Coxsone Dodd
Ska, Record Producer
1932 – 2004
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Who was Coxsone Dodd?
Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd CD was a Jamaican record producer who was influential in the development of ska and reggae in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond. He received his nickname "Coxsone" at school: because of his teenage talent as a cricketer, his friends compared him to Alec Coxon, a member of the 1940s Yorkshire County Cricket Club team.
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- Born
- Jan 26, 1932
Kingston - Also known as
- Clement Dodd
- C. Dodd
- Clement Seymour Dodd
- CS Dodd
- Sir Coxsone
- Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd
- Dub Specialist
- Clement 'Coxsone' Doddy
- Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd CD
- Nationality
- Jamaica
- Profession
- Died
- May 5, 2004
Kingston
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on July 23, 2013
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