The Blackstones are a United Kingdom-based reggae vocal trio formed in 1974, in the tradition of the Jamaican harmony-trio.
[2] One of the group's early singles, "We Nah Go Suffer", was released on the Daddy Kool and topped the British reggae chart.
[2] In 1985 the group contributed to the British Reggae Artists Famine Appeal charity single "Let’s Make Africa Green Again", released by Island Records.
Further reggae chart hits followed in the mid 1980s, before the group became the backing band for Lance Ellington.
[3] Since 2019 The Blackstones are a quartet, Leon Leiffer, Tony Mahoney, Junior Bailey, AJ Franklin.