The Jiving Juniors

The aptly named Jiving Juniors were one of the most popular vocal ensembles of the Jamaican R&B period, with some historians ranking them as one of the top three artists of the "pioneer years." More romantic than the driving boogie of Laurel Aitken or Derrick Morgan, the Jiving Juniors withered teenagers' hearts with ballads and doo wop love songs on such chartbusters as "Lollipop Girl," "Over the River," and "Sugar Dandy." However, their split at the dawn of ska and their absence from this crucial period sealed their fate as a musical footnote and they are remembered today as...