1955 - 1996
Ranking Dread Jamaican Musician
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Details
| First Name |
Ranking
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| Last Name |
Dread
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| Alternative Name |
Robert Blackwood, Errol Codling, Michael Dicks, Boyark
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1954
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| Birthplace |
Kingston, Jamaica
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| Died |
1996
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| Nationality |
Jamaican
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| Occupation Text |
Deejay
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| Occupation |
Musician
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Reggae, dancehall
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| Year(s) Active |
Mid-1970s–early 1980s
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| Record Label |
Burning Sounds, Greensleeves
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Ranking Dread (born Winston Brown; c. 1955 – 1996) was a Jamaican reggae deejay who grew up in the Kingston ghettos of Rema and Tivoli. He became famous for his work with the Ray Symbolic sound system in the 1970s. His later years in the UK and North America were dogged by legal issues.