Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part I of a three part pancocojams series about Toots And The Maytals, an iconic Jamaican Ska & Rocksteady music group.
Part I presents information about Toots And The Maytals and showcases a YouTube video the group's song "54-46 That's My Number." Information about that song is included in this post along with a link to that song's lyrics.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/toots-and-maytals-song-funky-kingston.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II presents information about the Toots And The Maytals' song "Funky Kingston". This post also showcases a YouTube video of Toots And The Maytals performing "Funky Kingston", and includes the lyrics to that song.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/toots-and-maytals-funky-kingston.html for Part III of this series. Part III showcases a YouTube sound of file of Toots And The Maytals' "Funky Kingston" and documents selected comments from the discussion thread of that sound file.
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Thanks to Toots And The Maytals for their musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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Toots & the Maytals - 54-46 That's My Number - 11/15/1975 - Winterland (Official)
Toots on MV, Published on Sep 17, 2014
Toots & the Maytals - 54-46 That's My Number
Recorded Live: 11/15/1975 - Winterland - San Francisco, CA
More Toots & the Maytals at Music Vault: http://www.musicvault.com
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Click https://genius.com/Toots-and-the-maytals-54-46-thats-my-number-lyrics for the lyrics to this song.
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INFORMATION ABOUT TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS
Excerpt #1
From https://www.allmusic.com/artist/toots-the-maytals-mn0000790988/biography
Artist Biography by Mark Deming
While they never achieved the commercial success or cultural impact of the Wailers, Toots & the Maytals were nearly as important in the history of Jamaican music; like the Wailers, the Maytals thrived as ska gave way to rocksteady and then evolved into reggae, they boasted one of the island's finest singers and most charismatic frontmen in the great Toots Hibbert, and they worked with many of the most important producers and sidemen on the island. The Maytals were also the band that most clearly demonstrated the links between Jamaican sounds and American R&B (Hibbert's rich, emotive vocal style was informed by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and other soul icons), and the group's catalog contains a number of crucial, frequently covered tracks, most notably the classic "Pressure Drop."....
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Excerpt #2
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toots_and_the_Maytals
"Toots and the Maytals, originally called The Maytals, are a Jamaican musical group and one of the best known ska and rocksteady vocal groups. The Maytals were formed in the early 1960s and were key figures in popularizing reggae music. Frontman Toots Hibbert's soulful vocal style has been compared to Otis Redding, and led him to be named one of the 100 Greatest Singers by Rolling Stone.[1] Their 1968 single "Do the Reggay", was the first song to use the word "reggae", naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience.[2][3] As Island Records founder Chris Blackwell says, "The Maytals were unlike anything else ... sensational, raw and dynamic."[4]
[...]
In 1972, the group changed its name from The Maytals to Toots and the Maytals,[7] with "Toots" referring to frontman Toots Hibbert, and "the Maytals" referring to the group's instrumentalists and background vocalists.
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Awards, Recognition and Accolades
1981 Toots Live! nominated for Grammy Award
1989 Toots in Memphis nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album of the Year[47]
1998 Skafather nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album of the Year[48]
2004 True Love won Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album of the Year[49]
2010 Toots Hibbert named one of the 100 Greatest Singers by Rolling Stone[1]
2013 Reggae Got Soul: Unplugged On Strawberry Hill nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album of the Year[50]
Record holder for most number one songs in Jamaica (31 #1 songs)[23]
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Excerpt #3
From https://www.allmusic.com/artist/toots-the-maytals-mn0000790988/biography
Artist Biography by Mark Deming
While they never achieved the commercial success or cultural impact of the Wailers, Toots & the Maytals were nearly as important in the history of Jamaican music; like the Wailers, the Maytals thrived as ska gave way to rocksteady and then evolved into reggae, they boasted one of the island's finest singers and most charismatic frontmen in the great Toots Hibbert, and they worked with many of the most important producers and sidemen on the island. The Maytals were also the band that most clearly demonstrated the links between Jamaican sounds and American R&B (Hibbert's rich, emotive vocal style was informed by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and other soul icons), and the group's catalog contains a number of crucial, frequently covered tracks, most notably the classic "Pressure Drop."....
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG "54-46 THAT'S MY NUMBER"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54-46_That%27s_My_Number
"54-46 (That's My Number)" is a song by Fred "Toots" Hibbert, recorded by Toots and the Maytals and originally released on the Beverley's label in Jamaica and the Pyramid label in the UK.[1] A follow-up version released a year later (as "54-46 Was My Number")[2] was one of the first ska songs to receive widespread popularity outside Jamaica and is seen as being one of the defining songs of the reggae genre. It has been anthologized repeatedly and the titles of several reggae anthologies include "54-46" in their title.
The lyrics describe Toots' time in prison after being arrested for possession of marijuana. The song features a similar riddim as "Train to Skaville"[3] by Toots and the Maytals' contemporaries The Ethiopians.[4]"...
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This concludes Part I of this three part pancocojams series on Toots And The Maytals.
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