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Do the Reggay

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Toots & The Maytals - Do The Reggae

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The Maytals-Do The Reggay

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Do The Reggay

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TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS - DO THE REGGAY

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Toots & The Maytals - Do the Reggay (Live on PressureDrop.tv)

"Do the Reggay" is a reggae song by The Maytals. Written by Toots Hibbert, produced by Leslie Kong and released on Beverly's Records in Jamaica and Pyramid Records in the UK in 1968. "Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use the word "reggae" and defined the developing genre by giving it its name. At that time, "reggay" had been the name of a passing dance fashion in Jamaica, but the song's connection of the word with the music itself led to its use for the style of music that developed from it.
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