Max Romeo
Sign in to saveJamaican reggae musician (1944–2025)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
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- Trophische Storungen beim chronischen Gelenkrheumatismus
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- East coast marine shells
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Jamaica
- Active from
- 1947-11-22
- Active to
- 2025-04-11
reggaeroots reggae
Discography
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- 591,847
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- 4,736,896
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Max Romeo (born Maxwell Livingston Smith in St. D'Acre, St. Ann, Jamaica, on 22 November 1947' died 11 April 2025) was a reggae and roots reggae recording artist who has achieved chart success in his home country, and in the UK. The singer who put the rude in rude boy, Max Romeo was responsible for launching an entirely new sub-genre of reggae, whose overtly suggestive lyrics caused an outcry but took a massive hold of the music scene regardless. Yet innuendo was the least of the singer's stylin
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Max
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Place of birth
- Saint James Parish
- Place of death
- Saint Andrew Parish
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- dub music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Island Records
- Image
- Summerjam 20130705 Max Romeo DSC 0223 by Emha.jpg
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- Max Romeo
- date of birth
- 1944-11-22
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- name in native language
- Max Romeo
- date of death
- 2025-04-11
- end of work period
- 2025-00-00
- birth name
- Maxwell Livingston Smith
- social media followers
- 22100
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