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Thursday 23 January 2020

Reggae Thursdays: Big Youth

Manley Augustus Buchanan (born 19 Apr. 1949, Trenchtown, Kingston , Jamaica)

Jamaican Deejay and Producer, Big Youth, released a huge body of work during the 1970's. After working with numerous Producers, he went on to release self Produced material on his own Imprint. And even did some singing on some singles that fared less successful. He was in the film "Rockers"in the 1970's. His career waned in the 1980's, but he had a resurgence in 1990. He remains active mostly touring; please take a listen here and Happy Reggae Thursday: Screaming Target, Marcus Garvey Dread, Lightning flash (weak heart drop), Tippertone rocking and S-90 Skank

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Youth

Background information
Birth nameManley Augustus Buchanan
Born19 April 1949(age 70)
OriginKingston, Jamaica
GenresReggae
Instrumentsvocals

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