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Toots and the Maytals

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Frederick "Toots" Hibbert with Raleigh Gordon and Jerry Matthias, formed in Kingston in the early 1960s and recording first for Coxsone Dodd, then Prince Buster and Byron Lee before the Leslie Kong sides that made them international. Theirs was the group whose "Do the Reggay" (1968) put the genre's name on a record label, whose Festival Song wins began with "Bam Bam" in the competition's first year, and whose "54-46 That's My Number" — written out of Hibbert's imprisonment on a ganja charge, the number being his prison number — became one of the most versioned rhythms in the music. "Pressure Drop" and "Monkey Man" carried the same church-raised soul power into the reggae era and then out of it, covered by the Clash and the Specials and pulling Jamaican music into British punk. Hibbert won a Grammy with True Love (2005) and died on 11 September 2020.

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Paul Douglas: Toots & The Maytals

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Toots & the Maytals - 54-46 That's My Number - 11/15/1975 - Winterland (Official)

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  1. 0:00yeah love
  2. 0:03yeah love love all
  3. 0:04love all
  4. 0:04love all right everybody say
  5. 0:11[Music]
  6. 0:14[Music] yeah everybody say
  7. 0:21yeah I want you to look St to my face
  8. 0:24yeah I want you to look St to my face right now and don't don't you afraid to
  9. 0:29right now and don't don't you afraid to
  10. 0:29right now and don't don't you afraid to tell a want to
  11. 0:35[Applause]
  12. 0:38say once more I would like you to say
  13. 0:41say once more I would like you to say want to say y
  14. 0:46[Music]
  15. 0:50[Music] [Applause]
  16. 0:51[Applause]
  17. 0:51[Applause] [Music]
  18. 0:59[Music]
  19. 1:10[Music] everybody
  20. 1:11everybody
  21. 1:11everybody [Music]
  22. 1:13[Music]
  23. 1:13[Music] [Applause]
  24. 1:18[Music]
  25. 1:20[Music] say
  26. 1:25everybody what is that yeah yeah yeah
  27. 1:29everybody what is that yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
  28. 1:32hey hey
  29. 1:36hey hey [Music]
  30. 1:58hey get I'm Miss
  31. 2:00hey get I'm Miss [Applause]
  32. 2:07[Applause]
  33. 2:07[Applause] yeah what I
  34. 2:12say what to say yeah
  35. 2:16say what to say yeah yeah hey
  36. 2:18yeah hey
  37. 2:18yeah hey [Applause]
  38. 2:35[Music]
  39. 2:49you hurt me no no no I I do
  40. 2:58you hurt me no no no I I do I I
  41. 3:00I I
  42. 3:00I I [Applause]
  43. 3:01[Applause]
  44. 3:02[Applause] this what
  45. 3:07I he what
  46. 3:09I he what [Music]
  47. 3:20[Music]
  48. 3:24[Music] I we get
  49. 3:27I we get
  50. 3:27I we get hurt I want to thank you
  51. 3:31hurt I want to thank you
  52. 3:31hurt I want to thank you this what
  53. 3:33this what
  54. 3:33this what they I want to say
  55. 3:36they I want to say
  56. 3:36they I want to say yeah this what
  57. 3:41[Music]
  58. 4:00[Music] hey
  59. 4:21[Music]
  60. 4:30he the one that's
  61. 4:32he the one that's there I
  62. 4:35there I
  63. 4:35there I every he the one that there
  64. 4:42[Music]
  65. 5:15come
  66. 5:17come on come
  67. 5:19on come
  68. 5:19on come on come come on come
  69. 5:24[Music]
  70. 5:28on yeah
  71. 5:30on yeah give it to me one time give it to me two
  72. 5:35give it to me one time give it to me two
  73. 5:35give it to me one time give it to me two time give it to me time yeah give it to
  74. 5:40time give it to me time yeah give it to
  75. 5:40time give it to me time yeah give it to me one time
  76. 5:42me one time
  77. 5:42me one time [Music]
  78. 6:05on come come come
  79. 6:08on come come come on come on come on come
  80. 6:11on come on come on come
  81. 6:11on come on come on come on give it to me one time you said when
  82. 6:16on give it to me one time you said when
  83. 6:16on give it to me one time you said when I said two time and one time I would
  84. 6:18I said two time and one time I would
  85. 6:18I said two time and one time I would like you to say
  86. 6:21like you to say
  87. 6:21like you to say haa I said one time you say
  88. 6:24haa I said one time you say
  89. 6:24haa I said one time you say ha I said two times you say haa
  90. 6:29ha I said two times you say haa
  91. 6:29ha I said two times you say haa I said three times you say ha
  92. 6:33I said three times you say ha
  93. 6:33I said three times you say ha haa I said four times you say ha H
  94. 6:40haa I said four times you say ha H
  95. 6:40haa I said four times you say ha H [Applause]
  96. 6:42[Applause]
  97. 6:42[Applause] H they got it they got it all
  98. 6:47H they got it they got it all
  99. 6:47H they got it they got it all right we're going to look it one more
  100. 6:49right we're going to look it one more
  101. 6:49right we're going to look it one more time together remember I said one time
  102. 6:52time together remember I said one time
  103. 6:52time together remember I said one time you say h give it to me one
  104. 6:56you say h give it to me one
  105. 6:56you say h give it to me one time give it to me two time give it to
  106. 7:00time give it to me two time give it to
  107. 7:00time give it to me two time give it to me three time give it to me one
  108. 7:05me three time give it to me one
  109. 7:05me three time give it to me one time good you have
  110. 7:07time good you have
  111. 7:07time good you have talent yeah all
  112. 7:10talent yeah all
  113. 7:10talent yeah all right
  114. 7:13right
  115. 7:13right okay I know I know you have the talent
  116. 7:15okay I know I know you have the talent
  117. 7:15okay I know I know you have the talent down here and that's why we come here
  118. 7:19down here and that's why we come here
  119. 7:19down here and that's why we come here really to do this reg time for you we
  120. 7:23really to do this reg time for you we
  121. 7:23really to do this reg time for you we want to sing the Reger beat and let you
  122. 7:25want to sing the Reger beat and let you
  123. 7:25want to sing the Reger beat and let you get to move your feet with our Jamaican
  124. 7:27get to move your feet with our Jamaican
  125. 7:27get to move your feet with our Jamaican Reger beat okay
  126. 7:30Reger beat okay
  127. 7:30Reger beat okay okay he goes out there do it one
  128. 7:34okay he goes out there do it one
  129. 7:34okay he goes out there do it one time Chris you know give it to me one
  130. 7:39time Chris you know give it to me one
  131. 7:39time Chris you know give it to me one time give it to me two time give it to
  132. 7:42time give it to me two time give it to
  133. 7:43time give it to me two time give it to me now three time now give it to me no
  134. 7:49time are you ready brother we're going
  135. 7:52time are you ready brother we're going to do
  136. 7:54to do
  137. 7:54to do [Music]
  138. 7:56[Music]
  139. 7:56[Music] this ch ch
  140. 8:00this ch ch
  141. 8:00this ch ch [Music]
  142. 8:16[Music]
  143. 8:19[Music] [Applause]
  144. 8:20[Applause]
  145. 8:20[Applause] [Music]
  146. 8:22[Music]
  147. 8:22[Music] take
  148. 8:28it yeah
  149. 8:34oh
  150. 8:36oh more that's my
  151. 8:39more that's my
  152. 8:39more that's my [Music]
  153. 8:42[Music]
  154. 8:42[Music] number I one
  155. 8:53more everybody say yeah yeah what say
  156. 8:57more everybody say yeah yeah what say yeah yeah everybody yeah yeah everybody
  157. 9:02yeah yeah everybody yeah yeah everybody
  158. 9:02yeah yeah everybody yeah yeah everybody yeah
  159. 9:05[Music]
  160. 9:06[Music] [Applause]
  161. 9:14[Music]
  162. 9:15[Music] yeah all right
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The Maytals — 54-46 Was My Number (Official Audio)

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  1. 0:02[Music]
  2. 0:23[Music] [Applause]
  3. 0:23[Applause]
  4. 0:23[Applause] [Music]
  5. 0:26[Music]
  6. 0:26[Music] [Applause]
  7. 0:29[Applause]
  8. 0:29[Applause] [Music]
  9. 0:29[Music]
  10. 0:29[Music] [Applause]
  11. 0:30[Applause]
  12. 0:30[Applause] [Music]
  13. 0:32[Music]
  14. 0:32[Music] [Applause]
  15. 0:34[Applause]
  16. 0:34[Applause] [Music]
  17. 0:39[Music]
  18. 0:57[Music] in a sense to me give it to me
  19. 1:10in a sense to me give it to me
  20. 1:10in a sense to me give it to me to Tom give it to me
  21. 1:15to Tom give it to me
  22. 1:15to Tom give it to me [Music]
  23. 1:28[Music]
  24. 1:43[Music] [Applause]
  25. 1:47[Applause]
  26. 1:47[Applause] [Music]
  27. 1:48[Music]
  28. 1:48[Music] [Applause]
  29. 1:49[Applause]
  30. 1:49[Applause] [Music]
  31. 1:50[Music]
  32. 1:50[Music] [Applause]
  33. 1:50[Applause]
  34. 1:50[Applause] [Music]
  35. 1:54[Music]
  36. 1:54[Music] [Applause]
  37. 1:56[Applause]
  38. 1:57[Applause] [Music]
  39. 2:02[Music]
  40. 2:02[Music] [Applause]
  41. 2:05[Music]
  42. 2:18give it to me
  43. 2:21give it to me [Music]
  44. 2:29[Music]
  45. 2:56[Music] [Applause]
  46. 3:00[Music]
  47. 3:06[Applause]
  48. 3:06[Applause] [Music]
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The Maytals 'Pressure Drop' (official audio)

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Toots and the Maytals — 54-46 That's My Number (original 1968 recording)

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NPR — Reggae Legend Toots Hibbert Dies At 77

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