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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 258,886 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Coxsone Dodd is the 81st most popular producer, the 57th most popular biography from Jamaica and the most popular Jamaican Producer.

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  • 260k

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  • 40.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Coxsone Dodd ranks 81 out of 89Before him are Lawrence Bender, Deborah Snyder, Rick Berman, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Buddy Adler, and Sam Zimbalist. After him are Lou Pearlman, Gauri Khan, Laura Ziskin, Scott Rudin, Susan Downey, and Lou Adler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Coxsone Dodd ranks 455Before him are Edward Egan, Jack Smith, Guido Vincenzi, Marcia Neugebauer, Nigel Lawson, and Andrew Young. After him are Albert Reynolds, Otis Davis, Daniel Kleppner, Duke Pearson, Bailey Olter, and Brian Murphy. Among people deceased in 2004, Coxsone Dodd ranks 268Before him are Beyers Naudé, Fred Ebb, Richard Dembo, Emlyn Hughes, Ugo Ferrante, and Arnold Orville Beckman. After him are Paul Nitze, Paul Klebnikov, Charles Dumas, Robert Merrill, Mehmood, and Lennox Miller.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Coxsone Dodd ranks 57 out of 168Before him are Michael Manley (1924), Errol Brown (1948), John Belchier (1706), Kenneth O. Hall (1941), Yohan Blake (1989), and Millie Small (1947). After him are Arthur Wint (1920), Nesta Carter (1985), John Holt (1947), Lennox Miller (1946), Alexander Bustamante (1884), and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986).

Among PRODUCERS In Jamaica

Among producers born in Jamaica, Coxsone Dodd ranks 1