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page 1First-wave ska groups

Desmond Dekker
Jamaican ska singer-songwriter (1941–2006)
Toots and the Maytals
Jamaican reggae/ska/rocksteady band
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Jamaican reggae band
The Skatalites
Jamaican ska band
Don Drummond
Jamaican ska trombonist and composer (1932-1969)
The Ethiopians
band
Symarip
250px|right|thumb|Mr. Symarip at a concert in Klub-Ost, ViennaSymarip (also known at various stages of their career as The Bees, The Pyramids, Seven Letters and Zubaba) were a British ska and reggae band, originating in the late 1960s, when Frank Pitter and Michael Thomas founded the band as The Bees. The band's name was originally spelled Simaryp, which is an approximate reversal of the word pyramids. Consisting of members of West Indian descent, Simaryp is widely marked as one of the first skinhead reggae bands, being one of the first to target skinheads as an audience. Their hits included "