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
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Trevor Dandy	Every Time	Sing Hallelujah	04:21
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Tony Kingston	Teeny Weeny Bit	Tongue Tied	02:25
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Stan Martin	Big Mouth Woman	Big Mouth Woman b/w Beautiful Girl	02:54
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	What You Talkin' Bout	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:17
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Carl Harvey	Why You Wanna be like That!!	The Times	04:34
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Tony Kingston	Sweet Music	Sweet Music b/w Sweet Music	03:00
Claudja Barry	O Tannenbaum	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:52
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Crack of Dawn	Keep The Faith (stereo)	Keep The Faith (promo)	02:44
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Stan Martin	Beautiful Girl	Big Mouth Woman b/w Beautiful Girl	03:59
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Crack of Dawn	Just Time For Lovin'	Horizons	03:04
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Jo-Jo And The Fugitives	Chips-Chicken-Banana Split (Wayne McGhie)	Chips-Chicken-Banana Split b/w Fugitive Song	02:22
Stranger Cole	Lifting Me Higher	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:55
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Carl Harvey	The Last Time	The Times	03:37
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Bahdgyal Bubble	Bahdgyal's Revenge	03:45
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
King Herbert And the Knights	Sissy Strut	With Jack Harden	03:44
Tony Kingston	Too Heavy to Carry	Too Heavy to Carry b/w The Worst That Could Happen	02:49
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Jamaican Funk	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:18
Tony Kingston	I Am a Preacher	I Am a Preacher b/w What We Need (Is a Great Melting Pot)	03:54
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Whey Mee Get It From	Bahdgyal's Revenge	03:38
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Winston Hart	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Carl Harvey	Third Stone from the Sun	The Times	05:24
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42

The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

Tracks

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Tony Kingston - Tongue Tied

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Tony Kingston - Sweet Music b/w Sweet Music

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Tony Kingston - Too Heavy to Carry b/w The Worst That Could Happen

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Tony Kingston - What d'You Say b/w What d'You Say (instrumental)

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Tony Kingston - Now You're Gone

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Tony Kingston - I Am a Preacher b/w What We Need (Is a Great Melting Pot)

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Tony Kingston - Faith, Hope & Charity b/w Faith, Hope & Charity

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Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3

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Lascelles Douglas - Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle

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Desmond Chambers - Tiger Bom

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Stranger Cole - Storybook Revisited

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Stranger Cole - More Life EP (with The Steadytones)

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Stranger Cole - Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)

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Stranger Cole - The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)

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Stranger Cole - "Forward" in the Land of Sunshine

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Stranger Cole - The Patriot

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Stranger Cole - Capture Land

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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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