We grew up loving music and there was some people who always created music that lasted forever - Toots was one of them. “That song came out from I was one or two. It was after recording Murder She Wrote that he decided to cover Bam Bam to fulfill a lifelong dream. Pliers is half of Chaka Demus and Pliers who are renowned for the hit singles Murder She Wrote, Tease Me, and Twist And Shout. Meanwhile, Sister Nancy's version debuted in 1982 while superstar rapper Jay-Z did his cover in 2017, a collaboration with Damian Marley. Toots Hibbert, 77, frontman of Toots And The Maytals, died on Septemof complications brought on by COVID-19. It was co-produced by Sly Dunbar, Lloyd “Gitsy” Willis and Jason Lee.īam Bam was the winning entry for the inaugural Jamaica Festival Song Competition in 1966. Pliers (given name Everton Bonner) released his version in 1992. I helped to make that song bigger and make it international,” he told the Jamaica Observer. People like Nancy or even Jay-Z wouldn't have been able to eat a food when they did their covers. It was great…If I didn't do it, people wouldn't remember it. PLIERS credits his rendition of Toots And The Maytals' 1966 hit song Bam Bam for catapulting it to global recognition. It will look at songs covered by Jamaican artistes which became hits. The Jamaica Observer's Entertainment Desk continues its month-long feature titled 'Cover Me Good'.
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