The recording artiste has been grounded in Portmore, St Catherine, since the start of the pandemic but says that he has been keeping up with the times. I dance to songs that I born come hear, and my children are still dancing to songs I born come hear.” “There is nobody that can say they do not know Bam Bam. “I took the original Festival song by the legendary Toots Hibbert and turn it into a worldwide celebrated classic,” Pliers said. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters. It has been sampled more than 50 times by local and international acts, including R&B power couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Kanye West and Rihanna for their 2016 collaboration Famous, and Lizzo for Truth Hurts released in 2017. Still, Pliers, given name Everton Bonner, takes credit for its global recognition. Toots and The Maytals recorded the original song in 1966. That means it has quality and substance to survive the decades and decades of music produced. He continued, “It is a great feeling – I feel great – to know that songs that were done 30 years ago can be loved by the youths today. “Biden has proven to be a rights man, and a strong representative for the US nation, and that part of the lyrics is why people choose it exemplify his qualities and the work he is doing,” he told The Gleaner. Pliers, who is one-half of the famed reggae and dancehall performing duo with Chaka Demus, said that the message is relevant to the time. According to veteran recording artiste Pliers, it is the reason that the sample of the song could be heard in the streets of Philadelphia when the presidential race called Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States. Last year he released the song Real Warrior with his brother Richie Spice.The line, “I want you to know that I am the man who fight for the right, not the wrong”, stands out in the 1992 classic Bam Bam. The Rock Hall, St Andrew native, as a solo act, is also known for hit songs including Your Love Is Burning and Barbara. “Whole heap a people wouldn't know the songs if we never introduced the reggae or dancehall beat,” Pliers said. He said cover songs by Jamaica's artistes have helped introduce the country's culture to the international market. We sold two million copies in two weeks, and that's how we made the Guinness Book of World Records,” Pliers added. “Chaka Demus and Pliers and Jacks Radics did a song and we were the only ones who made number one on the British National Charts as non-whites. He has also seen much success with the cover of Twist and Shout, originally recorded by The Beatles. I turned back and told Sly and Gitsy that there was this song I always loved but I didn't know all the lyrics, and they told me to sing what I know and they would fill in the rest of the lyrics,” Pliers recalled. I went to do a song for Sly Dunbar called Murder She Wrote, and as I was stepping through the door and I remembered the song and the rhythm for Murder She Wrote rang a bell. We grew up loving music and there was some people who always created music that lasted forever - Toots was one of them. “That song came out from I was one or two. It was after recording Murder She Wrote that he decided to cover Bam Bam to fulfill a lifelong dream. Pliers is half of Chaka Demus and Pliers who are renowned for the hit singles Murder She Wrote, Tease Me, and Twist And Shout. Meanwhile, Sister Nancy's version debuted in 1982 while superstar rapper Jay-Z did his cover in 2017, a collaboration with Damian Marley. Toots Hibbert, 77, frontman of Toots And The Maytals, died on Septemof complications brought on by COVID-19. It was co-produced by Sly Dunbar, Lloyd “Gitsy” Willis and Jason Lee.īam Bam was the winning entry for the inaugural Jamaica Festival Song Competition in 1966. Pliers (given name Everton Bonner) released his version in 1992. I helped to make that song bigger and make it international,” he told the Jamaica Observer. People like Nancy or even Jay-Z wouldn't have been able to eat a food when they did their covers. It was great…If I didn't do it, people wouldn't remember it. PLIERS credits his rendition of Toots And The Maytals' 1966 hit song Bam Bam for catapulting it to global recognition. It will look at songs covered by Jamaican artistes which became hits. The Jamaica Observer's Entertainment Desk continues its month-long feature titled 'Cover Me Good'.
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