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Jamaica\u2019s musicians have had a profound impact on modern music. It\u2019s best known for Reggae, but before that came Ska. Many of the early Ska stars came from an orphanage in Kingston, The Alpha Boys school. It was run by nuns who were keen to teach the children music, but they couldn\u2019t have known that so many of the Alpha old boys would end up on the world\u2019s stage.

(Photo: Eddie 'Tan Tan' Thornton playing in London. Credit: Howard Denner/Photoshot/Getty Images)