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Lee "Scratch" Perry

1936 - 2021

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Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry; 20 March 1936 – 29 August 2021) was a Jamaican record producer, songwriter and singer noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style. Perry was a pioneer in the 1970s development of dub music with his early adoption of remixing and studio effects to create new instrumental or vocal versions of existing reggae tracks. He worked with and produced for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Marley and the Wailers, Junior Murvin, the Congos, Max Romeo, Adrian Sherwood, Beastie Boys, Ari Up, the Clash, the Orb, and many others. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lee "Scratch" Perry is the 679th most popular musician (down from 617th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 14th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Jamaican Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Lee "Scratch" Perry ranks 679 out of 3,175. Before him are Tom Fogerty, Vagif Mustafazadeh, Verivery, Rick Davies, Mitch Mitchell, and Rubén González. After him are Eric Singer, Philip Selway, Steve Jones, Liam Gallagher, Stephen Kovacevich, and Lindsey Buckingham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Lee "Scratch" Perry ranks 204. Before him are Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Glenn Murcutt, José Policarpo, John P. Ryan, Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, and Paul Shenar. After him are Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Antonio López García, Fernando Solanas, Annette Stroyberg, Trevor Taylor, and Philip Kaufman. Among people deceased in 2021, Lee "Scratch" Perry ranks 193. Before him are Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Henri Schwery, Sabah Fakhri, George Segal, Lou Ottens, and Yuan Longping. After him are Carlos do Carmo, Dani Karavan, Horst Eckel, Kjell Askildsen, Yevhen Marchuk, and Benigno Aquino III.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Lee "Scratch" Perry ranks 15 out of 189. Before him are Peter Tosh (1944), Jimmy Cliff (1948), Marcus Garvey (1887), Violet Brown (1900), Stuart Hall (1932), and Liz Mitchell (1952). After him are Trevor Berbick (1954), Madge Sinclair (1938), Millie Small (1947), George Rhoden (1926), Jacob Miller (1952), and George Kerr (1937).

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Among MUSICIANS In Jamaica

Among musicians born in Jamaica, Lee "Scratch" Perry ranks 3. Before him are Bob Marley (1945), and Peter Tosh (1944). After him are Sean Paul (1973), DJ Kool Herc (1955), Desmond Dekker (1941), Prince Buster (1938), Ziggy Marley (1968), Horace Andy (1951), Monty Alexander (1944), Damian Marley (1978), and King Tubby (1941).

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