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Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert, OJ (8 December 1942 – 11 September 2020) was a Jamaican singer and songwriter who was the lead vocalist for the reggae and ska band Toots and the Maytals. A reggae pioneer, he performed for six decades and helped establish some of the fundamentals of reggae music.
Sep 12, 2020 · Toots Hibbert, the frontman of Toots and the Maytals, died at 77 after testing positive for Covid-19. He was one of Jamaica's most influential musicians, who popularised reggae with songs like Pressure Drop and Do The Reggay.
Toots Hibbert, one of the fathers of reggae music, whose vocals imbued the genre’s sound with an exhortatory power drawn from American soul, died on Friday night in Kingston, Jamaica.
Sep 12, 2020 · Jamaican reggae pioneer Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert has died at the age of 77. The legendary musician fronted the reggae and ska band Toots & the Maytals from the early 1960s....
Sep 12, 2020 · Jamaican reggae pioneer Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert has died at the age of 77. The legendary musician fronted the reggae and ska band Toots & the Maytals from the early...
Sep 12, 2020 · Hibbert, who coined the term "reggae" and wrote classics like "54-46 Was My Number" and "Funky Kingston", passed away from coronavirus complications. He was a giant of Jamaican music and a spiritual and social-justice voice for six decades.
Sep 12, 2020 · Frederick "Toots" Hibbert, the lead singer and songwriter of Toots and the Maytals and one of reggae's foundational figures, died Friday in Kingston, Jamaica. He was 77. His death was...
