Marcia Griffiths—- Any attempt to compile a top-10 listing of the best female rocksteady vocalists, could prove a very interesting, but challenging exercise. In a two-year blitz that spawned the year 1967 and most of 1968, the rocksteady beat, from which reggae emerged, dominated the Jamaican popular music scene and was almost exclusively dominated by male artists like Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, John Holt, Delroy Wilson, Slim Smith, Bob Andy and others. Also in the mix were … Read entire article »