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	Scratch : dub, reggae, rocksteady & ska (Clement "Coxsone" Dodd)
		Dodd has been the recipient of countless accolades, awards and acknowledgments (including the Jamaica Order of Distinction, the third highest honor issued by the Jamaican government) for his immense contributions to the island’s music industry as sound system operator, record producer and founder of Studio One, Jamaica’s first and only self sufficient record label.
		Dodd’s life and musical achievements featuring comments from several singers and musicians who got their start at Studio One will be released in April 2002; the documentary, The Studio One Story, will premier at Kingston’s Carib Theater and a press conference will coincide with the release date.
		Dodd has retained control of his entire body of work, bestowing to Jamaica’s cultural legacy a well preserved asset, which should be studied, protected and celebrated particularly during the 50th anniversary of Jamaican music.
	www.azevedo.ca /scratch/coxsone.htm (514 words)

	Coxsone Dodd: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		His gained his nickname "Coxsone" at school from a member of the famous Yorkshire cricket team of the '40s, due to his teenage talent as a cricketer (An athlete who plays cricket).
		Dodd opened 5 different sound systems, each playing every night, and run by people such as Lee "Scratch" Perry (additional info and facts about Lee "Scratch" Perry) (who was Dodd's right hand man during his early career), U-Roy (additional info and facts about U-Roy) and Prince Buster (additional info and facts about Prince Buster).
		When the American R&B craze ended in the United States Dodd and his rivals were forced to begin recording their own Jamaican music in order to meet the local demand for new music.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/coxsone_dodd.htm (519 words)

	Encyclopedia: Coxsone Dodd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd (Kingston, Jamaica, January 26, 1932 â“ May 5, 2004) was a Jamaican record producer who was influential in the development of reggae and other forms of Jamaican music in the 1950s, 60s and later.
		Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd (January 26 1932 - May 5 2004) was a Jamaica n record producer who was influential in the development of reggae and other forms of Jamaican music in the 1950s, 60s and later.
		Clement Seymour Dodd was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on the 26th January 1932, the son of benjamin Dodd, a local building contractor, and the former Doris Darlington.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Coxsone-Dodd (1589 words)

	Rootz i-mail
		Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd is one of the pioneers of Jamaican pop music - from Ska to early dancehall, spanning over four decades and involving almost all of the significant figures in Jamaican music.
		Coxsone was the unassuming general of this musical army, charting this remarkable course in history.
		Dodd had an ear for talent and gave many new acts with new styles, the time to be heard when most did not want to hear them.
	www.rootzreggae.com /Rootz-Reggae/Coxsone.htm (1325 words)

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		Coxsone's dapper goatee has gone salt-and-pepper, and he now moves with a slow, almost grandfatherly deliberation, but his story is, in many ways, the story of reggae itself—and by extension, the musical tableau of a nation.
		Higgs and Roland Alphonso, Coxsone says, taught the young group "how many beats to a bar, how to count the bars, so that you would know when to come in after the introduction." "Peter was extremely witty, which is one aspect of his life that has been completely overlooked," Herbie Miller remembers.
		The area around Coxsone's studio in the capital became a war zone as Jamaica was crushed under the weight of its foreign debt.
	niceup.com /artists/sir_coxsone (2168 words)

	Clement "Coxsone" Dodd MP3 Downloads - Clement "Coxsone" Dodd Music Downloads - Clement "Coxsone" Dodd Music Videos
		Dodd was present at the genesis of Jamaican popular music, evolving from a DJ to a sound-system entrepreneur to a producer to the first fl studio owner in Jamaica.
		Dodd's system was known as Sir Coxsone the Downbeat, and quickly became one of the most popular in Jamaica, rivaled chiefly by that of the flamboyant ex-cop Duke Reid; at the height of his operation's success, Dodd had up to five units playing around Kingston on the same night.
		Dodd's theme song was a Willis "Gator" Jackson jump blues called "Later for Gator," which he retitled "Coxsone's Hop"; the story goes that Duke Reid finally discovered the song's true identity and first played it at a DJ battle with Dodd, who nearly passed out with shock.
	www.mp3.com /clement-coxsone-dodd/artists/55438/biography.html (1477 words)

	Coxsone Dodd, pioneer of the Jamaican pop music scene; 72 \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Dodd was best-known as the force behind Studio One, a record label he started in 1963; in the years that followed, Studio One released some of the most influential and enduring Jamaican records of all time.
		Dodd was running no fewer than five record labels, including Studio One, and he assembled a remarkable roster of talent that included the Wailers, Bob Marley's first group, which released its hit "Simmer Down" on Studio One in 1963.
		Dodd's daughter Carol remembers that the ubiquity of Studio One tracks such as "Real Rock" was a mixed blessing for her father, who wasn't always compensated, or even acknowledged.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040508/news_1m8dodd.html (495 words)

	'Sir Coxsone' Dodd is dead - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Dodd was rushed into one of the cars on the premises and taken to the Medical Associates Hospital, Tangerine Place, St Andrew where he was pronounced dead.
		Dodd's close associate at the studio, Kingsley Goodison, said that it was obvious he was dead from before he left the premises.
		Dodd is probably best known outside Jamaica for bringing Bob Marley and the Wailers to national attention and producing some of their most memorable hits, including the international peace anthem, One Love.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20040505T140000-0500_59435_OBS__SIR_COXSONE__DODD_IS_DEAD.asp (709 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd
		Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd, the record producer who died on Tuesday aged 72, was credited with launching the career of the reggae star Bob Marley and was a hugely influential figure in the development of Jamaican music.
		The son of a building contractor and liquor store owner, Clement Seymour Dodd was born at Kingston, Jamaica, on January 26 1932 and acquired the nickname "Sir Coxsone" as a schoolboy, owing to his prowess as a batsman (the original Coxsone was a star Yorkshire batsman in the 1940s).
		Dodd was impressed enough to offer the group a five year contract and commissioned an expert to help them improve their unsophisticated harmonies.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05/06/db0603.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/05/06/ixportal.html (733 words)

	BBC Caribbean
		Dodd's passing is seen as a great loss to the Jamaican music industry, because the legendary producer was hailed as one of reggae's founding fathers.
		Dodd was a popular fixture in dances and clubs in the inner cities and he used the sound system to promote his music which was not getting airplay on the radio at the time.
		Dodd became close to the fatherless Marley and allowed him live in a backroom at the studio and with Dodd's encouragement, Marley emerged as the front man of the Wailers.
	www.bbc.co.uk /caribbean/news/story/2004/05/printable/040505_coxsone-dodd.shtml (501 words)

	ajm - errata non grata: Obituary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Coxsone Dodd, the record producer and entrepreneur who helped invent the Jamaican music industry, died on Tuesday night at his studio in Kingston.
		Dodd was running no fewer than five record labels, including Studio One, and he assembled a remarkable roster of talent that included the Wailers, Bob Marley's first group, who released their hit "Simmer Down" on Studio One in 1963.
		Dodd's daughter Carol remembers that the ubiquity of Studio One tracks like "Real Rock" was a mixed blessing for her father, who wasn't always compensated, or even acknowledged.
	anize.org /ajm/2004/05/06/obituary.html (686 words)

	Blog of Death: Coxsone Dodd
		Dodd was best known for signing The Juveniles to a five-year contract and hiring professional musicians to help them improve their skills.
		Dodd also served as a father figure to Marley, offering him a job in the studio and a place to sleep when he couldn't afford to pay his rent.
		Dodd released over 10,000 singles, and is considered by many in the business to be the founding father of popular Jamaican music.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000944.html (605 words)

	The Jamaica Star :: sir coxsone dodd dies ::
		Reports are that Dodd was preparing to go home when he went to the bathroom and fell ill. An employee made an alarm and he was taken to the front office where he complained of chest pains.
		Dodd's wife was too overcome with grief to speak, but others, gathered at the studio, did.
		Dodd was born in Kingston on January 26, 1932.
	www.jamaica-star.com /thestar/20040505/news/news2.html (484 words)

	Jamaican music pioneer Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd has passed away.
		Clement Seymour Dodd was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1932, the son of Benjamin Dodd, a local building contractor, and Doris Darlington.
		While at All Saints School he was given the nickname Coxsone, due to his prowess as a batsman and all-round cricketer (the original Coxon being star batsman for the famous Yorkshire cricket team of the 1940s).
		Coxsone eventually moved his studio and record shop to the US at Coxsone's Music City 3135 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11208; where it is to this day.
	www.reggae-vibes.com /concert/csdodd/csdodd.htm (1190 words)

	Sir Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd - A Tribute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It should be stated that Coxsone did it as well at times and better the rest of the time, not to mention he produced albums up until the day he died.
		Dodd was a visionary; an astute businessman who saw the potential of a developing market, and took control.
		Sir Coxsone may be gone, but his music lives on, and for that we should all be profoundly grateful.
	www.trojanrecords.net /articles/dodd.htm (3018 words)

	Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd and Studio One: Music Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Clement Dodd shaped Bob Marley into the lead vocalist for the Wailers, and produced the 1964 number one hit, "Simmer Down." Dodd is regarded as the root of reggae.
		Alvin 'Seeco' Patterson was acquainted with Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd, the sound-system man who owned his own record label and of the auditions that Coxsone regularly held on Sundays at his studio, Studio One.
		Listening to the group, Coxsone was impressed enough to offer his standard deal: a five-year contract for exclusive recording rights and management, and a guarantee of twenty pounds a side.
	www.bobmarley.com /life/musicbusiness/studio1.html (810 words)

	In Memory Of Sir Coxsone Dodd
		The musicians who worked with Coxsone during 60's ska era and over the years were those which ultimately formed The Skatalites band we all know and love as the greatest Jamaican musicians ever assembled.
		Clue J one of the first musician to be recorded by Coxsone Dodd.
		Coxsone was a tainted genius as sound system proprietor and an intellectual cerebral music producer whose sounds from the Studio One Recording Stables was loved, and cherished by all who got acquainted the unique Studio One sound.
	www.vinyl-record-collectors.net /in-memory-of-sir-coxsone-dodd.htm (297 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Obituaries \| Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd
		Dodd was born in Kingston, spent some formative years in the parish of Saint Thomas, and returned to the capital to learn cabinet making and train as an automobile mechanic.
		Dodd's father was a contractor-cum-mason who helped build the Carib Theatre, a landmark building in the Kingston Cross Roads business district.
		Following his mother's death, Dodd moved back to Kingston in 1998 and reopened the Brentford Road for new recordings with veterans and young talent alike, while reissues and a documentary DVD released by London's Soul Jazz records brought Studio One's popularity to an all-time high.
	www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,3604,1210442,00.html (853 words)

	Sir Coxsone Dodd (1932 - 2004) ::: jahsonic.com
		Dodd was born in Kingston, and started in the music business in the '50's, operating the very popular Downbeat Sound System.
		A jazz fan, Dodd originally was a DJ who operated one of Kingston's first popular sound systems, Coxsone Downbeat.
		Born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1932, Clement Dodd was given the nickname, ‘Coxsone’, due to his prowess as a batsman and all-round cricketer.
	www.jahsonic.com /Dodd.html (2437 words)

	Baltimore City Paper: NEWS Coxsone Dodd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dodd groomed them and helped them refine their sound; he served as a mentor for the fatherless Marley and even let him live at the studio for a while.
		Dodd and the Wailers enjoyed several more years of success together before parting ways, and as the slower reggae rhythm came to dominate the island’s sound in the early ’70s, Dodd and Studio One continued to crank out tracks for the likes of the Heptones, Dennis Brown, and Marcia Griffiths.
		In the mid-’80s, Dodd packed up and moved his operation to Brooklyn, N.Y. The exceptional attention Dodd paid to Marley notwithstanding, most artists who recorded for Studio One were paid a small fee up-front and never saw a penny in royalties, even if their tune was a smash.
	www.citypaper.com /news/story.asp?id=9503 (735 words)

	Reggae Legend Clement "Coxsone" Dodd Dies At 72
		Jamaican producer Clement Dodd, one of the unsung heroes of the ska and reggae movement of the ‘60s, died last Tuesday (May 4) as a result of a heart attack in his studio in Kingston, Jamaica.
		Dodd, who was a skilled cricket player during his youth, earned the nickname Coxsone after a Yorkshire cricket star of the same name.
		Truly a legend in Jamaican culture and in the music industry, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd is survived by his wife and children.
	www.chartattack.com /damn/PrintThis.cfm?ID=2004050609 (293 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Ja's musical giant, Coxsone Dodd, dies - Wednesday \| May 5, 2004
		Dodd, 72, is survived by his wife and six children.
		Dodd played an instrumental role in the development of Jamaican music firstly through his sound system (Downbeat) in the 1950s, and later by being one of the first producers to start recording Jamaican music.
		In August 2002, Dodd was given a special award, marking Jamaica's 40th year of Independence, for his contribution to Jamaican music.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20040505/lead/lead2.html (594 words)

	Official Ticketmaster site. Clement "Coxsone" Dodd tickets, concerts and tour dates
		Dodd was present at the genesis of Jamaican popular music, evolving from a DJ to a sound-system entrepreneur to a producer to the first fl studio owner in Jamaica.
		Dodd's system was known as Sir Coxsone the Downbeat, and quickly became one of the most popular in Jamaica, rivaled chiefly by that of the flamboyant ex-cop Duke Reid; at the height of his operation's success, Dodd had up to five units playing around Kingston on the same night.
		Dodd's theme song was a Willis "Gator" Jackson jump blues called "Later for Gator," which he retitled "Coxsone's Hop"; the story goes that Duke Reid finally discovered the song's true identity and first played it at a DJ battle with Dodd, who nearly passed out with shock.
	www.ticketmaster.com /artist/768467?brand=none (1675 words)

	:\|: Suburbia :\|: :: Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd died :: Staticfiends.com's Message Boards/Forums :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dodd left Jamaica as a young man to cut sugar cane in the American south, where he was exposed to the outdoor RandB parties popular among rural fls.
		Although Clement 'Coxson' Dodd was not a musician himself, he had what Ernest Ranglin described as 'an extaordinary pair of ears.' He was also a wizard at conjuring up musical concepts.
		The next day Coxsone went to the JBC Radio studios, which could be hired for recording, and started trying out samples of this new music which was to be tested out on his sound system.
	www.staticfiends.com /suburbia/viewtopic.php?t=351 (869 words)

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