Ijahman Levi on June 21, 1946 is a 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...

 musician. His first album, Haile I Hymn, was released on Island Records

Island Records

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 in 1978. He became Ijahman Levi after a religious conversion to the Rastafari movement

Rastafari movement

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 when he was in prison between 1972 and 1974. It and the three following records preached Rastafari movement as well as Twelve Tribes of Israel

Mansions of Rastafari

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 doctrine

Doctrine

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Biography

In 1966 and 1969 he released two singles in Great Britain

Great Britain

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 under the name of 'The Youth'. The first one was in 1966 for Polydor 56121 "As Long As There is Love" c/w "Your One and Only Man", both covers of Jimmy Ruffin

Jimmy Ruffin

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 and Otis Redding

Otis Redding

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 songs. They were cut in a typical mod R&B soul style. His second single was for Deram 226, released 17 January 1969, and featured "Meadow of My Love" c/w "Love Me or Leave Me". The B side was self-written, being credited to 'Sutherland'. This single was in a psychedelic summer pop style.

Discography

• 1978 : Haile I Hymn [Chapter 1] - Mango Records
• 1979 : Are We a Warrior - Mango Records
• 1983 : Tell It to the Children - Tree Roots
• 1984 : Africa - Tree Roots
• 1985 : Lilly of My Valley - Tree Roots
• 1995 : Live in Paris - Tree Roots
• 1996 : Sings Bob Marley - Com Four
• 2003 : Roots of Love - Melodie
  Melodie
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• 2006 : Every knee - Kondie Awire

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