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Count Ossie | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Oswald Williams |
| Born | 26 March 1926 |
| Origin | St. Thomas, Jamaica |
| Died | 18 October 1976 (aged 50) |
| Genres | Reggae |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Akete |
| Years active | late 1950s-1976 |
Count Ossie, born Oswald Williams (26 March 1926[1] – 18 October 1976[2]), was a Jamaican Rastafari drummer and band leader.[3]
- ^ Ancestry.com. Jamaica, Civil Registration Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1878-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
- ^ Moskowitz, David V. (2006) Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rocksteady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33158-8, pp. 317-8
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 309. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
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