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Toots & The Maytals

Jamaican musical group

The Maytals, also known as Toots and the Maytals, are a Jamaican musical group. Formed in the early 1960s, they were key figures in popularizing reggae music globally, with their use of ska and rocksteady.

Frontman Toots Hibbert (1942–2020) has often been compared to Bob Marley and Otis Redding, and has been deemed one of the 100 Greatest Singers by Rolling Stone. According to Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, "The Maytals were unlike anything else ... sensational, raw, and dynamic."

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real name: Frederick 'Toots' Hibbert, Henry 'Raleigh' Gordon & Nathaniel 'Jerry' Mathias (McCarthy?)

members: Toots Hibbert, Paul Douglas, Henry "Raleigh" Gordon, Nathaniel "Jerry" Matthias

formed in: Jamaica

labels: Beverley's Records, Charly Records

genres: ska, rocksteady, reggae

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Formation and early success

Frederick "Toots" Hibbert, the frontman of the group, was born in May Pen, Clarendon, Jamaica, in 1942, the youngest of seven children. He grew up singing gospel music in a church choir and moved to Kingston in the late 1950s.

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Jamaican Ska & Reggae vocal trio formed by , & in 1961 as and made their first recordings in 1962 for coxsone Dodd. They later changed their name to then finally to (some sources say from a Byron Lee's idea following the death of producer Leslie Kong but it seems to have been used on some 1960s releases like 406027 or 666607). Also known as: Maytals, The Flames (10), The Matals, The Matels, The May Tals From Discogs (free to use). Their entry

Liner notes

Toots & The Maytals, the records, oldest first
  1. Never Grow Old
    1964 album
  2. The Sensational Maytals
    1965 album
  3. Sweet and Dandy
    1968 album
  4. Monkey Man
    1970 album
  5. Slatyam Stoot
    1972 album
  6. From the Roots
    1973 album
  7. Funky Kingston
    1973 album
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  8. In the Dark
    1974 album
  9. Roots Reggae
    1974 album
  10. Reggae Got Soul
    1976 album
  11. Toots Presents The Maytals
    1977 album
  12. Pass the Pipe
    1979 album
  13. Just Like That
    1980 album
  14. Knock Out!
    1981 album
  15. Life Could Be A Dream
    1992 album
  16. Recoup
    1997 album
  17. World Is Turning
    2002 album
  18. True Love
    2004 album
  19. Sampler
    2004 ep
  20. Ska Father
    2007 album
  21. Light Your Light
    2007 album
  22. Stinga 1
    2009 album
  23. Flip And Twist
    2010 album
  24. Christmas Specials
    2011 ep
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Monkey Man

1969 single by The Maytals

"Monkey Man" is a 1969 song by the ska and reggae group Toots & the Maytals which reached number 47 on the UK Singles Chart. The song is about a girl choosing another man over Toots.

Toots & the Maytals re-recorded the song on True Love with third wave ska band No Doubt.

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