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Coxsone Dodd (Clement Seymour Dodd) was born on 26 January, 1932 in Kingston, Jamaica, is a Jamaican record producer (1932–2004). Discover Coxsone Dodd's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

Popular As Clement Seymour Dodd
Occupation Record producer
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 26 January, 1932
Birthday 26 January
Birthplace Kingston, Jamaica
Date of death 4 May, 2004
Died Place Kingston, Jamaica
Nationality Jamaica

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1932

Clement Seymour "Coxsone" Dodd (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.

1940

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).

The Kingston-born Dodd used to play records to the customers in his parents' shop.

During a spell in the American South he became familiar with the rhythm and blues music popular there at the time.

1954

In 1954, back in Jamaica, he set up the Downbeat Sound System, being the owner of an amplifier, a turntable, and some US records, which he would import from New Orleans and Miami.

With the success of his sound system, and in a competitive environment, Dodd would make trips through the US looking for new tunes to attract the Jamaican public.

While he did, his mother Doris Darlington would run the sound system and play the tunes.

Dodd opened five different sound systems, each playing every night.

To run his sound systems, Dodd appointed people such as Lee "Scratch" Perry, who was Dodd's right-hand man during his early career, U-Roy and Prince Buster.

1959

In 1959, he founded a record company called Worldisc.

1960

In the early 1960s, Dodd was producing ska hits by Toots and the Maytals, the Gaylads, and the Skatalites.

During the late 1960s and 1970s, the "Studio One sound" was synonymous with the sound of ska, rocksteady and reggae, and Dodd attracted some of the Jamaican new musicians, including Burning Spear, Ras Michael, Delroy Wilson, Horace Andy, Sound Dimension, and Sugar Minott.

1962

In 1962, he produced the jazz record "I Cover the Waterfront" on the Port-O-Jam label, two of the musicians who played on the album, Roland Alphonso and Don Drummond became founding members of the Skatalites one year later.

1963

In 1963, he opened Studio One on Brentford Road, Kingston.

It was the first black-owned recording studio in Jamaica.

He held regular Sunday evening auditions in search of new talent, and it was here that Dodd auditioned Bob Marley, singing as a part of The Wailers.

1964

Dodd's "You're Wondering Now", was initially recorded in 1964 by Andy & Joey in Jamaica and later covered by The Skatalites, The Specials and Amy Winehouse; it was also used as the theme tune for the British-French crime drama television series Death in Paradise.

1966

Perry would later leave Dodd in 1966 due to Perry feeling disrespected by Dodd.

This is documented in the 1966 song The Upsetter.

When the 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.

1980

In the mid-1980s, Dodd closed his studio and moved his base of operations to New York City.

2002

In 2002 he was awarded a Gold Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica.

2004

He continued to be active in the music industry into his seventies, and on 1 May 2004, Kingston's Brentford Road was renamed Studio One Boulevard in a ceremony which paid tribute to his accomplishments as a producer.

He died suddenly of a heart attack three days later, aged 72, while working at Studio One.

2007

Dodd was posthumously awarded the Order of Distinction, in the rank of Commander on 15 October 2007, for service to the Jamaica music industry.

2010

He was survived by his wife, Norma, who passed in 2010.