Eddie Perkins
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- 3,270
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Along with Alton Ellis, Eddie Perkins recorded a number of songs for "Coxsone" Dodd during the first few years of Jamaica's music. He left for the USA around 1965, at which point Alton Ellis recruited Winston Jarrett & Eggar "Baby Gee" Gordon to form Alton and The Flames. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/eddie+perkins">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eddie
- Family name
- Perkins
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Clarksdale
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- boxer
- Sport
- boxing
- Country for sport
- United States
- Height
- 165
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- date of birth
- 1937-03-03
- date of death
- 2012-05-10
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- sports discipline competed in
- light welterweight
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 99
- number of wins
- 74
- number of losses
- 20
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