Toots and the Maytals

Toots and the Maytals

▪ Jamaican music group
also called  the Maytals 

      highly popular Jamaican vocal ensemble of the 1960s and '70s, one of the great reggae groups. The members were Toots Hibbert (original name Frederick Hibbert; b. 1946, Maypen, Jamaica), Nathaniel (“Jerry”) Matthias (or McCarthy; b. c. 1945, Jamaica), and Henry (“Raleigh”) Gordon (b. c. 1945, Jamaica).

      Formed in 1962 as a ska group fronted by the charismatic Hibbert, the Maytals (originally known as the Vikings, then as the V. Maytals) quickly became the top group in Jamaica on the strength of Hibbert's hearty, exuberant vocals, often compared to those of Otis Redding (Redding, Otis). In 1968, with Leslie Kong as the producer, the Maytals released their first recording in the emerging style of reggae, “54-46 (That's My Number).” A pumping, frantic account of Hibbert's term in prison on a marijuana charge, it is considered one of reggae's greatest songs. Subsequent hits included “Do the Reggay” (thought to be the first explicit use of the term), “Monkey Man,” “Sweet and Dandy,” and “Pressure Drop.” The last two songs were included in the landmark film The Harder They Come (1972), which helped bring the group international renown. Unlike Bob Marley (Marley, Bob) and the Wailers, the Maytals' music is largely apolitical, upbeat, and full of unabashedly joyous singing. In 1982 Hibbert became a solo performer; his subsequent forays into nonreggae styles failed to capture a mainstream audience outside Jamaica.

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