NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of The Heptones on 22 October 2020. The Heptones has been played over 110 times on NTS, first on 1 August 2013. The Heptones's music has been featured on 63 episodes.

Leroy Sibbles, Earl Morgan and Barry Llewelyn first came together as "The Hep Ones" in 1965 in Kingston, Jamaica but they soon changed their name to "The Heptones". They recorded for the major Jamaican producers at the time, including Coxsone Dodd of Studio One fame. The Heptones had a number of Jamaican hits for Studio One, including "Pretty Looks Isn't All", "Fattie Fattie" and "I Hold the…