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1968 song which introduced the word Reggae

"Do the Reggay"
Single by the Maytals
Released	1968
Genre	Reggae, Rocksteady
Length	3:16
Label	Beverley's (Jamaica) Pyramid Records (United Kingdom)
Songwriter(s)	Toots Hibbert
Producer(s)	Leslie Kong

"Do the Reggay" is a reggae song by the Maytals, written by Toots Hibbert, produced by Leslie Kong and released on Beverley's in Jamaica and Pyramid Records in the UK in 1968. It was the first popular song to use the word "reggae" and defined the developing genre by giving it its name. At that time, "reggay" had been the name of a passing dance fashion in Jamaica, but the song's connection of the word with the music itself led to its use for the style of music that developed from it.

Hibbert claimed in a BBC Radio 6 Music interview that he took the word from a slang term for a person who is a bit scruffy or not well-kempt.

References

"Frederick "Toots" Hibbert Biography". biography.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
"The First Time... With Toots Hibbert". BBC. Retrieved 2019-02-04.

v t e Toots and the Maytals
Toots Hibbert Paul Douglas Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan Jackie Jackson Carl Harvey Marie "Twiggi" Gitten Stephen Stewart Charles Farquarson Henry "Raleigh" Gordon Nathaniel "Jerry" Matthias Hux Brown Harold Butler Michelle Eugene Winston Wright Winston Grennan Andy Bassford Leba Thomas
Albums	Funky Kingston (1973) In the Dark (1974) Reggae Got Soul (1976) Pass the Pipe (1979) Toots in Memphis (1988) True Love (2004) Light Your Light (2007) Got to Be Tough (2020)
Singles	"Do the Reggay" (1968) "54-46 That's My Number" (1968) "Monkey Man" (1969) "Louie Louie" (1972) "Pressure Drop" (1972) "Country Road" (1972) "I Can See Clearly Now" (1981) "I Got a Woman" (2006) "I Want You to Know" (2007) "Sunny" (2011)
Related articles	Discography Reggae Rocksteady Ska

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