Marcia Griffiths joins Sanchez, Terry Linen for Mother’s Day StarTime
Reggae’s queen, Marcia Griffiths, has been added to the Mother’s Day StarTime concert which will take place on Sunday, May 9 at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, NJ. Others artistes on the bill are singers Sanchez and Terry Linen.
Marcia Griffiths, who was awarded the Order of Distinction from the government of Jamaica in 1994, is perhaps best known the hit single Electric Boogie originally recorded in 1982. Re-released in 1989, Electric Boogie peaked at #78 on the Billboard Top Hip Hop and R&B charts, touching off an international dance craze — the Electric Slide. Electric Boogie and the accompanying Electric Slide dance have been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Phil Donahue Show, and the video was a regular on BET, MTV, VH1 and other international music channels.
Marcia Griffiths was also an original member of the I-Threes, the iconic trio that provided background vocals for Bob Marley and the Wailers in the mid 1970s.
She began her professional singing career in 1964 as a vocalist for the legendary Byron Lee & the Dragonaires. Coxsone Dodd, Bob Andy, Sonia Pottinger, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Beres Hammond, and Bunny Livingston are among the legendary Reggae musicians that Marcia Griffiths has recorded with. Feel Like Jumping, Really Together with Bob Andy, Young Gifted and Black, Stepping Out of Babylon, and Live On featuring Beres Hammond are among her most popular Reggae hit singles.
“Marcia Griffiths is truly the Queen of Reggae, it is fitting that she be part of our inaugural Mother’s Day StarTime event,” states Kacey ‘G City’ Rankine, a key member of the organising committee.
“With over 40 years of making Reggae hits, she always has, and continues to raise the bar for artistes, particularly female artistes in a male-dominated industry. She is an inspiration, and the perfect choice to join Sanchez and Terry Linen on stage to celebrate Mother’s Day,” Rankine concluded.
