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King Tubby Osbourne Ruddock (28 January 1941 – 6 February 1989), better known as King Tubby, was a Jamaican sound engineer who greatly influenced the development of dub in the 1960s and 1970s. Tubby's innovative studio work, which saw him elevate the ...

's recording studio. His dubs are known for their clear sound and use of effects.

Biography

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productions. When Phillip Smart left

's team to work in New York City, Jammy replaced him, getting to work with

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and Yabby You. In the late 1970s he began to release his own productions, including the debut album from

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in 1977. In the 1980s, he became one of the most influential producers of dancehall music. His biggest hit was 1985's "Under Me Sleng Teng" by Wayne Smith, with an entirely-digital rhythm

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. Many credit this song as being the first " digital rhythm" in reggae, leading to the modern dancehall era. Later into 1980s, Jammy improvised

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and Dancehall, he digitalized old riddims, like Real Rock, and Far East. King Jammy then began working with top artists in

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throughout the 1980s and 1990s such as

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, and even

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. Jammy's productions and sound system dominated reggae music for the remainder of the 1980s and into the 1990s. He continues to work as a producer, working with some of today's top Jamaican artists, including

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Partial discography

Solo records or records with co-billing

Compilations

*Dub Gone 2 Crazy (King Tubby & Prince Jammy – 1975–79) *Dub The Old Fashioned Way (Lee Perry & Prince Jammy – 197?) *Dubwise Revolution (King Tubby & Prince Jammy & Scientist – 197?) *The Rhythm King (Prince Jammy & Various Artists – 198?) *Umoja – 20th Century DEBwise (Dennis Brown Presents Prince Jammy – 1978)

Appearances on various artist compilations

*Big Showdown :#Round 2 :#Round 4 :#Round 6 :#Round 8 :#Round 10 *Black Black Minds :#Peace And Rest Version :#How Long Version :#Keep On Trying Version * Bunny Lee Meets King Tubby & Aggrovators :#Channel One A Boy *Creation Rockers :#You're No Good *Don Letts Presents The Mighty Trojan Sound :# Out Of Order *Dub Chill Out :#Slow Motion Dub :#Black And White Dub :#Dub It In The Dancehall Dub :#Jump Song Dub *Dub Massive Chapter 1 :#Out Of Order :#Fist Of Fury *Dub Massive Chapter 2 :#Throne Of Blood :#Shaolin Temple *Dub Sessions :#Dub Investigation :#Brothers Of The Blade *Dubwise & Otherwise :#Wreck Up A Version *Fat Man Dub Contest :#Jammy A No Fool :#Jammy's On The Move :#Jammy's A Shine :#Jammy's A Satta *Fatman Presents Twin Spin Vol I :#Second Generation *First, Second And Third Generation Of Dub :#Second Generation :#On The Scene *Flashing Echo :#Fist Of Fury :#Jammin For Survival :#Out Of Order Dub *Haul & Pull Up Selecta :#You're No Good (12") :#Jammin' For Survival (12") *Heavyweight Sound :#Problems Dub *In Fine Style :#A Useful Version *King Jammy In Roots :#Slaughterhouse Five :#Born Free (Extended Mix) :#Youth Man Dub *Kung Fu ! :#Shaolin Temple :#Throne Of Blood :#Fist Of Fury *Punky Reggae Party *Run It Red :#Chapter Of Money :#Dub Ites Green & Gold :#Higher Ranking :#A Stalawatt Version :#Mr. Bassie Dub :#Music Dub *Scratchy Sounds :#Brothers of the Blade *Straight To I Roy Head :#Channel One A Boy *The Crowning Of Prince Jammy :#Life Is A Moment In Space :#The Crowning Of Prince Jammy :#Return Of Jammy's Hi-Fi *''

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'' :#Chapter of Money *The Trojan Story Vol 1&2 :#Throne of Blood *Third World Disco Vol 1 :# Love Can Conquer *This Is Crucial Reggae Dub :#Throne of Blood *Trojan 12" Box Set :#You're No Good :#Born Free *Trojan Dub Box Set Volume 2 :#Fist of Fury :#Throne of Blood :#Shaolin Temple *Under Me Sleng Teng Extravaganza :#Sweet Teng *X-Ray Music :#Step It Up in Dub :#Dub There :#The Champion Version :#Dub Is My Occupation

Albums produced

*Anthony Johnson – A Yah We Deh (1985) * Barry Brown – King Jammy Presents Barry Brown (1980) *Barry Brown – Showcase (1980) *Black Crucial – Mr. Sonny (1985) *Black Sounds Uhro – Love Crisis (1977) *

– Black Sounds of Freedom (1981) *Black Uhuru & Prince Jammy – Uhuru in Dub (1982) *

Cocoa Tea Calvin George Scott (born 3 September 1959), better known as Cocoa Tea, is a Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter. Biography Born in Rocky Point, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, Cocoa Tea was popular in Jamaica from 1985, but has become success ...

– The Marshall (1985) *

– History (1985) *Dennis Brown – Slow Down (1985) *

Errol Holt Errol Holt (born 19 July 1950), also known as Errol Carter and by his nickname Flabba, is a Jamaican bass guitar player and a singer who was a member of The Morwells and the Roots Radics and has played on hundreds of Jamaican albums. Biography ...

– Vision of Africa (1978) *

– Sara (1987) *Frankie Paul & Michael Palmer – Double Trouble (1985) *Half Pint – Money Man Skank (1984) *Half Pint – One in a Million (1984) *Kruxial Selecta- Long inna Time (1986) * Horace Andy – Haul And Jack Up (1987) *

Hortense Ellis Hortense Ellis (18 April 1941 – 19 October 2000) was a reggae musician, and the younger sister of fellow artist Alton Ellis.Hugh Mundell Hugh Mundell (14 June 1962 – 14 October 1983) was a Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter. Biography Mundell was born the fourth child and only boy to Theresa and Alvin Mundell. Alvin Mundell was a successful lawyer.Campbell, Howard (2012)Hug ...

Featuring

Lacksley Castell Lacksley Castell, sometimes misspelled Laxley, Lacksly, Lasky or Locksley Castel (10 April 1959 – November 1983) was a Jamaican reggae singer best known for his work in the early 1980s. Biography Lacksley Castell was born in 1959, (although so ...

– Jah Fire (1980) *

Johnny Osbourne Johnny Osbourne (born Errol Osbourne, 1948) is one of the most popular Jamaican reggae and dancehall singers of all time, who rose to success in the late 1970s and mid-1980s. His album '' Truths and Rights'' was a roots reggae success, and feat ...

– Folly Ranking (1980) *Johnny Osbourne – Mr Body Bye (198?) *Johnny Osbourne – Musical Chopper (1983) *Johnny Osbourne – Water Pumping (1983) * Jolly Brothers – Consciousness (1979) * Junior Reid – Boom Shack A Lack (1985) *King Tubby & Prince Jammy & Scientist – Dubwise Revolution (197?) *

Leroy Smart Leroy Smart (born 1952), is a reggae singer-songwriter and record producer from Kingston, Jamaica. Biography Smart was born in 1952 and orphaned at the age of two. He was raised at Maxfield Park Children's Home and educated at Alpha Boys Scho ...

– She Just A Draw Card (1982) *Leroy Smart – Showcase (1985) *Leroy Smart – We Rule Everytime (1985) *

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– Clarks Booty (1985) *Michael Palmer – I'm So Attractive (1985) *Natural Vibes – Life Hard A Yard (1982) *Niccademos – Dance Hall Style (1982) *Noel Phillips – Youth Man Vibrations (1981) *Peter Yellow – Hot (1982) *Prince Jammy – Kamikazi Dub (1979) *Prince Jammy – Osbourne in Dub (1983) *Prince Jammy – Prince Jammy Destroys The Invaders (1982) *Prince Jammy – Strictly Dub (1981) *Prince Jammy & Various Artists – The Rhythm King (198?) *

Sugar Minott Lincoln Barrington "Sugar" Minott (25 May 1956 – 10 July 2010)Campbell, Howard (2010)Reggae singer Sugar Minott dies at 54, Associated Press, 11 July 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010Peru, Yasmine (2010)Godfather of Dancehall, Sugar Minott, dead at ...

– A Touch of Class (1985) *Sugar Minott – Bitter Sweet (1979) *Tonto Irie – Jammy's Possee (198?) *Travellers – Black Black Minds (1977) *U Black – Westbound Thing A Swing (1977) *

U Brown Huford Brown (born 8 June 1956, Kingston, Jamaica), better known by the stage name U Brown, is a reggae deejay who released eleven albums between 1976 and 1984. Biography Brown grew up in Bond Street in Kingston, living two doors away from Du ...

– Mr Brown Something (1978) *U Brown vs Peter Yellow – DJ Confrontation (1982) *Various Artists – 10 To 1 (1985) *Various Artists – 1985 Master Mega Hits (1985) *Various Artists – 1985 Master Mega Hits Vol 2 (1985) *Various Artists – King Jammy – A Man And His Music Vol 1 (197?–8?) *Various Artists – King Jammy – A Man And His Music Vol 2 (198?) *Various Artists – King Jammy – A Man And His Music Vol 3 (198?) *Various Artists – King Jammy in Roots (197?–8?) *Various Artists – King Jammy's at Channel 1 (1977–79) *Various Artists – Prince Jammy Presents Vol 1 (1986) *Various Artists – Superstar Hit Parade (1986) *Various Artists – Under Me Sleng Teng Extravaganza (1985) *Wayne Smith – Smoker Super (1985) *Wayne Smith – Under Me Sleg Teng (1985) *Wayne Smith – Youthman Skanking (1982) *Ween – Friends EP (only track No. 4 "King Billy")

Albums engineered and/or mixed

* Agrovators – Kaya Dub (19770 * Alton Ellis – Many Moods of Alton Ellis (1978–80) * Alton Ellis & Heptones – Alton Ellis Sings, Heptones Harmonise (1978–80) * Augustus Pablo – El Rocker's (1972–75) * Augustus Pablo – Rockers Meets King Tubby in a Fire House (1980) * Augustus Pablo – Original Rockers (1972–75) * Barrington Levy – Englishman (1979) * Barrington Levy – Englishman – Robin Hood (1979–80) * Barry Brown – King Jammy Presents Barry Brown (1980) * Barry Brown – The Best of Barry Brown (197?) * Barry Brown Meets Cornell Campbell – Barry Brown Meets Cornell Campbell (197?) * Bim Sherman – Ghetto Dub (1988) * Bim Sherman Meets Horace Andy And U Black – In A Rub A Dub Style (1982) * Black Sounds Uhro – Love Crisis (1977) * Black Uhuru – Black Sounds of Freedom (1981) * Black Uhuru & Prince Jammy – Uhuru in Dub (1982) *

Carl Harvey Carl Harvey (born 1 October 1958) is a Jamaican born Canadian guitarist and record producer who recorded as a member of Crack of Dawn and The Aggrovators in the 1970s, and later became guitarist for Toots & the Maytals. Early life and education ...

– Ecstasy of Mankind (1978) * Carlton Patterson & King Tubby – Psalms of Drums (197?) * Cornell Campbell – Boxing (1982) * Cornell Campbell – Follow Instructions (1983) * Cornell Campbell – Turn Back The Hands of Time (1977) * Creation Rebel – Close Encounters of the Third World (1978) * Crucial Bunny Vs Prince Jammy – Fat Man Dub Contest (1979) * DEB Music Players – 20th Century DEB-Wise (1978) *

David Jahson Everald Pickersgill (born 4 November 1954),David Jahson
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– Natty Chase The Barber (1978) * Delroy Wilson – Go Away Dream (1982) * Dennis Brown – Slow Down (1985) * Dennis Brown Presents Prince Jammy – Umoja – 20th Century DEBwise (1978) * Dillinger – Cornbread (1978) *

Earl "Chinna" Smith Earl "Chinna" Smith (born 6 August 1955), a.k.a. Earl Flute and Melchezidek the High Priest,Johnson, Richard (2013)The Melchizedek way, '' Jamaica Observer'', 6 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013 is a Jamaican guitarist active since the late ...

– Sticky Fingers (1977) * Eek A Mouse – Wa Do Dem (1981) * Frankie Paul & Michael Palmer – Double Trouble (1985) * Gregory Isaacs – Slum in Dub (1978) * Half Pint – One in a Million (1984) * Horace Andy – In The Light / In The Light Dub (1977) * Hortense Ellis – Jamaica's First Lady of Songs (1977) * Hugh Mundell Featuring Lacksley Castell – Jah Fire (1980) * I Roy – Can't Conquer Rasta (1976) * Jah Frankie Jones – Satta An Praise Jah (1977) *

Jah Lloyd Jah Lloyd, aka Jah Lion, The Black Lion of Judah, and Jah Ali (born Patrick Lloyd Francis, 29 August 1947, died 12 June 1999) was a Jamaican reggae singer, deejay and producer. Biography Francis was born in Point Hill, Saint Catherine Parish ...

– Black Moses (1979) *

Jah Stitch Jah Stitch (born Melbourne James, 27 July 1949 – 28 April 2019) was a reggae deejay best known for his recordings in the 1970s. Biography After an introduction to music singing in a yard with the likes of The Wailers, The Heptones, Roy Shir ...

– Original Ragga Muffin (1975–77) * Johnny Clarke – Don't Stay Out Late (1977) * Johnny Clarke – Dread Natty Congo (1977) * Johnny Clarke – Sweet Conversation (1977) * Johnny Osbourne – Folly Ranking (1980) * Johnny Osbourne – Musical Chopper (1983) * Johnny Osbourne – Water Pumping (1983) * Junior Reid – Boom Shack A Lack (1985) * Keith Hudson – Rasta Communication (1978) * King Tubby – Dub Gone Crazy (1975–79) * King Tubby – Dub Like Dirt (1975–77) * King Tubby – Majestic Dub (197?) * King Tubby's and the Agrovators – Dubbing in the Back Yard (1982) * King Tubby & Aggrovators – Shalom Dub (1975) * King Tubby & Prince Jammy – Dub Gone 2 Crazy (1975–79) * King Tubby & Prince Jammy & Scientist – First, Second And Third Generation of Dub (1981) * Leroy Smart – Reggae Showcase Vol 1 (197?) * Leroy Smart – Superstar (1977) * Leroy Smart – Superstar (1976) * Linval Thompson & Wayne Jarrett &

Ranking Trevor Maxwell Grant (20 January 1960 – 7 August 2012), better known as Ranking Trevor and sometimes as Ranking Superstar, was a Jamaican reggae deejay. Biography Grant began deejaying as a teenager in the 1970s, and began his recording career at the ...

– Train To Zion Dub (1981) * Lord Sassafrass – Horse Man Connection (1982) * Michael Prophet – Serious Reasoning (1980) * Mikey Dread – African Anthem (1979) * Mikey Dread – Dread at the Controls (1979) * Mother Liza With Kojak – Chant Down Babylon (198?) * Noel Phillips – Youth Man Vibrations (1981) * Paragons – Heaven & Earth (197?) * Paragons – Now (1982) * Pat Kelly – One Man Stand (1979) * Peter Yellow – Hot (1982) * Prince Far I – Cry Tuff Dub Encounter II (1979) *

Prince Hammer Beris Simpson, better known as Prince Hammer, is a Jamaican reggae deejay, singer, and record producer. Biography Simpson was born at the Jubilee Hospital in Kingston and grew up in a Christian family in Kingston.Peter I (2005)Prince Hammer: ...

– World War Dub Part 1 (1979) * Prince Jammy – Dub Culture (1983] * Prince Jammy – Fatman vrs. Shaka in a Dub Conference (1980) * Prince Jammy – Kamikazi Dub (1979) * Prince Jammy – Prince Jammy Destroys The Invaders (1982) * Prince Jammy – Strictly Dub (1981) * Revolutionaries – Goldmine Dub (1979) * Rockers All Stars – Chanting Dub with the Help of the Father (1978) * Rod Taylor (singer), Rod Taylor – Ethiopians Kings (1975–80) * Scientist – Heavy Metal Dub (1982) * Scientist & Jammy – Scientist & Jammy Strike Back (1983) * Scientist & Prince Jammie – Dub Landing Vol: 2 (1982) * Sly & Robbie – Raiders Of The Lost Dub (1981) * Sly And The Revolutionaries With Jah Thomas – Black Ash Dub (1980) * Sugar Minott – Bitter Sweet (1979) * Sugar Minott – Black Roots (1980) * Sugar Minott – Ghetto-ology (1979) * Tappa Zukie – Escape From Hell (1977) * Tappa Zukie – Tapper Roots (1978) * The Agrovators – Jammies In Lion Dub Style (1978) * The Rass-es Band & Prince Jammy – Harder Na Rass (1979) * Tommy McCook – Blazing Horns – Tenor In Roots (1976–78) * Tommy McCook & Bobby Ellis – Blazing Horns (1977) * Travellers – Black Black Minds (1977) * Trinity – Dreadlocks Satisfaction (1978) * U Brown – Mr Brown Something (1978) * Uniques – Showcase (1978) * Various Artists – Superstar Hit Parade (1986) * Wayne Smith – Smoker Super (1985) * Wayne Smith – Youthman Skanking (1982) *Ween – Friends EP (only track #4 "King Billy") * Yabby U – Jah Jah Way (1980) * Yabby You – Beware (1978) * Yabby You – Dub It To The Top (1976–79) * Yabby You & Various Artists – Jesus Dread (1972–77)

As an arranger

* Black Crucial – Mr. Sonny (1985) * Black Sounds Uhro – Love Crisis (1977) * Dennis Brown – History (1985) * Dennis Brown – Slow Down (1985) * Johnny Osbourne – Folly Ranking (1980) * Noel Phillips – Youth Man Vibrations (1981) * The Agrovators – Jammies In Lion Dub Style (1978)

As a percussionist

* Dennis Brown – Slow Down (1985) * Johnny Osbourne – Water Pumping (1983)

Bibliography

References

External links

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