Sly & Robbie ~ Similar Artists

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Gregory Isaacs - 83% match to Sly & Robbie

15 July 1950, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Reggae superstar Gregory Isaacs has seldom looked back during a career that has gone from strength to strength, and while many rock stars like to toy with an "outlaw" image, Isaacs is the real thing - the ultimate rude boy reggae... Read more

Black Uhuru - 77% match to Sly & Robbie

Formed in Jamaica by Rudolph "Garth" Dennis, Derrick "Duckie" Simpson (24 June 1950) and Euvin "Don Carlos" Spencer in 1974, Black Uhuru first recorded a version of Curtis Mayfield's "Romancing To The Folk Song" for Dynamic's Top Cat label as Uhuru (the Swahili word for... Read more

Burning Spear - 69% match to Sly & Robbie

Dennis Brown - 68% match to Sly & Robbie

Dennis Emanuel Brown, 1 February 1957, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, d. 1 July 1999, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Regularly billed as "the Crown Prince of Reggae", it was only Brown's self-effacing nature that denied him advancement to the office of king. Loved in reggae... Read more

Sugar Minott - 56% match to Sly & Robbie

Lincoln Barrington Minott, 25 May 1956, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Minott was probably reggae music's brightest hope throughout the early 80s, but his refusal to compromise and turn his back on either his roots or his ghetto companions has marginalized his influence, and he... Read more

The Mighty Diamonds - 56% match to Sly & Robbie

One of the most famous Jamaican vocal groups of the 70s and 80s, the Mighty Diamonds was formed in 1969 by lead vocalist Donald "Tabby" Shaw with Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson and Lloyd "Judge" Ferguson providing the harmonies and occasional lead. They recorded unsuccessfully for... Read more

Dennis Alcapone - 55% match to Sly & Robbie

Dennis Smith, 6 August 1947, Clarendon, Jamaica, West Indies. Initially inspired by U-Roy, Alcapone began DJing for El Paso Hi-Fi in 1969. He was the first DJ to enjoy success on record after U-Roy, and likewise the first to challenge his dominance. His initial records were made... Read more

The Heptones - 55% match to Sly & Robbie

Leroy Sibbles (1949, Jamaica, West Indies), Barry Llewellyn (b. 25 December 1947, Jamaica, West Indies) and Earl Morgan (b. 25 November 1945, Jamaica, West Indies) were without doubt the foremost rocksteady and reggae vocal trio, and their work together, especially for Studio... Read more

Peter Tosh - 50% match to Sly & Robbie

Winston Hubert McIntosh, 19 October 1944, Grange Hill, Westmoreland, Jamaica, West Indies, d. 11 September 1987, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Of all the reggae singers from the mid-60s, no-one else "came on strong" like Peter Tosh, who declared it so on his anthem, "I'm The... Read more