Joe Higgs
Joseph Benjamin Higgs (3 June 1940 – 18 December 1999) was a reggae musician from Jamaica. In the late 1950s and 1960s he was part of the duo Higgs and Wilson together with Roy Wilson. He was a popular artist in Jamaica for four decades and is also known for his work tutoring younger musicians including Bob Marley and the Wailers and Jimmy Cliff.
Genre: reggae, roots-reggae, dub, rocksteady
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Top Tracks
- World Is Spinning Around
- Change of Plan
- There's a Reward
- A Message of Old
- Don't Come to My House No More (with The Fugitives)
- Don't Mind Me
- Sensation of Love (with The Fugitives)
- Freedom Journey
- Lay A Foundation
- Wave Of War
- Clap Your Hands
- The Wage of Crime
- You Hurt My Soul
- Neighbour Neighbour
- Mighty Man
- The Wage of Crime
- Dinah
- Free Africa - 2025 Remaster
- Mother Radio - 2025 Remaster
- Hurry Home - 2025 Remaster
Albums (43)
- Family (Remastered Edition) (2025)
- Soul Jazz Records presents STUDIO ONE SHOWCASE 45 Expanded Edition (2025)
- Blue Coxsone Box Set (2020)
- I Should Have Made It Up (2020)
- Neighbour Neighbour (2020)
- Kingston Shuffle: Funky Sounds and Beats from Kingston Jamaica (2020)
- Mafia & Fluxy Presents Roots and Culture, Vol.1 (2018)
- Merritone Rock Steady 3: Bang Bang Rock Steady 1966-1968 (2017)
- Deep Reggae Vibes (2017)
- Out And About With Reggae (2017)
- Sensation of Love (1970)
- The Story of Ska and Reggae, Pt. 2 (2015)
- Godfather of Reggae (2015)
- Jamaican Summer - Classic Artist Series, Vol. 6 (2015)
- Jamaican Summer - Classic Artist Series, Vol. 9 (2015)
- Ready Steady, Go Go Go - Soca Roots and Caribbean Classics, Vol. 10 (2015)
- Reggae Roots Essentials (2014)
- Jackpot Roots Super Hits (2014)
- Blue Beat (2014)
- Super Hits Cultural Reggae (2013)
- Super Hits: Cultural Reggae (2013)
- Studio One Ska Fever! More Ska Sounds from Sir Coxsone's Downbeat 1962-65 (2013)
- Rupie Edwards Presents Success Archives - From Kingston Jamaica to London UK, Pt. 3 (2013)
- Great Reggae Roots Classics (2012)
- 80 Reggae Roots Songs (2011)
- Foundation - Roots & Culture, Vol. 1 (2011)
- Studio One Kings (2008)
- The Best Of Sioux Vol. 1 (2007)
- Chronchitis (2007)
- Crossfire (2006)
- Studio One Roots 2 (2005)
- Freedom - The Anthology 1967-73 (2005)
- Studio One Ska (2004)
- By The Rivers Of Babylon: Timeless Hymns of Rastafari (1997)
- Blackman Know Yourself (1970)
- Family (1970)
- Unity Is Power (1970)
- Life of Contradiction (1970)
- Top of the Ladder (1973)
- Rocksteady Greats of the 60s, Vol. 1 (1972)
- Foolish Fool (1969)
- You Hurt My Soul (1970)
- Put On Your Best Dress - Sonia Pottinger's Ska & Rock Steady 1966-67 (Expanded Version) (1966)
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