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Max Romeo

1944 - 2025

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Maxwell Smith (22 November 1944 – 11 April 2025), known professionally as Max Romeo, was a Jamaican reggae and roots reggae recording musician who achieved chart success in his home country and in the United Kingdom. He had several hits with the vocal group the Emotions. His song "Wet Dream" (1968) included overtly sexual lyrics and launched a new style of reggae. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Max Romeo is the 262nd most popular singer (up from 974th in 2024), the 8th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 23rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Jamaican Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Max Romeo ranks 262 out of 4,381. Before him are Ibrahim Ferrer, Rita Pavone, Dionne Warwick, Mirella Freni, Stevie Nicks, and Courtney Love. After him are Melanie C, Nicolai Ghiaurov, John Fogerty, Tito Gobbi, Lisa, and Neil Diamond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Max Romeo ranks 118. Before him are Karl Jenkins, Gianni Morandi, Nana Akufo-Addo, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Coluche, and Keith Emerson. After him are Peter Tosh, Patrick Depailler, Jan Guillou, Michael Nyman, Geneviève Grad, and Günter Netzer. Among people deceased in 2025, Max Romeo ranks 79. Before him are Alasdair MacIntyre, Lalo Schifrin, Georgios Roubanis, Ferdi Tayfur, Muhammadu Buhari, and Tomiichi Murayama. After him are Heikki Hasu, Bertrand Blier, Tchéky Karyo, Jim Lovell, Joan Plowright, and Terence Stamp.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Max Romeo ranks 8 out of 189. Before him are Stamford Raffles (1781), Grace Jones (1948), John Barnes (1963), Ben Johnson (1961), Usain Bolt (1986), and Patrick Allen (1951). After him are Peter Tosh (1944), Jimmy Cliff (1948), Marcus Garvey (1887), Violet Brown (1900), Stuart Hall (1932), and Liz Mitchell (1952).

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Among SINGERS In Jamaica

Among singers born in Jamaica, Max Romeo ranks 2. Before him are Grace Jones (1948). After him are Jimmy Cliff (1948), Liz Mitchell (1952), Millie Small (1947), Jacob Miller (1952), Cedella Booker (1926), Shaggy (1968), Bunny Wailer (1947), Burning Spear (1945), Carl Douglas (1942), and Gregory Isaacs (1951).

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