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Coxsone Dodd

1932 - 2004

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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. 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Coxsone Dodd has received more than 279,761 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Coxsone Dodd is the 97th most popular producer (down from 81st in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 57th in 2019) and the most popular Jamaican Producer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Coxsone Dodd ranks 97 out of 140. Before him are Lauren Shuler Donner, Gauri Khan, Mark Ronson, Norman Granz, Scott Rudin, and Lou Pearlman. After him are Lou Adler, Gulshan Kumar, Arnold Kopelson, Don Hahn, David Barron, and Deborah Snyder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Coxsone Dodd ranks 521. Before him are Derek Taylor, Barbara Shelley, Vitold Kreyer, Athol Fugard, Robert L. Forward, and Danny Hodge. After him are Gennadiy Shatkov, Bob Lutz, Mae Faggs, Voitto Hellsten, Alberto Dines, and Howard Hodgkin. Among people deceased in 2004, Coxsone Dodd ranks 305. Before him are Friedrich Waller, Bernice Rubens, Charles Dumas, Bjarne Andersson, Isabel Sanford, and Eleanor Holm. After him are Jerzy Klempel, Paul Klebnikov, Steve Lacy, Fred Ebb, Hiram Fong, and Richard Biggs.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Coxsone Dodd ranks 64 out of 189. Before him are Shawn Rhoden (1975), Alton Ellis (1938), Kenneth O. Hall (1941), Herb McKenley (1922), Millie Small (1947), and Andrew Holness (1972). After him are Linford Christie (1960), Donovan Bailey (1967), Nesta Carter (1985), John Holt (1947), Howard Cooke (1915), and Roger Cross (1969).

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Among PRODUCERS In Jamaica

Among producers born in Jamaica, Coxsone Dodd ranks 1. 

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