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Studio One is one of Jamaica's most renowned record labels and recording studios; it has been described as the Motown of Jamaica. The record label was involved with most of the major music movements in Jamaica during the 1960s and 1970s, including ska , rocksteady , reggae , dub and dancehall .
Donat Roy Mittoo (3 March 1948 – 16 December 1990), better known as Jackie Mittoo, [1] was a Jamaican-Canadian keyboardist, songwriter and musical director. [2] He was a member of The Skatalites and musical director of the Studio One record label.
The Heptones recorded for major Jamaican record producers at the time. They began their career, after one unsuccessful single [4] for Ken Lack's "K Calnek" label, under the watchful eye of Coxsone Dodd of Studio One. [2] The Heptones had a number of Jamaican hits for Studio One, beginning with "Fattie Fattie", their first Studio One single in ...
VP, Greensleeves, Studio One, Polydor, RAS, various Musical artist Fredrick "Freddie" McGregor (born 27 June 1956, in Clarendon , Jamaica ) [ 1 ] is a Jamaican singer, musician and record producer.
The duo of Michigan (Anthony Fairclough) and Smiley recorded at Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One in Jamaica, pressing their first number one hit single, "Rub a Dub Style", which featured their call and response style vocals, overdubbed on the Studio One riddim, "Vanity" (the instrumental alias given to Alton Ellis' Rocksteady classic, "I'm Just A Guy"). [1]
Willi Williams (also Willie Williams) (born 15 June 1953) is a Jamaican reggae and dub musician and producer. He is known as the "Armagideon Man" after his hit, "Armagideon Time", first recorded in 1977 at Studio One in Kingston. The song was covered by The Clash as the flipside of their "London Calling" single.
Skylarking is the debut studio album by Horace Andy. It was released on Studio One in 1972. Not to be confused with his later album, also titled Skylarking, released in 1996. The backing band was Sound Dimension - Coxsone Dodd's studio band, led by Leroy Sibbles.
"Armagideon Time" (spelt as "Armigedeon Time" in some versions) is a song by Jamaican reggae musician Willie Williams. [1] It was produced by Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, who used the "Real Rock" riddim. [2] It was first recorded in 1977 at Jamaica Recording Studio in Kingston, Jamaica, and released as a single in 1979 via Studio One. The single was ...