Marcia Griffiths

by Roger SteffensJamaicas longest-running and perhaps biggest female vocalist ever. Griffiths began as a teenager in Coxsones Studio One, racking up hit after hit, then joined with paramour Bob Andy as Bob & Marcia for the Top Five U.K. pop hit Young, Gifted and Black. She formed The I Threes to back Bob Marleys international tours and recordings from 1974-1980 and scored a massive international hit with Electric Boogie in the 80s. Despite a few 70s Rasta tunes like Stepping out of Babylon, she is known primarily for her strong, smooth-as-mousse love songs and captivating live performances.