The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

This room celebrates the vibrant legacy of Jamaican immigrants who settled across Ontario—not just in Toronto, but also in cities like Hamilton, London, Windsor, Ottawa, and beyond. The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection features reggae, ska, rocksteady, dancehall, dub, and hip-hop from the artists and communities that carried island rhythms into Canadian hearts and dancehalls. From early sound systems to national airplay, this music reflects resilience, identity, and joy—an irie tribute to the Jamaican-Canadian experience across the province.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Crack of Dawn	Somebody's Watching You	ST	03:14
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Intro (Michie Mee, Chuck Dee)	Bahdgyal's Revenge	01:15
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Get It Together	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	04:46
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Claudja Barry	This Taste of Love	Sweet Dynamite	04:29
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	See The Light	The Shadow	03:30
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Crack of Dawn	Board Walking	ST	03:05
Crack of Dawn	Changes	Spotlight	03:19
Crack of Dawn	Oh What a Feeling	ST	02:40
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Mighty Pope	Telephone Lovers	ST	02:53
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Lillian Allen	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Every Time You Go Away	You Are My Lady	06:19
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Kotch	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:50
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Crack of Dawn	Keep the Faith	ST	02:49
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Winston Hart	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Crack of Dawn	Boobie Ruby	ST	02:22
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Trevor Dandy	Lay Your Burdens	Sing Hallelujah	03:47
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Intro (Michie Mee, Chuck Dee)	Bahdgyal's Revenge	01:15
Glen Ricketts	Looking Back	Just Can't Get Over You	04:34
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Stan Martin	You Know I Love You	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:29
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Fire (She Need Water)	ST	03:03
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love Everybody	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Jamaican Funk	Jamaican Funk	03:23
Lindsay Estiban	Never Will I	L.A. Walk	06:04
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Crack of Dawn	Keep The Faith (mono)	Keep The Faith (promo)	02:42
Lindsay Estiban	Fancy Ladies	L.A. Walk	03:31
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11

The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

Tracks

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Carl Harvey - Just Having Fun

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Carl Harvey - The Times

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Carl Harvey - Ecstacy of Mankind

Carl Harvey - Ebony Lady

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Cougars - Caribana '67 Volume 1

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Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

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Ishan People - Roots

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Ishan People - ST

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - Woah Vicky (featuring Michie Mee, Nanna Goodie, LolaBunz, Layla Hendryx, Charmaine & TherealKeesh) (Remix)

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - Bahdgyal's Revenge

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - Willing and Able

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - Made It

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - Say About Us?

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - Jamaican Funk

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Bob Williams - I Love You (In A Very Special Way) b/w Life Must Go On

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Bob Williams - I'm Alright

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Bob Williams - Mighty Creator b/w I Believe in Music

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Soul Explosion Band - Out of Many One People

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Mighty Mystics - Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms

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Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock) - You Are My Lady

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Trevor Dandy - Don't Cry Little Tree

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Mighty Pope - Sway

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Mighty Pope - ST

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Mighty Pope - Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength

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Mighty Pope - Whatever Goes Around b/w Rescue Me

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Mighty Pope - If You Want a Love Affair b/w Many Rivers to Cross

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Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

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Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

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Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

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