Coxsone Dodd

Coxsone Dodd
CD
Coxsone Dodd CD
	Dodd at Studio One, Brooklyn
Background information
Birth name	Clement Seymour Dodd
Also known as	Sir Coxsone
Born	26 January 1932; Kingston, Jamaica
Origin	Kingston, Jamaica
Died	4 May 2004 (aged 72); Kingston, Jamaica
Genres	Ska; rocksteady; reggae;
Occupation(s)	Record producer
Labels	Studio One, Coxsone, Tabernacle

Clement Seymour "Coxsone" Dodd CD (26 January 1932 – 4 May 2004) was a Jamaican record producer who was influential in the development of ska and reggae in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond.

He was nicknamed "Coxsone" at school due to his talent as a cricketer (his friends compared him to Alec Coxon, a member of the 1940s Yorkshire County Cricket Club team).^[1]

^ When journalist Roger Steffens asked Dodd about the spelling of his name, he asserted that it was "Coxson" without the 'e' found on the spelling of the record label "Coxsone". Steffens referenced this anecdote in The Beat magazine and The Reggae Scrapbook (Insight Editions, San Rafael, CA, 2007), p. 33.

[1] When journalist Roger Steffens asked Dodd about the spelling of his name, he asserted that it was "Coxson" without the 'e' found on the spelling of the record label "Coxsone". Steffens referenced this anecdote in The Beat magazine and The Reggae Scrapbook (Insight Editions, San Rafael, CA, 2007), p. 33.

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