Marcia Griffiths
Jamaica
Born: 23 November 1949
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Reggae, International
Styles: Dancehall, Reggae/Caribbean, Reggae/Caribbean, Roots Reggae, Contemporary Reggae
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Jamaica's longest-running and perhaps biggest female vocalist ever. Griffiths began as a teenager in Coxsone's Studio One, racking up hit after hit, then joined with paramour Bob Andy as Bob & Marcia for the Top Five U.K. pop hit "Young, Gifted and Black." She formed The I Threes to back Bob Marley's international tours and recordings from 1974-1980 and scored a massive international hit with "Electric Boogie" in the '80s. Despite a few '70s Rasta tunes like "Stepping out of Babylon," she is known primarily for her strong, smooth-as-mousse love...
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