Prince Buster
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Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (1938-2016)
Film & TV
Known for
- The Harder They Come — DJ at Dance1972
- This Is Ska — Himself1964
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Jamaica
- Active from
- 1938-05-24
- Active to
- 2016-09-08
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Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 204,504
- Total plays
- 1,882,658
Tags
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Prince Buster (Cecil Bustamente Campbell, 24 May 1938 - 8 September 2016) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of ska and rocksteady music. The records he released in the 1960s influenced and shaped the course of Jamaican contemporary music and created a legacy of work that later reggae and ska artists would draw upon. Born Cecil Bustamente Campbell on Orange Street in Kingston <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Princ
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Campbell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Place of birth
- Kingston
- Place of death
- Miami
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Islam
- Award
- Order of Distinction
- Genre
- reggae
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Blue Beat Records
- Image
- Prince Buster.jpg
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- Commons category
- Prince Buster
- date of birth
- 1938-05-24
- date of death
- 2016-09-08
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
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