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Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert (born 8 December 1942) is a Jamaican singer and songwriter, known as the leader for the reggae and ska band Toots & the Maytals. ==Biography== Hibbert was born in May Pen, Parish of Clarendon, Jamaica, the youngest of seven children, he grew up singing gospel music in a church choir. Hibbert moved to Kingston as an teenager in the early 1960s, met Raleigh Gordon and Jerry Matthias, and formed The Maytals. The Maytals became one of the more popular vocal groups in Jamaica in the 1960s, recording with producers Coxsone Dodd, Prince Buster, Byron Lee and Leslie Kong. This success included winning Jamaica's National Popular Song Contest three times with songs Hibbert wrote: in 1966 with "Bam Bam", 1969 with "Sweet and Dandy" and 1972 with "Pomps & Pride".〔() 〕 In 1966 he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for possession of marijuana.〔"(Singing the jailhouse rock )", ''Jamaica Observer'', 25 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012〕 This experience provided the inspiration for one of his best known songs, "54-46 That's My Number".〔 Hibbert was one of the first artists to use the word ''reggae'', in 1968's "Do The Reggay". He also appeared in the groundbreaking Jamaican film ''The Harder They Come''. The film's soundtrack included the Maytals' 1969 hit song "Pressure Drop". Much of Hibbert's recorded output reflects his Evangelical Christian upbringing. Hibbert has been known to write about Rastafarian religious themes as well, and in an early Maytals song, ''Six And Seven Books of Moses'' from 1963, he addressed the folk magic of obeah and its use of the occult literature of Biblical grimoires, such as the Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses. A multi-instrumentalist, Hibbert can play every instrument used in his band.〔album sleeve of DJ Derek Presents… Sweet Memory Sounds (2006).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Toots Hibbert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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