Do the Reggay
Encyclopedia
Do the Reggay is a reggae
song by The Maytals
. Written by Toots Hibbert
, produced by Leslie Kong
and released on Beverly's Records in Jamaica
and Pyramid Records in the UK in 1968. It is one of several songs released in 1968 to first use the word reggae
(spelled "reggay") in a Jamaican recording. At that time, "reggay" had been the name of a passing dance fashion in Jamaica
, but the song's connection of the word with the music itself led to its use for the style of music that developed from it.
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
song by The Maytals
Toots & the Maytals
Toots and the Maytals, originally called simply The Maytals, are a Jamaican musical group and one of the best known ska and reggae vocal groups. According to Sandra Brennan at Allmusic, "The Maytals were key figures in reggae music...
. Written by Toots Hibbert
Toots Hibbert
Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert is a ska and roots reggae singer and leader of the reggae band Toots & the Maytals.-Biography:...
, produced by Leslie Kong
Leslie Kong
Leslie Kong was a Chinese Jamaican record producer.-Career:Leslie and his two older brothers Cecil and Lloyd ran a restaurant, ice cream parlour and record shop called Beverley's in Orange Street, Kingston...
and released on Beverly's Records in Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
and Pyramid Records in the UK in 1968. It is one of several songs released in 1968 to first use the word reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
(spelled "reggay") in a Jamaican recording. At that time, "reggay" had been the name of a passing dance fashion in Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
, but the song's connection of the word with the music itself led to its use for the style of music that developed from it.