This article is about a reggae producer for other names see Harry Johnson Harry Johnson (known as Harry J, born circa 1945, Kingston) is a Jamaican reggae record producer. He ran a record label, also called Harry J. Career Mostly known for his "Harry J Studio" where Bob Marley & The Wailers recorded many of their albums in the 1970s, Johnson is also an important record producer who met success during the early reggae era. Johnson started to play music with the Virtues as a bass player, but soon quit to work as an insurance salesman. He first appeared as a record producer in 1968, when he launched his own record label, "Harry J", by releasing The Beltones' local hit "No More Heartaches", considered by many to be the very first reggae song ever recorded, along with the Studio One single "Nanny Goat" by Larry & Alvin. His agreement with Coxsone Dodd allowed him to use Studio On

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