Marcia Llyneth Griffiths (born 23 November 1949, Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston, Jamaica

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) is a successful female singer, also called the "Queen of Reggae". One reviewer described her noting "she is known primarily for her strong, smooth-as-mousse love songs and captivating live performances".

Griffiths started her career in 1964. From 1970 to 1974 she worked together with Bob Andy

Bob Andy

Bob Andy is a Jamaican reggae vocalist and songwriter. He is widely regarded as one of reggae's most influential songwriters.-Career:...

 in the group Bob and Marcia

Bob and Marcia

Bob and Marcia were a Jamaican vocal duo, that consisted of Bob Andy and Marcia Griffiths. They had a #5 UK hit single in 1970 with "Young, Gifted and Black". They followed up with "Pied Piper", which peaked at #11 in the UK Singles Chart in 1971. Those two releases spent a total of twenty five...

, on the Harry J label

Record label

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. Between 1974 and 1981 she was a member of the I Threes

I Threes

The I Threes were a Jamaican reggae singing group made up of three women, that was formed in 1974 to support Bob Marley & The Wailers after Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer — the original Wailer backing vocalists — left the band....

, a background group, which supported Bob Marley & the Wailers

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Bob Marley & The Wailers were a Jamaican reggae, ska and rocksteady band formed by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in 1963. Additional members were Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, Cherry Smith and Aston and Carlton Barrett...

.

Her song "Electric Boogie", released in 1976 and re-released in 1989, made the Electric Slide

Electric Slide

The Electric aka The Electric Slide is a four wall line dance set to the Marcia Griffiths' song Electric Boogie. Choreographer Ric Silver created the dance in 1976.- Controversy :...

, a line dance

Line dance

A line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows without regard for the gender of the individuals, all facing the same direction, and executing the steps at the same time. Line dancers are not in physical contact...

, an international dance craze. It reached number 51 on the US

United States

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 Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 making it her most successful single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

. It remains the highest-selling single by a female Reggae singer of all time.

Discography

• Sweet Bitter Love, 1974
• Naturally, 1978
• Stepping, 1978
• Rock My Soul, 1984
• Marcia,1988
• Carousel, 1990
• Indomitable, 1995
• Land Of Love, 1997
• Collectors Series,1998
• Truly, 1998
• Certified, 1999
• Reggae Max, 2003
• Shining Time, 2005
• Melody Life, 2007

External links

• Official homepage of Marcia Griffiths