could anyone tell me what year bob marley got big? at least wherever he came from anyways
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mxyzptlk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "myster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "313 List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [313] Is Prince the root of all Techno? > One further addendum : Johnny Nash had a few singles out in the late > 60s/early 70s with a reggae flavor and popchart success stateside as well. > "I Can See Clearly Now" was resurrected later for a Windex (window cleaner) > commercial. I think his cover of Marley's "Stir it Up" made a dent in the > charts here as well. I know it was an UK hit. > jeff > > > > > At 11:37 AM 8/25/2001, Mxyzptlk wrote: > >Not even. You'd have to back further than that - 1969, I think, to > >Desmond Dekker & The Aces' top ten hit "The Israelites". Remember also > >that in those days, "mainstream" was considered the AM radio format and FM > >was for your more "underground" tastes in general (although by 1973 this > >was already changing, in 1969 this was definitely the case). > > jeff > > > > > > > >At 10:13 AM 8/25/2001, myster wrote: > >>Going back even further, I would think America's first mainstream > >>introduction to reggae would be through Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Maker", what > >>was that 73'? > >> > >>j > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
