LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry was a personality that was in a category all by himself. In the 60s he has enjoyed success as a producer and a recording artist.
AUGUSTUS PABLO
Horace Swaby aka Augustus Pablo is probably best known for his melodica playing, although he actually started his career as a session pianist for Coxsone Dodd.
KING TUBBY
King Tubby, real name Osbourne Ruddock, also known as the ‘dub originator’, started the Tubby’s Home Town Hi-Fi sound system in the late 1960s.
Sonia Pottinger, OD
Sonia Pottinger also known as ‘Miss Pottinger’ had a huge success from the late 1960s with the Tip Top, High Note and Gay Feet labels.
‘SIR COXSONE’ DODD
Born Clement Seymour Dodd in Kingston, he earned the nickname “Coxsone” after a Yorkshire, England Cricketer, while attending All Saints School in West Kingston.
KEITH HUDSON
Keith Hudson’s musical career began as he worked as a sort of ‘Roadie’ for the Skatalite and Jamaican trombone king, Don Drummond.
LESLIE KONG
Leslie Kong was a Chinese Jamaica reggae producer. He and his brothers (Fats and Cecil) used to run a restaurant, ice-cream parlour and record shop named Beverley’s on Orange Street in Kingston.
HENRY ‘JUNJO’ LAWES
During the early years of dancehall reggae, Henry “Junjo” Lawes was the most important and influential producer around.