Dillinger

Lester Bullock (born 25 June 1953), better known by the stage name Dillinger, is a Jamaican reggae artist. He was part of the second wave of deejay toasters who rose to prominence during the mid-1970s.
The first record producer he worked with was Lee "Scratch" Perry, who decided that Bullock should change his name to Dillinger, after gangster John Dillinger. Perry produced his first recording session, from which "Dub Organizer" was released as a single. Several other Perry-produced singles followed, but with limited success. In 1974, he recorded "Freshly" for Yabby You, which brought him his first hit, and 1975 saw a slew of releases with a variety of producers including Augustus Pablo, Joseph Hoo Kim, Winston Holness, and Coxsone Dodd.
Albums for Dodd (Ready Natty Dreadie) and Hoo Kim (CB 200) would soon follow. His hit "Cocaine in My Brain", produced by Hoo Kim, was hugely popular internationally, and a number-one single in the Netherlands. Dillinger spent a lot of time in England during the heyday of punk rock, and in 1978, along with Leroy Smart and Delroy Wilson, was referenced by lyricist Joe Strummer in The Clash's track, "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais".
His recorded output dropped in the second half of the 1980s, although he also started producing other artists. He returned to recording more regularly in the early 1990s, but didn't repeat his earlier success.
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== Links to Peel ==
Peel played Dillinger tracks regularly from the 1970s onwards, concentrating on vintage material after the mid-1980s, with the track "Spy In A Green Hat" appearing on his show in both 1979 and 2003.
Perhaps wary of the lyrical content, the DJ is not known to have given airtime to the artist's most celebrated song, "Cocaine in My Brain" (aka "Cokane In My Brain"), although it was heard on his show during the last week of his life, played by punk legend Siouxsie Sioux when sitting in for the Peel on BBC Radio One when the veteran DJ was on holiday in Peru.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
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== Sessions ==
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== Other Shows Played ==
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;1970s
*05 October 1977: Don't Take Another Man's Life (album - Talkin' Blues) Magnum DEAD 1001
*01 November 1977: Take A Dip (7")
*10 April 1979: Version (7" - Dread No Warrior) Gorgon
*30 April 1979: Dread No Warrior (single) Gorgon
*09 June 1979 (BFBS): Racing Pool (7") Belmont
*23 July 1979: Spy In A Green Hat (single) Thunder Bolt
;1980s
*11 September 1980 (with Al Campbell & Trinity): Three The Hard Way (single) Orbit
*11 June 1981 (John Walters): Tambrin' Season (7") Tuna
*07 July 1981: Melting Pot (7") A&M
*21 March 1982 (BFBS) (w/ Trinity, Al Campbell, Wayne Wade, Junior Tamlin): Five Man Army / Send Another Moses (12") Oak Sound
*22 March 1983: Jamaica Collie (v/a LP - Battle Of The DJs, Dance Hall Style) Coxsone
*18 June 1985 (BFBS): Plantation Height (7") 
*16 March 1988: Headquarters (v/a LP - "Keep On Coming Through The Door…" Jamaican Deejay Music 1969 - 1973) Trojan
;1990s
*11 March 1994: Daylight Saving Time (Various Artists CD - If Deejay Was Your Trade (The Dreads At King Tubby's 1974-1977)) Blood & Fire
*19 March 1994 (BFBS): Daylight Saving Time (Various Artists CD - If Deejay Was Your Trade (The Dreads At King Tubby's 1974-1977)) Blood & Fire
*10 February 1998: Freshly (v/a album - Yabby You - Jesus Dread 1972-1977) Blood & Fire
*05 May 1999: Cane River Rock (v/a album - Black Arkives) Justice League
*13 May 1999 (Radio Eins): Cane River Rock (v/a album - Black Arkives) Justice League
;2000s
*15 March 2001: CB200 Version
*09 January 2003: Spy In The Green Hat (7") Thunder Bolt
*16 January 2003 (Radio Eins): Spy In A The Green Hat (7")
*20 October 2004: Cocaine in my Brain (LP - Cocaine) Charly (Siouxsie Sioux sits in for Peel)
== See Also ==
*Dillinja
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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