New York City
36
Ken Boothe
Ken Boothe
Jamaican musician
37
Fashion
Fashion
British New Wave Band
38
Dave Barker
Dave Barker
Jamaican reggae musician
39
The Rocksteady Seven
The Rocksteady Seven
American Ska and Jazz band
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The Skunks
The Skunks
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Commodores
Commodores
American funk/soul band
42
The Go-Go's
The Go-Go's
American rock band formed in 1978
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Essential Logic
Essential Logic
English post-punk band from 1978
44
Neville Staple
Neville Staple
English rock musician
45
The Equals
The Equals
band
46
Andy Fairweather Low
Andy Fairweather Low
Welsh singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Justin Hinds
Justin Hinds
Jamaican musician
48
Toots and the Maytals
Toots and the Maytals
Jamaican ska/rocksteady band
49
The Shadows
The Shadows
British rock group
50
The Merton Parkas
The Merton Parkas
band
51
Delroy Wilson
Delroy Wilson
Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer (1948-1995)
52
McCarthy
McCarthy
British indie pop band
53
Gamma
Gamma
American band
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The Bodysnatchers were a seven-piece all-female band involved in the British 2 Tone ska revival of the late 1970s and early 1980s.