03-07-2012, 06:15 PM
Toots may or may not have coined the term.
I've read many books on the history of Jamaican music, reggae, ska, rock steady, etc.
Some give Toot's version of events (noting that his claim is to using the term 1st, not a claim of inventing the style - but all point to Toots' song as the first known recording of "reggay" in a known recording), others dispute it, and others list it alongside competing stories (Joe Higgs, Bunny Lee, D Morgan, etc.)
~ oldtimer ~ wrote: I didn't realize that it was Toots that founded the word "reggae".''