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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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- 0:00yeah love
- 0:03yeah love love all
- 0:04love all
- 0:04love all right everybody say
- 0:11[Music]
- 0:14[Music] yeah everybody say
- 0:21yeah I want you to look St to my face
- 0:24yeah I want you to look St to my face right now and don't don't you afraid to
- 0:29right now and don't don't you afraid to
- 0:29right now and don't don't you afraid to tell a want to
- 0:35[Applause]
- 0:38say once more I would like you to say
- 0:41say once more I would like you to say want to say y
- 0:46[Music]
- 0:50[Music] [Applause]
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- 0:59[Music]
- 1:10[Music] everybody
- 1:11everybody
- 1:11everybody [Music]
- 1:13[Music]
- 1:13[Music] [Applause]
- 1:18[Music]
- 1:20[Music] say
- 1:25everybody what is that yeah yeah yeah
- 1:29everybody what is that yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
- 1:32hey hey
- 1:36hey hey [Music]
- 1:58hey get I'm Miss
- 2:00hey get I'm Miss [Applause]
- 2:07[Applause]
- 2:07[Applause] yeah what I
- 2:12say what to say yeah
- 2:16say what to say yeah yeah hey
- 2:18yeah hey
- 2:18yeah hey [Applause]
- 2:35[Music]
- 2:49you hurt me no no no I I do
- 2:58you hurt me no no no I I do I I
- 3:00I I
- 3:00I I [Applause]
- 3:01[Applause]
- 3:02[Applause] this what
- 3:07I he what
- 3:09I he what [Music]
- 3:20[Music]
- 3:24[Music] I we get
- 3:27I we get
- 3:27I we get hurt I want to thank you
- 3:31hurt I want to thank you
- 3:31hurt I want to thank you this what
- 3:33this what
- 3:33this what they I want to say
- 3:36they I want to say
- 3:36they I want to say yeah this what
- 3:41[Music]
- 4:00[Music] hey
- 4:21[Music]
- 4:30he the one that's
- 4:32he the one that's there I
- 4:35there I
- 4:35there I every he the one that there
- 4:42[Music]
- 5:15come
- 5:17come on come
- 5:19on come
- 5:19on come on come come on come
- 5:24[Music]
- 5:28on yeah
- 5:30on yeah give it to me one time give it to me two
- 5:35give it to me one time give it to me two
- 5:35give it to me one time give it to me two time give it to me time yeah give it to
- 5:40time give it to me time yeah give it to
- 5:40time give it to me time yeah give it to me one time
- 5:42me one time
- 5:42me one time [Music]
- 6:05on come come come
- 6:08on come come come on come on come on come
- 6:11on come on come on come
- 6:11on come on come on come on give it to me one time you said when
- 6:16on give it to me one time you said when
- 6:16on give it to me one time you said when I said two time and one time I would
- 6:18I said two time and one time I would
- 6:18I said two time and one time I would like you to say
- 6:21like you to say
- 6:21like you to say haa I said one time you say
- 6:24haa I said one time you say
- 6:24haa I said one time you say ha I said two times you say haa
- 6:29ha I said two times you say haa
- 6:29ha I said two times you say haa I said three times you say ha
- 6:33I said three times you say ha
- 6:33I said three times you say ha haa I said four times you say ha H
- 6:40haa I said four times you say ha H
- 6:40haa I said four times you say ha H [Applause]
- 6:42[Applause]
- 6:42[Applause] H they got it they got it all
- 6:47H they got it they got it all
- 6:47H they got it they got it all right we're going to look it one more
- 6:49right we're going to look it one more
- 6:49right we're going to look it one more time together remember I said one time
- 6:52time together remember I said one time
- 6:52time together remember I said one time you say h give it to me one
- 6:56you say h give it to me one
- 6:56you say h give it to me one time give it to me two time give it to
- 7:00time give it to me two time give it to
- 7:00time give it to me two time give it to me three time give it to me one
- 7:05me three time give it to me one
- 7:05me three time give it to me one time good you have
- 7:07time good you have
- 7:07time good you have talent yeah all
- 7:10talent yeah all
- 7:10talent yeah all right
- 7:13right
- 7:13right okay I know I know you have the talent
- 7:15okay I know I know you have the talent
- 7:15okay I know I know you have the talent down here and that's why we come here
- 7:19down here and that's why we come here
- 7:19down here and that's why we come here really to do this reg time for you we
- 7:23really to do this reg time for you we
- 7:23really to do this reg time for you we want to sing the Reger beat and let you
- 7:25want to sing the Reger beat and let you
- 7:25want to sing the Reger beat and let you get to move your feet with our Jamaican
- 7:27get to move your feet with our Jamaican
- 7:27get to move your feet with our Jamaican Reger beat okay
- 7:30Reger beat okay
- 7:30Reger beat okay okay he goes out there do it one
- 7:34okay he goes out there do it one
- 7:34okay he goes out there do it one time Chris you know give it to me one
- 7:39time Chris you know give it to me one
- 7:39time Chris you know give it to me one time give it to me two time give it to
- 7:42time give it to me two time give it to
- 7:43time give it to me two time give it to me now three time now give it to me no
- 7:49time are you ready brother we're going
- 7:52time are you ready brother we're going to do
- 7:54to do
- 7:54to do [Music]
- 7:56[Music]
- 7:56[Music] this ch ch
- 8:00this ch ch
- 8:00this ch ch [Music]
- 8:16[Music]
- 8:19[Music] [Applause]
- 8:20[Applause]
- 8:20[Applause] [Music]
- 8:22[Music]
- 8:22[Music] take
- 8:28it yeah
- 8:34oh
- 8:36oh more that's my
- 8:39more that's my
- 8:39more that's my [Music]
- 8:42[Music]
- 8:42[Music] number I one
- 8:53more everybody say yeah yeah what say
- 8:57more everybody say yeah yeah what say yeah yeah everybody yeah yeah everybody
- 9:02yeah yeah everybody yeah yeah everybody
- 9:02yeah yeah everybody yeah yeah everybody yeah
- 9:05[Music]
- 9:06[Music] [Applause]
- 9:14[Music]
- 9:15[Music] yeah all right
Audio
The Maytals — 54-46 Was My Number (Official Audio)
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- 0:02[Music]
- 0:23[Music] [Applause]
- 0:23[Applause]
- 0:23[Applause] [Music]
- 0:26[Music]
- 0:26[Music] [Applause]
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- 0:29[Applause] [Music]
- 0:29[Music]
- 0:29[Music] [Applause]
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- 0:30[Applause] [Music]
- 0:32[Music]
- 0:32[Music] [Applause]
- 0:34[Applause]
- 0:34[Applause] [Music]
- 0:39[Music]
- 0:57[Music] in a sense to me give it to me
- 1:10in a sense to me give it to me
- 1:10in a sense to me give it to me to Tom give it to me
- 1:15to Tom give it to me
- 1:15to Tom give it to me [Music]
- 1:28[Music]
- 1:43[Music] [Applause]
- 1:47[Applause]
- 1:47[Applause] [Music]
- 1:48[Music]
- 1:48[Music] [Applause]
- 1:49[Applause]
- 1:49[Applause] [Music]
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- 1:50[Music] [Applause]
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- 1:50[Applause] [Music]
- 1:54[Music]
- 1:54[Music] [Applause]
- 1:56[Applause]
- 1:57[Applause] [Music]
- 2:02[Music]
- 2:02[Music] [Applause]
- 2:05[Music]
- 2:18give it to me
- 2:21give it to me [Music]
- 2:29[Music]
- 2:56[Music] [Applause]
- 3:00[Music]
- 3:06[Applause]
- 3:06[Applause] [Music]
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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