Toots and the
Maytals

Toots and the Maytals
(formerly known as The
Maytals) is a Jamaican musical
group and one of the popularly
known ska and reggae vocal
groups. Formed in 1960 when
ska was popular at that time.
The group consist of Frederick
"Toots" Hibbert, Paul Douglas,
Carl Harvey, Jackie Jackson,
Michelle Eugene, Leba Thomas,
Marie "Twiggi" Gitten, Norris
Webb, Charles Farquarson,
Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan, Andy
Bassford.

Frederick "Toots" Hibbert ( he
is the frontman of the group)
was born in May Pen,
Clarendon, Jamaica in 1945, he
is the youngest of seven
children. He grew up as a
church choir and transfer to
Kingston at the age of
thirteen in 1958.

Hibbert met Henry "Raleigh"
Gordon and Nathaniel "Jerry"
McCarthy in Kingston. They was
forming a group in 1962, in
which their early recordings
were mistakenly accredited to
"The Flames" and "The Vikings"
by Island Records in the UK .
The group had their first
chart success recording at
Studio One with producer
Clement "Coxsone" Dodd. With
their musical back up (the
Dodd's house band, The
Skatalites) the Maytals'
guaranteed success, Dodd's
dominate the rising vocal
group "The Wailers". After
staying two years at Studio
One, the Maytals transfer to
Prince Buster to do sessions
before doing records with
Byron Lee in 1966. The Maytals
bring home the bacon the
first-ever Jamaican
Independence Festival Popular
Song Competition with their
original song "Bam Bam" with
Byron Lee.

Videos In The Playlist:

1. Toots & Maytals - Pressure Drop
2. Toots & the Maytals - Sweet & Dandy
3. Toots & the Maytals - 54-46 Was My Number-Trojan Reggae 45rpm
4. Toots & The maytals - Funcky Kingston
5. Toots & The Maytals - Take Me Home, Country Roads
6. Toots & Maytals Louie Louie
7. toots and the maytals-reggae got soul
8. Toots & The Maytals - Time Tough
9. Toots and the Maytals "Monkey Man" at Reggae Rising 2009
10. Toots and the maytals-beautiful woman
11. Toots & The Maytals - Pressure drop
12. Toots and The Maytals - Pomps And Pride (Live)
13. Toots And the Maytals - I've got dreams to remember (Cover)
14. Toots and the Maytals - Chatty Chatty ("Sarri Sarri")
15. Toots and the Maytals Revolution Song
16. Toots and The Maytals - Broadway Jungle (Original version)