Reggae joe higgs biography
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Reggae joe higgs biography
Joe Higgs was born on June 3, 1940 in Jamaica.
Higgs was hugely influential in the birth of the ska, rock steady and reggae forms of Jamaican music, and was widely respected as a composer, arranger and performer, but perhaps most of all as a teacher.
Among those he trained were Bob Marley, Derrick Harriott, Peter Tosh, Bob Andy, the Wailing Souls and Bunny Wailer.
One of the first local recording artists in Jamaica, his debut single, made with partner Roy Wilson, as the duo Higgs and Wilson, was "Oh Manny Oh," and sold over 50,000 copies in Jamaica in 1960.
Higgs once recalled about the formation of the duo, "We used to live on the same street and go down to the rehearsals at Bim and Bam. We got together in a contest when we were each qualified i