The Melodians

The Melodians' importance to Jamaican music history can be summed up in a few singles. "Swing and Dine" is simply the divine definition of rocksteady. Their genre-defining collaboration with U-Roy, "Everybody Bawlin'," is a landmark of dancehall-style "deejaying" (rapping). "Sweet Sensation" is rocksteady's rhythmically challenging bridge to reggae, while "Rivers of Babylon," included on the breakthrough soundtrack to The Harder They Come, is one of reggae's foundation records.