The Jamaicans, Category: Artist, Singles: Could You Be Loved - Single, Ba Ba Boom, Top Tracks: Ba Ba Boom, Baba Boom Time, Ba Ba Boom, Things You Say You Love, Things You Say You Love, Biography: The Jamaicans (Tommy Cowan, Norris Weir, Martin Williams) burst on the scene in 1967 by winning the second Jamaican Festival song contest with a bit of nonsensical rocksteady called "Ba Ba Boom," a piece that had been written by Cowan and Weir., Monthly Listeners: 32192, Where People Listen: London, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Paris
The Jamaicans originally started out as a band known as the Cool Shakes. They cut two tracks for Duke Reid with Treasure Isle Records (known for his love of jazz, blues and soul), and in 1967 at the Island's Festival Song Contest, the band took home 1st place with the super fun, ska/rocksteady pop song Ba Ba Boom, written about the Jamaica Independence Festival.