Burning down a music studio in 1979 was the greatest thing Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry ever did
“They would have killed me…”
Reggae
Bob Marley was forced to defend reggae as a viable form of pop music: “It’s like cooking”
Critics questioned why so few reggae artists had found success in America.
The classic Bruce Springsteen song that is actually a Jimmy Cliff cover
“I look at it as a compliment”.
‘Let’s Make Africa Green Again’: the story of Black Britain’s star-studded charity single
Black artists didn’t make the pick for Live Aid, so they made their own.