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Coxsone Dodd was a Jamaican record producer who pioneered ska and reggae music in the 1950s and 1960s. He founded Studio One, the first black-owned recording studio in Jamaica, and worked with artists such as Bob Marley, Toots and the Maytals, and the Skatalites.
May 3, 2024 · Regarded as Jamaica’s Motown, Coxsone Dodd's Studio One helped launch the careers of legends such as Burning Spear, Toots and the Maytals, Sugar Minott, and the Wailers. In honor of the 20th anniversary of Dodd’s passing, read on for a list of 10 of his greatest productions.
May 6, 2004 · Coxsone Dodd, the record producer and entrepreneur who helped invent the Jamaican music industry, died on Tuesday night at his studio in Kingston. He was 72. The cause was a heart attack,...
He took the nickname Coxsone in tribute to his ability as a cricket player, after the English Yorkshire team’s brightest star of the era. After completing his schooling, Dodd found temporary work as a laborer in the Jamaica/USA Farm Work of America’s Deep South.
Learn about Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, the visionary who launched Studio One, the cradle of reggae, dancehall, ska and most Jamaican music. Discover how he started the Downbeat Soundsystem, recorded and released seminal songs by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, The Skatalites and more.
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Mar 6, 2018 · Learn about the legendary Jamaican producer and his iconic label from Chris Wilson, who reissued hundreds of Studio One classics in the U.S. Discover the history, the artists and the tunes that shaped reggae, ska and dancehall.
May 5, 2004 · Clement "Coxsone" Dodd was a pioneer of reggae music, working with the Wailers, the Skatalites, Alton Ellis and many others. He died of a heart attack in 2004 at his studio in Kingston, Jamaica.
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