[Ads-l] Possible Antedating of "Reggae" (Music)

[Shapiro, Fred]

reggae (OED, 2., 1968 Nov. 22)

1968 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 11 Oct. 6/5 (NewspaperArchive)  Sound Happening ... Featuring: CLANCY "Reggae" ECCLES  Still more new tunes.

1968 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 27 Oct. 20/7 (NewspaperArchive)  Reggeh [sic], Tommy McCook [in song listings].

NOTE:  I view these as "possible" antedatings, because "reggae" or "reggeh" in these citations might refer to dance rather than music.

Fred Shapiro

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