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Sounds of the 70s 2: Episode 2: Reggae - Stir It Up

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Reggae - Stir it Up

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Episode 2: Reggae - Stir It Up

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Featuring Bob Marley and the Wailers, Steel Pulse, Janet Kay and other hit reggae acts.

How reggae music brought to the UK by West Indian immigrants came to dominate the charts. With Ken Boothe, Steel Pulse, Althea and Donna, Janet Kay and more.

By the start of the 70s, the Windrush generation of immigrants who came to the UK from the Caribbean and West Indies were an established part of the British population and their influence and culture permeated UK society.

This second programme rejoices and revels in the reggae music exported from Jamaica and the home-grown reggae-influenced sounds that sprouted from the cities of England. Reggae's dominance of the UK charts is celebrated with performances from Ken Boothe, Dave and Ansel Collins, Steel Pulse, Althea and Donna, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Janet Kay, Susan Cadogan and The Specials.

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