"of the concert series. Stir It Up: The CIA Targets Jamaica, Bob Marley and the Progressive Manley Government, an alternative historical novel by David Dusty Couples, weaves fact and fiction to dramatize the concert. The novel ""A Brief History of Seven Killings"" by Marlon James dramatizes the attempt on Marley's life, including other events leading up to the Smile Jamaica concert. Smile Jamaica Concert The Smile Jamaica Concert was a concert held on December 5, 1976, at the National Heroes Park, Kingston, Jamaica, performed by Bob Marley & The Wailers. Marley originally agreed to perform one song for the 80,000"
"especially with the French Band Positive Roots Band. Anthony Johnson (musician) Roy Anthony Johnson (born 25 December 1957), better known simply as Anthony Johnson, is a Jamaican reggae singer who was a member of the group Mystic I and is known for the 1980s hit song ""Gunshot"". Johnson was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1957. His mother Cynthia Hamilton was a market woman by trade, and his father was a Barbadian who worked as a waiter at the Sombero Club in Kingston. Anthony's parents had three children together before separating. They also had other children separately, so Johnson has several"
"[[I Three, Bob Marley & the Wailers recorded the fine ""Natty Dread"" album in 1974 and many more, first rising to international superstardom in 1975 with ""No Woman No Cry"". It was followed up by the 1976 smash hit album ""Rastaman Vibration"". On 3 December 1976 two days before ""[[Smile Jamaica Concert|Smile Jamaica]]"", a large free concert organized by Bob Marley with the support of [[Prime Minister of Jamaica|Jamaican Prime Minister]] [[Michael Manley]], Rita, Bob, and manager Don Taylor were wounded in an assault by gunmen affiliated to Marley's opponents inside the Marley home. Rita survived a shot to the"
"Anthony Johnson (musician) Roy Anthony Johnson (born 25 December 1957), better known simply as Anthony Johnson, is a Jamaican reggae singer who was a member of the group Mystic I and is known for the 1980s hit song ""Gunshot"". Johnson was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1957. His mother Cynthia Hamilton was a market woman by trade, and his father was a Barbadian who worked as a waiter at the Sombero Club in Kingston. Anthony's parents had three children together before separating. They also had other children separately, so Johnson has several siblings. Johnson was raised by his mother in"
"1975, Marley had his international breakthrough with his first hit outside Jamaica, ""No Woman, No Cry"", from the ""Natty Dread"" album. This was followed by his breakthrough album in the United States, ""Rastaman Vibration"" (1976), which reached the Top 50 of the Billboard Soul Charts. On 3 December 1976, two days before ""Smile Jamaica"", a free concert organised by the Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley in an attempt to ease tension between two warring political groups, Marley, his wife, and manager Don Taylor were wounded in an assault by unknown gunmen inside Marley's home. Taylor and Marley's wife sustained serious"
"Smile Jamaica Concert The Smile Jamaica Concert was a concert held on December 5, 1976, at the National Heroes Park, Kingston, Jamaica, performed by Bob Marley & The Wailers. Marley originally agreed to perform one song for the 80,000 people in attendance; however, it turned into a whole 90-minute performance—despite his injuries sustained two days earlier when he had almost been killed by gunmen in his own house. All Wailers performed except bassist Aston ""Familyman"" Barrett, who was replaced by Cat Coore of Third World. The performance included a horn section. The set list for the show was as follows"
"performed many versions of it at their concerts. On 1 November 2011, Winston was shot in the head at his home in Kingston. According to police, he had been the subject of several earlier attacks. After being in a coma since the shooting, he died on 19 January 2012. Winston Riley Winston Riley (14 May 1943 – 19 January 2012) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter and record producer. The ""Jamaica Gleaner"" notes he was one of the most successful reggae producers. Riley was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He formed the band The Techniques in 1962 and recorded material with that"
"Jamaica in 1984 to work with Bunny Wailer on a Wailers' reunion project. With the murder of Peter Tosh in September 1987, plans for world tours with a reunited Wailers never materialized. Braithwaite and fellow musician Chadda Scott were shot and murdered in Scott's home in Kingston on 2 June 1999. Junior Braithwaite Franklin Delano Alexander ""Junior"" Braithwaite (4 April 1949 – 2 June 1999) was a reggae musician from Kingston, Jamaica and the youngest member of the vocal group, The Wailing Wailers. The Wailing Wailers was a vocal group Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh started in 1963,"
"UK singles chart. Campbell died on the morning of 8 September 2016, in a hospital in Miami, Florida, after suffering heart problems, according to his wife. He had reportedly been in poor health for some time after a series of strokes, including one in 2009 that left him unable to walk. Prince Buster Cecil Bustamente Campbell OD (24 May 1938 – 8 September 2016), known professionally as Prince Buster, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer. The records he released in the 1960s influenced and shaped the course of Jamaican contemporary music and created a legacy of work that would be"
"Glen Adams died on 17 December 2010 at the University Hospital of the West Indies after falling ill while visiting Jamaica. Glen Adams Glen Adams (27 November 1945 – 17 December 2010) was a Jamaican musician, composer, arranger, engineer, producer, based since the mid-1970s in Brooklyn, New York City. Adams' mother was from Kingston and his father from St. Vincent; the two met while working in Curaçao. Adams' first break in the music business came as a teenager, when he appeared as a singer in a vocal group on Radio Jamaica's ""Opportunity Knocks"" show hosted by Vere Johns. Later performing"
"which was released in 2010. Murvin died on 2 December 2013, in a hospital in Port Antonio. His age was reported to be 67 or 64. He had been suffering from diabetes and hypertension. Junior Murvin Junior Murvin (born Murvin Junior Smith, circa 1946 – 2 December 2013) was a Jamaican reggae musician. He is best known for the single ""Police and Thieves"", produced by Lee ""Scratch"" Perry in 1976. He was born in Saint James Parish, Jamaica, probably in 1946 though some sources state 1949, and moved to Port Antonio after his father's death. He began singing as a"
"Jamaica Mistaica ""Jamaica Mistaica"" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It is the second track from his 1996 album ""Banana Wind"". Despite Buffett not releasing any singles from the album, ""Jamaica Mistaica"" remains one of Buffett's most notable numbers from his '90s repertoire, due to the well-publicized incident it was written about. On January 16, 1996, Buffett's Grumman HU-16 airplane named ""Hemisphere Dancer"" was shot at by Jamaican authorities, while taxiing in the waters near Negril. The Jamaican police believed the craft to be smuggling marijuana, though Buffett claims their main interest for"
"further hits. By 1972 personal problems led to him being detained at Bellevue sanatorium. Smith died in 1973. Unable to gain entry to his parents' house, he broke a window, badly lacerating his arm. He bled to death before he could receive treatment. His death stunned Jamaica. Still widely regarded as one of Jamaica's great vocalists, his enduring popularity has resulted in the reissue of the bulk of his work. There have also been numerous 'best of' compilations released. Slim Smith Slim Smith (born Keith Smith; 1948 in Kingston, Jamaica – 1973) was a ska, rocksteady and reggae singer. In"
"consecutive Christmas holidays, Mizell survived a car accident and a gunshot wound to the leg, respectively. Jam Master Jay was the father of three sons: Jason Mizell Jr. (who performs as DJ Jam Master J'Son), Jesse Mizell, and T.J. Mizell (also a DJ). and a daughter, Tyra Myricks (born August 1992). On October 30, 2002, at 7:30 pm, an unknown person fatally shot Mizell in a Merrick Boulevard recording studio in Jamaica, Queens. The other person in the room, 25-year-old Mike, was shot in the ankle but survived. Following his death, several artists expressed their grief for the loss in"
"tribute album of covers of Hill's songs, to be released in 2017. Joseph Hill Joseph Hill (22 January 1949 – 19 August 2006) was the lead singer and songwriter for the roots reggae group Culture, most famous for their 1977 hit ""Two Sevens Clash"", but also well known for their ""International Herb"" single. Hill recorded twenty-two albums. Joseph Hill was born in 1949 in Linstead, a town in Saint Catherine Parish in the southeast of Jamaica. He was raised in a Christian family and began singing in church at the age of six. Within two years he was making his"
"Peter Tosh Peter Tosh, OM (born Winston Hubert McIntosh; 19 October 1944 – 11 September 1987) was a Jamaican reggae musician. Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, he was one of the core members of the band the Wailers (1963–1976), after which he established himself as a successful solo artist and a promoter of Rastafari. He was murdered in 1987 during a home invasion. Tosh was born in Westmoreland, the westernmost parish of Jamaica. He was abandoned by his parents and ""shuffled among relatives."" When McIntosh was fifteen, his aunt died and he moved to Trenchtown in Kingston, Jamaica."
"Prince Buster Cecil Bustamente Campbell OD (24 May 1938 – 8 September 2016), known professionally as Prince Buster, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer. The records he released in the 1960s influenced and shaped the course of Jamaican contemporary music and created a legacy of work that would be drawn upon later by reggae and ska artists. Cecil Bustamente Campbell was born in Orange Street in Kingston, Jamaica, on 24 May 1938. His middle name was given to him by his family in honour of the Labour activist and first post-Independence Prime Minister William Alexander Clarke Bustamante. In the early"
"gave up secular music to concentrate on gospel music. After becoming ill in London, she was diagnosed with leukaemia in February 2014. She returned to reggae with performances in Brazil with Lloyd Parks. Her health deteriorated and she died in Kingston's University Hospital of the West Indies on 19 December 2014, from pneumonia contracted during chemotherapy treatments. She was 62 years old. Jones was once described as ""the Billie Holliday of reggae music"". Barbara Jones (singer) Barbara Nation ( – 19 December 2014), better known as Barbara Jones, was a Jamaican singer who had a UK hit single in 1981"
"Errol Brown Errol Brown MBE (12 November 1943 – 6 May 2015) was a British-Jamaican singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the soul and funk band Hot Chocolate. In 2004, Brown received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. Brown was born in Kingston, Jamaica, but moved to the UK when he was twelve years old. His break in music came in 1969 when he recorded a version of John Lennon's ""Give Peace a Chance"" with a band called ""Hot Chocolate Band"". Unable to change the lyrics without Lennon's permission, he sent a copy"
"had left him unable to speak. He died in Toronto on 15 April 2016. Lord Tanamo Joseph Abraham Gordon (2 October 1934 – 15 April 2016), better known as Lord Tanamo, was a Jamaican-Canadian singer and songwriter best known for his mento and ska work. Born in Kingston and raised in Denham Town in the West of the city, Gordon was influenced by Lord Kitchener, who lived in Jamaica in the 1940s. His interest in music began at an early age when he heard a rumba box being played by local musician Cecil Lawes. He went on to perform locally"
"weekend at the Jamaican Prime Minister’s residence, Brent Dowe suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 59. The remaining original members Tony Brevett and Trevor McNaughton continued touring in Europe and the U.S. backed by the Yellow Wall Dub Squad. On 25 October 2013 Tony Brevett died from cancer after being admitted to hospital in Miami in August. McNaughton, the last surviving original member of the group, died on 20 November 2018 at the Kendrick Rehabilitation Hospital in Hollywood, Florida, from respiratory failure. He was 77, and had been admitted to hospital the previous month. The Melodians The"
"was stabbed to death at age 19, in the vicinity of Parkington Plaza on Half-Way-Tree Road, St Andrew, Jamaica. He died of his wounds in hospital on Sunday the 28th. Luciano (singer) Jepther McClymont OD (born 20 October 1964), better known as Luciano, is a Jamaican second-generation roots reggae artist. Born in Davyton, Manchester Parish, and raised as the seventh of nine children in a strict Adventist family, Luciano began recording in 1992, with his first single ""Ebony & Ivory"" (on which he was credited as 'Stepper John') on the Aquarius Record label, followed by a split album with DJ"
"the cream of Jamaica's session men (including Aston Barrett, Sly & Robbie, Tyrone Downie, Earl ""Chinna"" Smith, and Uziah ""Sticky"" Thompson), to begin work on his second album. He'd recorded ten songs and the album was nearing completion when he went home to visit his mother. Silk had borrowed a pair of guns from his attorney after his home had been burglarized, but had no idea how to use them. Sitting with a couple of friends at his mother's house in Mandeville, Jamaica, on 9 December, one offered to show him how they worked, at which point the gun accidentally"
"William Mizell (Jam Master Jay) of the hip hop group Run-D.M.C was shot and killed in a Merrick Boulevard recording studio in Jamaica, Queens. On December 25, 2006, James Brown – an American recording artist known as the ""Godfather of Soul"" died of pneumonia at the age of 73. On September 12, 2003, Johnny Cash – an American musician known as the ""Man in Black"" died of diabetes at the age of 71. On June 10, 2004, Ray Charles – an American musician best known as one of the pioneers of soul music died of liver failure at the age"
"at the Hadassah Medical Center three days later, on 2 August 2015. Shortly after, Prime Minister Netanyahu offered his condolences, adding ""We will deal with the murderer to the fullest extent of the law."" As a result of the strong anti-homosexual culture in Jamaica, many reggae and dancehall artists, such as Buju Banton, Elephant Man, Sizzla, have published song lyrics advocating violence against homosexuals. Similarly, hip-hop music occasionally includes aggressively homophobic lyrics, but has since appeared to reform. Banton wrote a song when he was 15 years old that became a hit when he released it years later in 1992"
"Joe Higgs Joseph Benjamin ""Joe"" Higgs (3 June 1940 – 18 December 1999) was a reggae musician from Jamaica. In the late 1950s and 1960s he was part of the duo Higgs and Wilson together with Roy Wilson. He was a popular artist in Jamaica for four decades and is also known for his work tutoring younger musicians including Bob Marley and the Wailers and Jimmy Cliff. Higgs was instrumental in the foundation of modern Jamaican music, first recording in 1958 for producer and businessman (and later Jamaican Prime Minister) Edward Seaga, both as a solo artist and with Roy"
"survived by twelve children, including his daughter Marcia, who is a rapper, and son Peter, a studio guitarist. In 2006, the Joe Higgs Music Awards were established in his honour. From memorial website: Joe Higgs Joseph Benjamin ""Joe"" Higgs (3 June 1940 – 18 December 1999) was a reggae musician from Jamaica. In the late 1950s and 1960s he was part of the duo Higgs and Wilson together with Roy Wilson. He was a popular artist in Jamaica for four decades and is also known for his work tutoring younger musicians including Bob Marley and the Wailers and Jimmy Cliff."
"fire at the Myers Ward of the Eventide Home for the Aged in 1980. A monument marks the mass grave containing the women's remains. The remains of the following notable people are interred at National Heroes Park: The National Heroes Park was the venue of the Smile Jamaica Concert on December 5, 1976, performed by reggae superstars Bob Marley & The Wailers. The second Smile Jamaica Concert was held February 10, 2007. National Heroes Park is currently undergoing a series of major renovations. Plans for alterations to the park had been discussed as far back as 1998, but it was"
"James Alexander George Smith McCartney James Alexander George Smith McCartney (30 June 1945 – 9 May 1980) also known as J. A. G. S. McCartney or ""Jags"" McCartney was a politician from the Turks and Caicos Islands. He was the island territory's first Chief Minister and held that position from August 1976 until 9 May 1980, when he died in a plane crash over New Jersey. McCartney was born in Grand Turk to an accomplished Jamaican barrister, Harvey O. B. Fernandez McCartney and a Sunday school pianist, Sally McCartney, née Taylor of the Turks and Caicos. He was named after"
"A Brief History of Seven Killings A Brief History of Seven Killings is the third novel by Jamaican author Marlon James. It was published in 2014 by Riverhead Books. The novel spans several decades and explores the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in Jamaica in 1976 and its aftermath, through the crack wars in New York City in the 1980s and a changed Jamaica in the 1990s. The novel has five sections, each named after a musical track and covering the events of a single day: The first part of the novel is set in Kingston, Jamaica, in the build-up"
"reported to have sold over a million copies. After some time in Germany, Lewis returned to Jamaica in 1964 and performed in the island's leading hotels and clubs. In 1967, he was reported as being about to tour in Canada and the United States. He recorded three albums in Jamaica in the late 1960s and early 1970s: ""The Voice of Love"", ""In Jamaica"", and ""I'll Remember Jamaica"". He died in the University Hospital, Mona, Jamaica, in 1988 at the age of 69. Archie Lewis Archie Lewis (10 April 1918– 29 February 1988) was a Jamaican singer who was popular in"
"Carl Douglas Carlton George Douglas (born 10 May 1942), also known by his stage name Carl Douglas, is a Jamaican recording artist who rose to prominence with the 1974 disco single ""Kung Fu Fighting"". Douglas was born as Carlton George Douglas on 10 May 1942 in Kingston, Jamaica to Jamaican parents. After his grandmother passed away, his family relocated to the United Kingdom. He spent his childhood in England playing soccer, and vocal training. In his youth he developed a passion for jazz music (citing Sam Cooke and Otis Redding as his biggest influences) and a trained tenor voice, which"
"has played host to famous musicians including musicians who spanned the genre with artists as diverse as Dexter Gordon and Sonny Stitt. A previously unreleased live recording from July 1976 was released in August 2009 as, ""Eddie Jefferson At Ali's Alley"", with the quintet of drummer Rashied Ali featured. Eddie Jefferson was shot and killed at Baker's Keyboard Lounge on May 8, 1979, aged 60. He had left the club with fellow bandleader Cole around 1:35 a.m. and was shot while walking out of the building. A late-model Lincoln Continental was spotted speeding away from the scene. The driver was"