Toots & The Maytals

Toots & The Maytals are one of the most important groups in the history of Jamaican music. Fronted by Frederick "Toots" Hibbert, the group's 1968 single "Do the Reggay" gave the genre its name — a fact recognized even by the Oxford English Dictionary. From their formation in Kingston in 1962 through decades of groundbreaking recordings, they produced anthems like "Pressure Drop," "54-46 Was My Number," and "Monkey Man" that defined reggae's sound and spirit. Their music — featured in the landmark 1972 film The Harder They Come — helped introduce reggae to the world. Toots, whose vocals drew comparisons to Otis Redding, won a Grammy for the 2004 album True Love and received a posthumous Grammy in 2021 following his passing in September 2020.