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Toots and the Maytals
The Maytals, known from 1972 to 2020 as Toots and the Maytals, are a Jamaican musical group, one of the best known ska and rocksteady vocal groups. The Maytals were formed in the early 1960s and were key figures in popularizing reggae music. Frontman Toots Hibbert, who died in 2020, was considered a reggae pioneer on par with Bob Marley. His soulful vocal style was compared to Otis Redding, and led him to be named by Rolling Stone as one of the 100 Greatest Singers. After Hibbert's death, the Maytals indicated that they would continue as a working group. Their 1968 single "Do the Reggay" was the first song to use the word "reggae", coining the name of the genre and introducing it to a global audience. The Oxford English Dictionary credits Toots and the Maytals in the etymology of the word "Reggae". According to Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, "The Maytals were unlike anything else ... sensational, raw, and dynamic." From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toots_and_the_Maytals) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

Songs

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54-46 Was My Number
Toots & The Maytals
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Pressure Drop
Toots and The Maytals
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Country Road
Toots & The Maytals
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Funky Kingston
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Beautiful Woman
Toots & The Maytals

Albums

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The Mighty Rootsmen

2025
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Pressure Drop: The Essential Toots & the Maytals

2020
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Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop

2013
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Toots Reggae Live Sessions (Deluxe Edition)

2024
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Got To Be Tough

2020
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Pressure Drop: The Essential Toots and the Maytals

2013
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90s Best I

2023
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Flip & Twist

2019
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A Drop On You

2021
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Sweet and Dandy

2018

Singles & EPs

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I Won't Back Down (feat. Luciano & Mykal Rose)

Single • 2025
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What Kind of Woman

Single • 2021
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Folsom Prison Blues

Single • 2020
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We Three Kings (2023 Mix)

Single • 2023
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54-46 Was My Number

Single • 2021
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Just Brutal

Single • 2020
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54-46 Was My Number (Re-Recorded) [Acapella]

EP • 2023
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Got To Be Tough (Until The Ribbon Breaks Re-Imagination)

Single • 2021
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Pressure Drop (Re-Recorded - Sped Up)

Single • 2023
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Light Your Light (feat. Yasus Afari)

Single • 2020

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Essential Reggae

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Ska Sounds

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Natty & Nice: Christmas Reggae

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Campfire Classics

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Reggae for Lovers

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Rooftop Rock

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'70s Roots Reggae

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