Coxsone Dodd
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Jamaican record producer (1932–2004)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Jamaica
- Active from
- 1932-01-26
- Active to
- 2004-05-04
Discography
- Throw Mi Version2005
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One of reggae's most important and prolific producers, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd was a towering figure in the genre's development, from both creative and business standpoints. Like Motown's Berry Gordy, Dodd set up a streamlined, highly professional hit factory at his Studio One facility, recording vast amounts of music for his label of the same name. Like James Brown, Dodd mapped out a rhythmic blueprint that future generations would rely heavily upon; just as hip-hoppers sampled Brown's beats to
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Seymour
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Place of birth
- Kingston
- Place of death
- Kingston
- Occupation
- composer
- Award
- Order of Distinction
- Genre
- reggae
- Record label
- Studio One
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- nickname
- Sir Coxsone
- date of birth
- 1932-01-26
- date of death
- 2004-05-04
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Clement Seymour Dodd
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- place of burial
- National Heroes Park
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- pseudonym
- Coxsone Dodd
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