Marcia Griffith

Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Genre - Reggae
Style - Dancehall

Marcia Griffiths started her recording career in her early teens and had her first Jamaica no 1 with "Feel Like Jumping"in -68 for Coxone Dodd. Enjoyed international success as a part of the duo Bob and Marcia, remember Young, Gifted And Black and Pied Piper? No, neither do I. But I'm sure you remember Exodus, No Woman No Cry and Kaya. Yes, it's the same Marcia Griffiths as in the I-Threes.
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Jamaica's longest-running and perhaps biggest female vocalist ever. Griffiths began as a teenager in Coxsone's Studio One, racking up hit after hit, then joined with paramour Bob Andy as Bob & Marcia for the Top Five U.K. pop hit "Young, Gifted and Black." She formed The I Threes to back Bob Marley's international tours and recordings from 1974-1980 and scored a massive international hit with "Electric Boogie" in the '80s. Despite a few '70s Rasta tunes like "Stepping out of Babylon," she is known primarily for her strong, smooth-as-mousse love songs and captivating live performances. Marcia has not only been a singer of renown, but has also tried her hand at acting. Her most recently known film is "Caribbean Nights".Not a blockbuster but probably the start of a new career, maybe.
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