- The Jamaicans
Infobox musical artist
Name = The Jamaicans
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Origin =Jamaica
Genre =Reggae
Musical_style =Ska , rocksteady
Years_active = 1967–1972
Label = Trojan, Jamaican Gold
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Current_members =Tommy Cowan Norris Weir Martin Williams
Past_members =The Jamaicans were a
ska /rocksteady trio formed inJamaica in 1967, consisting of membersTommy Cowan , Norris Weir and Martin Williams.Career
The Jamaicans arrived on the music scene in
1967 with a song titled "Ba Ba Boom", written by Cowan and Weir about theJamaica Independence Festival . "Ba Ba Boom" was entered in the 1967 Independence Festival Song Competition (now known as the Popular Song Competition), which had been inaugurated by Festival organizers the previous year, and the Jamaicans took home the win that year with their entry, which became their best-known song.In addition to "Ba Ba Boom", the Jamaicans had another local hit with "Things You Say You Love" and they recorded a cover of the
Curtis Mayfield song "Dedicate My Song to You". Another song written and recorded by the trio, "Black Girl", was later covered by disco groupBoney M . The group lasted until 1972.Partial discography
Compilation albums
*"Baba Boom Time" (Jamaican Gold, 1996)
External links
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