The longest, hardest, and most consistently
working artist in the history of the Jamaican Music
Industry is the Empress of Reggae music, the most Honorable
Marcia Griffiths, OD, first Lady of Songs, Female Vocalist
Supreme.
In a career spanning 40 years to date and still going
strong, she hits high points internationally as a soloist
and as a duo with Bob Andy, as Bob and Marcia. She has
toured the world as a member of the I-threes with Bob
Marley and the Wailers. Subsequently as a soloist she
hit the Billboard chart with “Electric Boogie
Song” and created a world class dance, the Electric
Slide. This super star has been recording and performing
ceaselessly.
At a recent reggae concert in South Florida, Marcia
Griffiths demonstrated the same level of performance
she has been known for over the years, as both a solist
and a member of different groups. She displayed, in
combination with Reggae rapper Cutty Ranks, on their
duet of “Fire Burning”, all the zeal and
elements that go into dancehall music. Marcia exibit
the same exuberance when performing her international
crossove hit “Electric Boogie.”
Marcia Griffiths has been performing and recording
as a top class artist for four decade. She says “I
started singing professionally as a vocalist in 1964,
for Byron Lee and the Dragonaires band.” Her recording
years started soon after, at Coxsone Dodd - Studio One
where she recorded her first hit “Feel Like Jumping."
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