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Chris Blackwell. Christopher Percy Gordon Blackwell OJ (born 22 June 1937) [1] is a Jamaican-British former record producer and the founder of Island Records, [2] which has been called "one of Britain's great independent labels." [3] According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to which Blackwell was inducted in 2001, he is "the single person ...
Jun 9, 2022 · In 1955, Blackwell was a wealthy, 18-year-old Englishman whose family was part of Jamaica’s colonial elite. Lost and thirsty after his motorboat ran out of gas, Blackwell came across a Rastafari ...
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Jun 6, 2022 · Chris Blackwell, who built Island Records into one of most tasteful, artist-friendly and successful labels in music history, will quickly admit that, along the way, he made some grave mistakes ...
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Jun 8, 2022 · GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Let's get back to my interview with Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records, which recorded such diverse performers as Bob Marley and the Wailers ...
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Apr 11, 2022 · Courtesy of Simon and Schuster. Island Records founder Chris Blackwell will release a memoir on June 7 via Gallery Books. “The Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond,” co-written with Paul ...
Jun 15, 2022 · Island Records visionary Chris Blackwell looks back on his long and colourful career, from Bob Marley, King Crimson and Tom Waits. ... As the founder and chief visionary of Island Records in its ...
Jun 6, 2022 · The first time I met him when he and Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer were stranded in London…and the three of them, when they walked into my office…they were like kings.”. Free, says Blackwell ...
