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

[Shapiro, Fred]

See below for antedating discovered by Dave Wilton.

Fred Shapiro


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

And the earliest known appearance in print of the name is in an advertisement in Kingston, Jamaica’s Daily Gleaner on 7 September 1968 for a band that was covering Hibbert’s song:
TONIGHT! TONIGHT!
THE “BOSS” SOUND
is back at the RAINBOW CLUB
with a
360° SOUND HAPPENING
JAMAICA’S GREATEST
Sonny Wong   Victor Wong   Derrick Herriot “The Preacher”
Skaing Souls[?]-Crazy Mood
This Music Got Soul
THE MIGHTY VIKINGS
Come do this
Brand New Dance
THE REGGAE
Hear these new Fab. Tunes:
•  Don’t tell to Mary
•  Watch the sound
•  Love makes a woman
•  Lovers Holiday
•  Red Red wine
•  Reggae
•  Got the Rhythm




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