# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/toots-hibbert
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:27:09.432Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/toots-hibbert"
name: "Toots Hibbert"
slug: "toots-hibbert"
description: "Frederick Nathaniel \"Toots\" Hibbert, was a Jamaican singer and songwriter who was the lead vocalist for the reggae and ska band Toots and the Maytals. A reggae pioneer, he performed for six decades and helped establish some of the fundamentals of reggae music. Hibbert's 1968 song \"Do the Reggay\" is widely credited as the genesis of the genre name reggae. His band's album True Love won a Grammy Award in 2005."
tagline: "Jamaican musician, singer and songwriter (1942–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Toots_Hibbert_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-12-08"
deathDate: "2020-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.38
  momentum:             0.3222516826432796
  historical:           15.71552933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382515/"
    handle:    "nm0382515"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6McXmoIhUTNwdyzXBLWAG2"
    handle:    "6McXmoIhUTNwdyzXBLWAG2"
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "Toots Hibbert"
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    title: "Toots Hibbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Toots Hibbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Toots Hibbert"
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    title: "Frederick Toots Hibbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Toots Hibbert"
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    title: "Toots Hibbert"
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    title: "Toots Hibbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Хибберт, Тутс"
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    title: "Toots Hibbert"
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    title: "Toots Hibbert"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump