Toots Hibbert, one of the most important reggae artists, has died at the age of 77
that in 1968 he accidentally mangled the slang term “streggae” as “reggae” and it stuck. As such his single “Do The Reggay,” was first to bring that word to the world.
Fred “Toots” Hibbert was the son of two Seventh-day Adventist preachers in May Pen, Jamaica. He was orphaned at the age of 11 and went to live with an older sibling in Trenchtown, the Kingston neighborhood where he, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh,, and others, all roughly the same age, essentially created the musical idiom known as reggae. Hibbert began recording with his group, The Maytals, in 1962.
His first substantial hit came in 1966 with “Bam Bam” . "Bam Bam" is indicative of a career to come, featuring a driving, irresistible beat with Hibbert’s soaring, soulful vocals up top. At around this time Hibbert was arrested for marijuana possession. His time in jail inspired his anthem “54-46 That’s My Number.” It was one of the first reggae songs to gain popularity outside of Jamaica..
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