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Matumbi

Top of the Pops Archive
Reggae

TYPE

Group

FOUNDED

1971

DISBANDED

1982

LOCATION

United Kingdom

PRIMARY GENRE

Reggae

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TOTAL APPEARANCES

GROUP MEMBERS

Dennis Bovell Webster Johnson Euton Jones

ARTIST OVERVIEW

Matumbi were one of the top British reggae bands of the 1970s and early 1980s, and are best known as the first successful band of guitarist and record producer Dennis Bovell. The group wrote and performed the opening theme song to Empire Road, a British television series made by the BBC in 1978 and running until 1979. The popularity of the song led to it being released as a single in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia.

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Performance Statistics

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TOTP Appearances

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04/10/1979 Point Of View
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