Harry Belafonte (my kids tell me I'm old-fashioned .... but they seem to enjoy his music whenever I play it). Think: Day-O, Jump In The Line, Coconut Woman, Jamaican Farewell, Shut Your Mouth - Go Away - Look, Mama a Boo Boo, Hold 'Em Joe - Me Donkey Need Wata, Michael Row the Boat Ashore

Also:

Sanchez - Stays on My Mind CD. Think: Sha-La-La, and Frenzy (this used to play on the radio when I lived in JA .... and while, I don't agree with the anti-gay sentimentality ... I became intoxicated with the uplifting melancholic beat, before I realized what the words meant).