Clement Dodd "Sir Coxsone" Dies May 4th 2004

Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd was one of the pillars upon which Jamaican popular music is built. In a career approaching its fifth decade and spanning all the genres of the Jamaican pop scene - ska, rock-steady, reggae and dancehall, Sir. Coxsone produced music and musicians which have had a seminal influence on the music industry on every continent. He is truly one of the global giants of music. 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.

A Ska Legend that will be missed, The man resonsible for giving Bob Marley his first Break.

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