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Coxsone Dodd

1932 - 2004

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Clement Seymour "Coxsone" Dodd (26 January 1932 – 4 May 2004) was a Jamaican record producer who was influential in the development of ska and reggae in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond. He was nicknamed "Coxsone" at school due to his talent as a cricketer (his friends compared him to Alec Coxon, a member of the 1940s Yorkshire County Cricket Club team). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Coxsone Dodd is the 96th most popular producer, the 63rd most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 65th in 2019) and the most popular Jamaican Producer.

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Coxsone Dodd ranks 96 out of 140. Before him are Elías Querejeta, Sam Zimbalist, Walter Mirisch, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Gauri Khan, and Lauren Shuler Donner. After him are Arnold Kopelson, Scott Rudin, Rick Berman, Neal H. Moritz, Richard Maibaum, and Craig Mazin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Coxsone Dodd ranks 515. Before him are Gaetano Starrabba, John Jakes, Ahmet Berman, Beryl Bainbridge, Alberto Dines, and Robert Spitzer. After him are Edward Egan, Bailey Olter, Mark Murphy, Donna Douglas, Henry Taylor, and W. Morgan Sheppard. Among people deceased in 2004, Coxsone Dodd ranks 302. Before him are Lea De Mae, Bernice Rubens, Eleanor Holm, Jacek Kaczmarski, Bjarne Andersson, and Charles Dumas. After him are James Aloysius Hickey, Mikheil Korkia, Mulk Raj Anand, Nirupa Roy, Vilayat Khan, and Jerzy Klempel.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Coxsone Dodd ranks 63 out of 189. Before him are Bilal Philips (1947), Augustus Pablo (1954), Alton Ellis (1938), Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952), Arthur Wint (1920), and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986). After him are Kenneth O. Hall (1941), Andrew Holness (1972), Donovan Bailey (1967), Keith Gardner (1929), Mike McCallum (1956), and Alexander Bustamante (1884).

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Among PRODUCERS In Jamaica

Among producers born in Jamaica, Coxsone Dodd ranks 1. 

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