Marcia Griffiths

Marcia Griffiths
Marcia Griffiths at Ruhr Reggae Summer 2016
Marcia Griffiths at Ruhr Reggae Summer 2016
Background information
Birth nameMarcia Llyneth Griffiths
Born (1949-11-23) 23 November 1949 (age 74)
Kingston, Jamaica
GenresReggae, roots reggae
OccupationVocalist
Years active1964–present
Marcia Griffiths (right) with the I Threes

Marcia Llyneth Griffiths OJ OD (born 23 November 1949)[1][2] is a Jamaican singer best known for the 1989 remix of her single "Electric Boogie", which serves as the music for the four-wall "Electric Slide" line dance. It is the best-selling single of all time by a female reggae singer.

  1. ^ "Biography by Roger Steffens". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  2. ^ Other sources, e.g. Campbell-Livingston (2012), state that she was 61 in 2012, while the Gleaner article from January 2014 states that she was aged nine in 1964.