“Sweet and Dandy”

E530838

“Sweet and Dandy” is a classic ska and rocksteady song by Toots and the Maytals, celebrated as one of the defining tracks of early reggae music.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sweet and Dandy 2
“Sweet and Dandy” canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Toots and the Maytals ⓘ
associatedAct Toots and the Maytals ⓘ
associatedWithMovement early reggae era ⓘ
associatedWithScene 1960s Jamaican music ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Jamaica ⓘ
culturalOrigin Jamaican music scene ⓘ
describedAs classic ska and rocksteady song ⓘ
defining track of early reggae music ⓘ
genre reggae ⓘ
rocksteady ⓘ
ska ⓘ
hasBackingBand The Maytals ⓘ
hasBackingVocals The Maytals ⓘ
hasCulturalStatus reggae standard ⓘ
ska/rocksteady classic ⓘ
hasLyricsLanguage English ⓘ
hasMainPerformer Toots Hibbert ⓘ
hasMusicalOrigin rocksteady ⓘ
ska ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle Jamaican popular music ⓘ
hasPerformerNationality Jamaican ⓘ
hasPrimaryVocalRole lead vocals by Toots Hibbert ⓘ
linked to: Toots Hibbert
hasRegionOfPopularity Jamaica ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
global reggae audience ⓘ
hasReputation one of the defining tracks of early reggae music ⓘ
hasRhythmicStyle offbeat ska/reggae rhythm ⓘ
hasSubgenre early reggae ⓘ
influencedGenre reggae ⓘ
rocksteady-influenced reggae ⓘ
ska revival ⓘ
isClassicOf early reggae ⓘ
rocksteady ⓘ
ska ⓘ
language English ⓘ
musicalArtist Toots and the Maytals ⓘ
notableWorkOf Toots and the Maytals ⓘ
partOf Toots and the Maytals discography ⓘ
performer Toots and the Maytals ⓘ
vocalist Toots Hibbert ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Toots and the Maytals → notableWork → “Sweet and Dandy” ⓘ
Toots Hibbert → notableWork → Sweet and Dandy ⓘ
linked to: “Sweet and Dandy”
True Love → hasTrack → Sweet and Dandy ⓘ
subject linked to: “True Love”
linked to: “Sweet and Dandy”