"Pressure Drop" is a song written by Toots Hibbert and first recorded in 1969 by The Maytals for record producer Leslie Kong. The song appears on their 1970 album "Monkey Man" (released in Jamaica by Beverley's Records) and From the Roots (released in the UK by Trojan Records). "Pressure Drop" helped launch the band's career outside Jamaica when the song was featured on the soundtrack to the 1972 film The Harder They Come, which introduced reggae to much of the world. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine rated the song No. 453 in its list of the 5… read more
"Pressure Drop" is a song written by Toots Hibbert and first recorded in 1969 by The Maytals for record producer Leslie Kong. The song appe… read more
"Pressure Drop" is a song written by Toots Hibbert and first recorded in 1969 by The Maytals for record producer Leslie Kong. The song appears on their 1970 album "Monkey … read more
Jamaican ska vocal group The Maytals became a reggae band in 1971, renamed Toots and The Maytals with Toots Hibbert (Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert) as front figure. The band won a 2005 Grammy award for the album True Love. Funky Kingston in early 70s is on Rolling Stone's list The Greatest Albums of All Time. The bass line in "54-46" is one of the most covered in pop music. Songs such as "Monkey Man", "Pressure Drop", "Bam Bam", among others, made them favorites for the early skinhead movement of white working-class youth in UK. Toots and…read more
Jamaican ska vocal group The Maytals became a reggae band in 1971, renamed Toots and The Maytals with Toots Hibbert (Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert) as front figure. The band won a 2005 Grammy… read more