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Description: Los Saicos is a rock band formed in 1964 in Lima, Peru. Los Saicos' music combined the energy of surf rock with raw, distorted energy, often cited as a crucial precursor to later bands like The Ramones and The Stooges. One of punk's best kept secrets, Los Saicos were the original Peruvian proto-punks.
Description: Desmond Dekker was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. His most notably song are "Israelites" (1968), which are the one of the earliest international reggae hits. Other hits include "007 (Shanty Town)" (1967), "It Mek" (1969) and "You Can Get It If You Really Want" (1970).
Description: Donat Roy Mittoo better known as Jackie Mittoo, was a Jamaican-Canadian keyboardist, songwriter and musical director. He was a member of The Skatalites, The Sheiks, The Soul Brothers, The Soul Vendors and Sound Dimension. Jackie Mittoo was a musical director of the Studio One record label. Evening Time originally issued in 1968 on the Coxsone label with backing from the Soul Vendors, this was Jackie's first solo record, and one that showcases both his genius and that perfect Studio One sound.
Description: Babylon is a 1980 British drama film directed by Franco Rosso. Written by Franco Rosso and Martin Stellman (Quadrophenia), and shot by two-time Academy Award winner Chris Menges (The Killing Fields), Babylon is an incendiary portrait of racial tension and police brutality set in Brixton, London. Babylon centres around Brindsley Forde's character Blue. He fronts a reggae sound system based in West London. The film captures the trials and tribulations of young black youths in troubled London in the early eighties
Description: In Jamaican popular culture, a sound system is a group of disc jockeys, engineers and MCs playing ska, rocksteady or reggae music. The sound system is an important part of Jamaican culture and history. A Night of Happiness is flyer Sound System clash from 1966, were ran by Duke Reid. A Night of Happiness held at 42, Carmenia Road, Balham, Saturday 26th November 1966.
Description: The Clarendonians are a ska and rocksteady vocal group from Jamaica, active initially from the mid- to late 1960s. They reformed in the 1990s and continue to perform live. The Clarendonians were originally Fitzroy "Ernest" Wilson and Peter Austin, both from Hayes in Clarendon Parish, the duo coming together in 1963. The Clarendonians became one of the most successful ska and early reggae groups in Jamaica.
