Gregory Isaacs/Dennis Brown

One of the undisputed icons of roots reggae and lover's rock, Gregory Isaacs started singing in his trademark romantic ballad approach in the early 1970s. His smooth style earned him the moniker "Cool Ruler," and he became one of the most successful reggae artists in the world over the course of the '70s. By the mid-'80s, Isaacs was beset by personal and business problems, and even wound up in jail at one point. Though his output over the next couple of decades was not as consistent, he still provided plenty of evidence of his remarkable gift.

• Big Youth
• Burning Spear
• Dennis Brown
• Derrick Harriott
• Derrick Morgan
• Horace Andy
• Inner Circle
• Linton Kwesi Johnson
• Marcia Griffiths
• Max Romeo
• The Abyssinians
• The Ethiopians
• The Heptones
• The Mighty Diamonds

• Alton Ellis/Hortense Ellis
• Bob Marley
• Cornell Campbell
• Delroy Wilson
• Desmond Dekker
• Jimmy Cliff
• John Holt
• Ken Boothe
• Peter Tosh
• The Congos
• The Gaylads
• The Melodians
• The Skatalites
• Toots Hibbert

• Beenie Man
• Beres Hammond
• Big Mountain
• Black Uhuru
• Capleton
• Frankie Paul
• Grace Jones
• Luciano
• Lucky Dube
• Steel Pulse
• Sugar Minott
• Third World
• UB40
• Wailing Souls

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