1. Toots Hibbert was born on 8 December 1942 in May Pen, Jamaica, the youngest of his siblings.
19 Facts About Toots Hibbert
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Toots Hibbert's parents were both strict Seventh-day Adventist preachers so he grew up singing gospel music in a church choir.
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Much of Toots Hibbert's early recorded output, such as "Hallelujah", reflects his Christian upbringing.
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In 1966, Toots Hibbert was sentenced to 18 months in prison for possession of marijuana.
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Toots Hibbert was one of the first artists to use the word "reggae" on a record, in 1968's "Do the Reggay".
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Toots Hibbert heralded the new sound with the seminal, complex groove monster 'Do the Reggay' advertising 'the new dance, going around the town.
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From '69 to '71, Toots Hibbert could do no wrong recording for Leslie Kong.
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Toots Hibbert is one of the purest human beings I've met in my life, pure almost to a fault.
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Toots Hibbert appeared in the groundbreaking Jamaican film The Harder They Come, in which his band sings "Sweet and Dandy".
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Toots Hibbert restarted his band in the mid-1990s without Gordon and Mathias.
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In 2004, Toots Hibbert was featured in Willie Nelson's Outlaws and Angels.
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Toots Hibbert carried on touring the world, and his band's True Love won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 2005.
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Toots Hibbert was featured in the music video for the song, which was filmed in Jamaica.
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In 2009, Toots Hibbert collaborated with MCPR Music and Steel Pulse's Sidney Mills, who produced Jamaican percussionist Larry McDonald's album Drumquestra.
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Toots Hibbert was a judge for the 10th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.
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Toots Hibbert is featured in their song, "The Sweetest Thing", on their album, Georgia Warhorse.
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In May 2013, Toots Hibbert received a head injury after being hit by a thrown bottle during a performance at the River Rock Festival in Richmond, Virginia, US forcing him to cancel several months of live shows.
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The Gleaner and Rolling Stone later confirmed the announcement, reporting that Toots Hibbert had died at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, in a medically induced coma.
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In 2010, Toots Hibbert ranked No 71 in Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time".