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Originally Posted by KevinNYC
Mayfield may have had an individual influence on reggae, but Jamaican music goes back to American Jazz and Rock n Roll and R+B. That is reggae would have happened with Curtis Mayfield. Motown was big throughout Jamaica. Now Bob Marley was specifically a fan of The Impressions, but it's a mistake to say the Bob Marley is all of reggae.. Apparently Jimmy Cliff was more of an Otis Redding fan. |
Listen to this 1962 track, the beginnings of reggae.
The Impressions: I'm The One Who Loves You
A minute mark 1:32 that is some straight reggae organ chords.