SOURCE - Listen to the Story - Morning Edition [7 min 18 sec]
“If they say that Bob Marley is the king of reggae music, then Dennis Brown is the crown prince.”
That’s high praise coming from the king’s youngest son, Damian Marley, and it’s one of the genre’s oldest debates: Who really rules classic reggae — Bob Marley or Dennis Brown? Even Bob Marley hailed Brown as the best reggae singer in the world.
The name “crown prince” stuck with Brown for much of his 30-year career, but his fans say he ranks second to no one. Reggae singer Freddie McGregor became friends with Dennis Brown in Kingston, Jamaica, where Brown was born in 1957.
