The Heptones are a Jamaican
rocksteady and
reggae vocal
trio most active in the 1960s and early 1970s. They were one of the more significant trios of that era, and played a major role in the gradual transition between
ska and
rocksteady into reggae with their three-part
harmonies. The Heptones were contemporaries of the
Wailers and the
Maytals, and every bit their equal in the mid-60's.