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Carl Palmer, co-founder of Jet Star Records, shows off his plaque from the Brent Council in north-west London. He was one of 12 British reggae stalwarts inducted into the Harlesden Walk of Music, March 17-20.<\/p>\n
F<\/b>or <\/b>reggae fans in the UK during the 1960s and 1990s, Harlesden was one of the music\u2019s hubs. It was where artistes, musicians, music producers, and show promoters hung out.<\/b><\/p>\n
Many of them were honoured with street markers on the Harlesden Walk of Music on March 17 and 20. The strip is similar to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
Aswad, Dennis Brown (posthumously), General Levy, Janet Kay, the Ruff Cutt band, The Cimarons band, singer Delroy Washington (posthumously), Hawkeye Records, Jet Star Records, Starlight Records, Trojan Records, and producer\/record label owner Sonny Roberts (posthumously) were honoured by the council of Brent in north-west London where Harlesden is located.<\/p>\n
Coral J Reid, head of publicity and marketing for the Harlesden Walk of Music Project, told the Jamaica Observer<\/b> that The Cimarons, Dennis Brown, Delroy Washington, Hawkeye Records, Jet Star Records, Sonny Roberts, Starlight Records, and Trojan Records were selected by \u201ca thorough process of achievement, recognition and elimination\u201d.<\/p>\n
Aswad, Janet Kay, General Levy, and Ruff Kutt were selected based on a paper-based survey on the Brent Council\u2019s website that ran from July 21 to September 14 2025.<\/p>\n
The events were attended by Tony \u201cGad\u201d Robinson, bass guitarist and original member of Aswad; The Cimarons; General Levy; Janet Kay; Carl Palmer, one of three brothers who operated Jet Star Records; Cleon Roberts, daughter of Sonny Roberts, who died in 2021; and Anthony \u201cChips\u201d Richards, representing Trojan Records.<\/p>\n
Yvonne Brown, widow of Dennis Brown \u2014 who lived for many years in the UK and died in 1999 \u2014 and two of their children were present for the unveiling of his plaque.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Harlesden Walk of Music, like the Hollywood Walk of Fame, will link famous reggae musicians\/producers to the previous and existing vinyl record shops and the proposed Reggae Museum in Picture Palace to be a physical footnote of public art and recognition,\u201d said Reid.<\/p>\n
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\u2014 Howard Campbell<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n