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King Tubby

1941 - 1989

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Osbourne Ruddock (28 January 1941 – 6 February 1989), better known as King Tubby, was a Jamaican sound engineer who influenced the development of dub music in the 1960s and 1970s. Tubby's studio work, in which as a mixing engineer he achieved creative fame previously only reserved for composers and musicians, was influential across many genres of popular music. He is often cited as the inventor of the concept of the remix that later became ubiquitous in dance and electronic music production. Singer Mikey Dread stated, "King Tubby truly understood sound in a scientific sense. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. King Tubby is the 1,596th most popular musician (down from 1,485th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 39th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Jamaican Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, King Tubby ranks 1,596 out of 3,175. Before him are Johnny Marr, Maxim Vengerov, Timothy B. Schmit, Jaromír Nohavica, Mike Stern, and Estas Tonne. After him are Sonny Clark, Grandmaster Flash, Dave Weckl, Lorenz Hart, Gilby Clarke, and Andor Földes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, King Tubby ranks 492. Before him are Klaus Bonsack, Jürgen Nöldner, Dack Rambo, Julio Anguita, Franco Menichelli, and Alberto Mario González. After him are Magne Thomassen, Mogens Frey, Julio César Cortés, Robin Morgan, Alain Krivine, and Karl Dall. Among people deceased in 1989, King Tubby ranks 237. Before him are Cláudio Santoro, Gilda Radner, Aleksanteri Saarvala, Oleksiy Fedorov, Friederich Franzl, and Lee Calhoun. After him are Frank Sullivan, M. King Hubbert, Roberto Figueroa, Virgil Thomson, Hemanta Mukherjee, and György Kulin.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, King Tubby ranks 45 out of 189. Before him are Lennox Miller (1946), Horace Andy (1951), Raheem Sterling (1994), Monty Alexander (1944), Damian Marley (1978), and Michael Manley (1924). After him are Don Quarrie (1951), Carl Douglas (1942), Elaine Thompson (1992), Leonard Howell (1898), Gregory Isaacs (1951), and Asafa Powell (1982).

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Among MUSICIANS In Jamaica

Among musicians born in Jamaica, King Tubby ranks 12. Before him are Desmond Dekker (1941), Prince Buster (1938), Ziggy Marley (1968), Horace Andy (1951), Monty Alexander (1944), and Damian Marley (1978). After him are Augustus Pablo (1954), John Holt (1947), Junior Murvin (1949), Diana King (1970), Vybz Kartel (1976), and Canibus (1974).

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