What a bam bam! Why Frederick Hibbert's hit song plays on

Frederick “Toots” Hibbert [Photo: Courtesy]

In the Kenyan dancehalls and discotheques in the 80s and 90s, one song (or versions of it) ruled. Many Kenyans might not be familiar with the name Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, the lead singer and songwriter of Toots and the Maytals, who died 10 days ago aged 77, but they are familiar with the song Bam Bam.

He was admitted at University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, and although the cause of death was not revealed, his Facebook account confirmed on August 31 that Hibbert was tested for coronavirus in the last two weeks and placed in the intensive care unit.