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	This one is for Sir Coxsone - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Sir Coxsone's most profound impact was to come with his opening in 1963 of his recording studio, called Studio One, on Brentford Road in Kingston.
		Sir Coxsone's creative imagination that helped, in the process, create a music that could not be defined by, or contained within, a romantic niche.
		Sir Coxsone and his fellow pioneers were making a far more important statement about humanity and the capacity for balance by the people who inspired their music.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /editorial/html/20040505T210000-0500_59443_OBS_THIS_ONE_IS_FOR_SIR_COXSONE.asp (466 words)

	Rootz i-mail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		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.
		Sir Dodd began in the sound system business back in the '50s when he along with Duke Reid, Tom "The Great" Sebastian, Lord Koos and V Rocket began a revolution which paved the way for the recording of popular music in Jamaica on a commercial level.
		Coxsone was the unassuming general of this musical army, charting this remarkable course in history.
	www.rootzreggae.com /Rootz-Reggae/Coxsone.htm (1325 words)

	Ska Reggae Legend Sir Coxsone Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd was one of the pillars upon which Jamaican popular music is built.
		Coxsone produced music and musicians which have had a seminal influence on the music industry on every continent.
		Sir Coxsone died suddenly on May 4, 2004, four days after he was honored by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation which renamed Brentford Road, on which his studio is situated, as Studio One Boulevard.
	www.superskank.co.uk /Sir_Coxsone_Clement_Dodd.htm (128 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)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Tributes pour in for 'Sir Coxsone' - Thursday \| May 6, 2004
		Veteran record producer Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd (right) and his wife, Norma, attended a ceremony last Friday during which Brentford Road in Kingston was renamed Studio One Boulevard in honour of the producer's outstanding body of work and contribution to the development of Jamaican music.
		AS NEWS of the death of legendary music pioneer Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd reverberated throughout the music fraternity and the wider society on Tuesday, tributes have been pouring in to honour the renowned Studio One founder.
		"Sir Coxsone earned the love and respect and gratitude of many local and international musicians who considered it a privilege to record on his famous Studio One label," Mr.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20040506/lead/lead6.html (584 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)

	Coxsone Dodd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd (Kingston, Jamaica, January 26, 1932 – 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.
		He has been called "the most significant man in reggae music".
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coxsone_Dodd (557 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Ja's musical giant, Coxsone Dodd, dies - Wednesday \| May 5, 2004
		LEGENDARY MUSIC pioneer and founder of Studio One, Sir Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd, died yesterday from heart complications, it is believed.
		"'Sir Coxsone' as he was known to all, was indeed the father of popular entertainment in Jamaica.
		This is a great loss, I know Coxsone and I had our differences, but it is sad to see him go like this.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20040505/lead/lead2.html (594 words)

	Sir Coxone Dodd
		Born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1932, Clement Dodd was given the nickname, ‘Coxsone’, due to his prowess as a batsman and all-round cricketer.
		Coxsone also had a historical group of ‘djs’ at this time for his sound system, ‘Sir Coxsone Downbeat’: Prince Buster, King Stit, U Roy, and Lee Perry.
		Coxsone eventually moved his studio and record shop to the US at Coxsone’s Music City 3135 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11208; where he is to this day.
	www.reggaemovement.com /reggaeartists/news/coxone.htm (466 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).
		In the mid 1950s, as "Sir Coxsone the downbeat," he started out in business operating a "sound system", or portable disco, taking boogie-woogie, jazz and R'n'B records imported from New Orleans to areas of Jamaica out of reach of American radio stations.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05/06/db0603.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/05/06/ixportal.html (733 words)

	-> ATLANTA REGGAE --- Coxsone Dodd! <-
		Born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1932, Clement Dodd was given the nickname, ‘Coxsone’, due to his prowess as a batsman and all-round cricketer.
		Coxsone also had a historical group of ‘djs’ at this time for his sound system, ‘Sir Coxsone Downbeat’: Prince Buster, King Stit, U Roy, and Lee Perry.
		Coxsone eventually moved his studio and record shop to the US at Coxsone’s Music City 3135 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11208; where he is to this day.
	www.atlantareggae.com /foundation/coxsone.htm (467 words)

	Sir Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd - A Tribute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Sir Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd will always be remembered for the significant role he played in bringing Jamaican music to the foreground.
		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.
		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)

	village voice > news > From Kingston to Brooklyn by Michael Deibert
		Under Sir Coxsone's tutelage, the Bob Marley and the Wailers recorded some of their most memorable compositions, reflecting a political acumen previously rare in Jamaican music.
		Born to roughly middle-class parents in Kingston in 1932, Coxsone began operating a sound system (a portable outfit of speakers, amplifiers, and turntables) in Jamaica's capital city in his early thirties, after a stint as an agricultural worker in Florida, where he had discovered American r&b.
		Coxsone estimates that 60 percent of the tracks he's recorded are still unreleased, and he is now releasing and repackaging material through Heartbeat Records.
	www.villagevoice.com /news/0110,deibert,22836,1.html (2142 words)

	Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd and Studio One: Music Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		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.
		Coxsone became another father figure to Marley, and even, to a lesser extent, to Bunny and Peter.
	www.bobmarley.com /life/musicbusiness/studio1.html (810 words)

	Blog of Death: Coxsone Dodd
		Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, a legendary Jamaican music producer, died on May 4 of a heart attack.
		Sir coxsone's downbeat will be playing forever in everybody's heart.
		Coxsone influenced and started the careers of numerous Jamaican recording artists, many have gone onto achieve international fame..some of these singersincluding Burning Spear, Delroy Wilson, Dennis Brown and Alton Ellis are showing in a British photo exhibition at OOM Gallery called 'MUZIK KINDA SWEET'.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000944.html (605 words)

	Scratch : dub, reggae, rocksteady & ska (Clement "Coxsone" Dodd)
		The name Clement Seymour “Sir Coxsonne” Dodd is synonymous with the development of Reggae music.
		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 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)

	Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd
		In labeling Sir Coxsone as a genius, McKenzie noted that "a genius is an individual who creates new realities.
		And Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd created a new reality." It was that new reality created by the man, now in his late 60s, who for more than four decades, has been the number one musical mastermind in this country, that brought about Monday's celebration.
		It was obvious that the day's event brought out the sunshine in the Don of Studio One as Coxsone, who after numerous interviews and photo opportunities, could be seen in one of his lighter moments bobbing his head and snapping his fingers to the blasts from the past that King Stitt was spinning.
	www.westindiantimes.net /clementdodd.htm (734 words)

	Sir Coxsone Dodd (1932 - 2004) ::: jahsonic.com
		Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd (January 26, 1932 - 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.
		He was given the nickname "Coxsone" at school, due to his talent at cricket - the famous Yorkshire cricket team of the '40's had a star batsman named Coxsone.
		In many ways a tribute to Coxsone's production skills and rhythms that continue to be rediscovered and recut, Studio One Rockers is essential listening for anyone with even a passing interest in Jamaican music.
	www.jahsonic.com /Dodd.html (1634 words)

	In Memory Of Sir Coxsone Dodd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A number of projects to preserve and highlight the memory of the late Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd, were unveiled on Wednesday at a press conference at the recording complex he founded at 13 Studio One Boulevard, named for the legendary facility he operated for four decades.
		At the press conference, which was hosted by his widow Norma who now heads Studio One, it was announced that a foundation in honour of 'Sir Coxsone' would be established, as well as a museum and the commissioning of a bust to be erected on the Studio One premises.
		It is understood that Gloudon and finance minister, Dr Omar Davies in whose constituency Studio One is located, are to serve on the Sir Coxsone Dodd Foundation.
	www.bambamstore.com /in_memory_of_sir_coxsone_dodd.html (406 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		SIR CLEMENT (COXSONE) DODD (O.D.) was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on the 26th January 1932, the son of Benjamin Dodd, a local building contractor, and the former Doris Darlington.
		While at All Saints School he was given the nickname Coxsone, because of his skills as an all-round cricketer (the original Coxsone was an all-round cricketer who played Yorkshire cricket team of the 1940's).
		Studio One and Coxsone record labels were formed, and it was not long after, Dodd established his own recording studio during 1954, called Jamaica Recording and Publishing Studios at 13 Brentford Road, now renamed Studio One Boulevard, St. Andrew.
	www.iriefm.net /startimetv/text/studioone_history.php (1356 words)

	SIR COXSONE OUTERNATIONAL
		Since his arrival Coxsone has been based in South West London; it often comes as a surprise to one and all, especially aspiring sound men, that Lloyd lives in a more than somewhat down market residence, the fourth floor of a red brick council block in Wandsworth.
		With the formation of Sir Coxsone sound in 1969, based on a team born out of Duke Reid’s, that ambition was soon fulfilled.
		Lloyd Coxsone’s reasoning and observations on sound are incisive and revealing and he is justifiably proud that "no other sound have achieved what Coxsone have done for reggae in the UK".
	www.uncarved.org /dub/splash/coxsone.html (1008 words)

	Clement Seymour Dodd - Caribbean Hall of Fame
		Bio: Clement Seymour Dodd aka “Sir Coxsone”, along with Duke Reid are both accredited for the growth, development, and worldwide social acceptance of Reggae music.
		By owning and operating his own mobile sound system called “Sir Coxsone, The Down Beat”, Dodd was able to construct a “new” Jamaican sound initially made available on dup-plate (1 song with accompanying music recorded exclusively for a producer) and play it to the communities at many functions.
		Coxsone used the experience of band leader Cluet Johnson (who is credited with coining the term “Ska”), Roland Alphonso - Saxaphone, Herman Sands – Piano, Ken Williams – Drums, and famous Jamaican pianist Monty Alexander (another inductee in the Caribbean Hall of Fame).
	caribbean.halloffame.tripod.com /Clement_Seymour_Dodd.html (324 words)

	[Deathwatch] Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd, record producer, 72
		Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd (Filed: 06/05/2004) 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).
		In the mid 1950s, as "Sir Coxsone the downbeat," he started out in business operating a "sound system", or portable disco, taking boogie-woogie, jazz and R'n'B records imported from New Orleans to areas of Jamaica out of reach of American radio stations.
	slick.org /deathwatch/mailarchive/msg01347.html (810 words)

	SNWMF 2004 - Performing Artist
		By the early sixties, he had moved to Fourth Street a yard shared by Alton Ellis who, with Eddie Perkins, had recorded many sides for Sir Coxsone during the earliest years of the Jamaican recording industry.
		They were soon recording a series of classic rock steady anthems, and went on to score an extraordinary number of chart hits with songs like "Cry Tough", "Dance Crasher", "The Preacher", and "I Have Got a Date".
		After recording nearly forty tunes for Duke Reid, the group was lured away by Sir Coxsone (one of Bob Marley's first producers) who produced "I'm Still in Love" and other hits.
	www.snwmf.com /winstonjarrett.html (527 words)

	'Sir Coxsone' Dodd is dead - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		He apparently suffered a heart attack at his offices at 13 Studio One Boulevard, which, until last Friday's big civic ceremony in honour of Dodd, was Brentford Road.
		Born Clement Seymour Dodd in Kingston on January 26, 1932, he earned the nickname "Coxsone" after a Yorkshire, England cricketer, while attending All Saints School in West Kingston.
		During a turn at farm work in the United States he widened his knowledge of rhythm and blues music and imported numerous original 45 rpm records, which became the hallmark of his sound system, Sir Coxsone Downbeat.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20040505T140000-0500_59435_OBS__SIR_COXSONE__DODD_IS_DEAD.asp (708 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Music \| Reggae legend Dodd dies aged 72
		Legendary reggae producer Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd has died in Jamaica at the age of 72.
		Dodd left Jamaica as a young man to cut sugar cane in the American south, where he was exposed to the outdoor R&B parties popular among rural fls.
		Later, he returned to Jamaica and bought a PA system, naming it "Sir Coxsone's Downbeat" which became one of the country's best known sound systems.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/3690225.stm (323 words)

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