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IRD Top 250 Jamaican Recordings

# Title Artist Player Year
1 Day'O/Banana Boat Song Harry Belafonte 1956
2 Matila Harry Belafonte 1956
3 Naughty Little Flea Lord Flea 1957
4 Easy Snapping Theopholis Beckford 1959
5 Oh Carolina Folkes Brothers 1960
6 Boogie in My Bones Laurel Aitken 1960
7 Judgement Day Laurel Aitken 1960
8 Eastern Standard Time Skatalites 1961
9 You Can Get It If You Really Want Jimmy Cliff 1962
10 Simmer Down Wailing Wailers 1963
11 My Boy Lollipop Millie Small 1964
12 Wash Wash Prince Buster & the All Stars 1964
13 Never Grow Old Maytals | Skatalites 1964
14 Man in the Street Don Drummond 1964
15 Ali Baba John Holt 1965
16 Bam Bam Maytals 1966
17 Party Time Heptones 1966
18 Rock Steady Alton Ellis 1966
19 Tonight Paragons 1966
20 The Tide is High Paragons 1966
21 Love I Can Feel Paragons 1966
22 Train to Skaville Ethiopians 1967
23 Ten Commandments Prince Buster 1967
24 Wear You to the Ball Paragons 1967
25 Willow Tree Alton Ellis 1967

Special Mentions

Title Artist Label Year Description
Jamaican Folk Songs Louise Bennett
(Ms Lou)
Folkways
Smithsonian Institute
1954 Ms. Lou's recordings include:
- Jamaica Singing Games (1953),
- Jamaican Folk Songs (Folkways Records, 1954),
- Children's Jamaican Songs and Games (Folkways, 1957),
- Miss Lou’s Views (1967),
- Listen to Louise (1968),
- Carifesta Ring Ding (1976),
- The Honorable Miss Lou (1981),
- Miss Lou (Live - London, 1983) and
- Yes M' Dear (Island Records)
Rise Up Jamaica United Reggae Boyz
Sony FIFA
1998 World Cup Theme Song FIFA Album

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