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The Jamaicans

The Jamaicans has been played on NTS in shows including Toast Collective, featured first on 14 December 2014. Songs played include Ba Ba Boom, Baba Boom Boom and Chain Gang.

The Jamaicans were a Jamaican rocksteady vocal group formed in 1967 and disbanded in 1972. Mostly known for the songs "Ba Ba Boom" (that won the Island's Festival Song Contest in 1967) and "Things You Say You Love" produced by Arthur "Duke" Reid for Treasure Isle.

The Jamaicans (Tommy Cowan, Norris Weir, Martin Williams) burst on the scene in 1967 by winning the second Jamaican Festival song contest with a bit of nonsensical rocksteady called "Ba…

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Ba Ba Boom
The Jamaicans
Treasure Isle0
Ba Ba Boom
The JamaicansTreasure Isle0
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Baba Boom Boom
The Jamaicans, Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
Treasure Isle0
Baba Boom Boom
The Jamaicans, Tommy McCook & The SupersonicsTreasure Isle0
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Chain Gang
The Jamaicans
Supreme Records0
Chain Gang
The JamaicansSupreme Records0
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Things You Say You Love
The Jamaicans
Treasure Isle0
Things You Say You Love
The JamaicansTreasure Isle0
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Dedicate My Song To You (Aka Dedicated To You)
The Jamaicans
Trojan Records2008
Dedicate My Song To You (Aka Dedicated To You)
The JamaicansTrojan Records2008
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