The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

This room celebrates the vibrant legacy of Jamaican immigrants who settled across Ontario—not just in Toronto, but also in cities like Hamilton, London, Windsor, Ottawa, and beyond. The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection features reggae, ska, rocksteady, dancehall, dub, and hip-hop from the artists and communities that carried island rhythms into Canadian hearts and dancehalls. From early sound systems to national airplay, this music reflects resilience, identity, and joy—an irie tribute to the Jamaican-Canadian experience across the province.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Prelude No.1	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	00:26
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Otis Gayle	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	ST	02:58
Leroy Brown	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Insecura Luva	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	04:45
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Willing and Abel	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:41
Claudja Barry	Take it Easy	The Girl Most Likely	06:50
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
King Herbert And the Knights	Ode to Billy Joe	With Jack Harden	04:15
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude, Pt. 1	Bahdgyal's Revenge	00:31
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Carl Harvey	Why You Wanna be like That!!	The Times	04:34
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Carl Harvey	The Times	The Times	04:24
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Forgot About Mich - Fam	Bahdgyal's Revenge	03:10
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Casa Nova	The Money Makers	03:29
King Herbert And the Knights	Lucille	With Jack Harden	02:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	What You Talkin' Bout	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:17
Claudja Barry	Sweet Dynamite	Sweet Dynamite	04:08
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Claudja Barry	The Twelwe Days Of Christmas	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	04:44
Carl Harvey	Third Stone from the Sun	The Times	05:24
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Mighty Pope	Love on a Disco Floor	ST	03:01
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Tony Kingston	Summertime	Tongue Tied	03:12
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Trevor Dandy	Lay Your Burdens	Sing Hallelujah	03:47
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Crack of Dawn	Keep The Faith (mono)	Keep The Faith (promo)	02:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Glen Ricketts	At The Dark End of the Street	Just Can't Get Over You	04:33
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Crack of Dawn	Stand Tall	ST	02:46
Crack of Dawn	Spotlight	Spotlight	04:33
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Claudja Barry	The Way You are Dancing	I Wanna Be Loved By You	03:27
Carl Harvey	Only the Moment	The Times	05:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	What You Talkin' Bout	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:17
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Jack Harden & the Silhouettes	Love is Wonderful	She'll be Back b/w Love is Wonderful	02:25
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25

The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

Tracks

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Tony Kingston - Tongue Tied

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Tony Kingston - Sweet Music b/w Sweet Music

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Tony Kingston - Too Heavy to Carry b/w The Worst That Could Happen

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Tony Kingston - What d'You Say b/w What d'You Say (instrumental)

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Tony Kingston - Now You're Gone

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Tony Kingston - I Am a Preacher b/w What We Need (Is a Great Melting Pot)

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Tony Kingston - Faith, Hope & Charity b/w Faith, Hope & Charity

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Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3

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Lascelles Douglas - Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle

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Desmond Chambers - Tiger Bom

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Stranger Cole - Storybook Revisited

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Stranger Cole - More Life EP (with The Steadytones)

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Stranger Cole - Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)

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Stranger Cole - The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)

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Stranger Cole - "Forward" in the Land of Sunshine

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Stranger Cole - The Patriot

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Stranger Cole - Capture Land

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Carl Harvey - Just Having Fun

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Carl Harvey - The Times

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Carl Harvey - Ecstacy of Mankind

Carl Harvey - Ebony Lady

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Cougars - Caribana '67 Volume 1

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Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

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Ishan People - Roots

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Ishan People - ST

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - Woah Vicky (featuring Michie Mee, Nanna Goodie, LolaBunz, Layla Hendryx, Charmaine & TherealKeesh) (Remix)

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - Bahdgyal's Revenge

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - Willing and Able

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - Made It

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