caption death_date alias label article_title name background birth_date genre image origin birth_name occupation
dodd at studio one , brooklyn 05 may 2004 sir coxsone studio one , coxsone , tabernacle coxsone dodd
 coxsone dodd non_performing_personnel 26 january 1932 ska rocksteady gospel reggae coxsone dodd.jpg kingston , jamaica clement seymour dodd record producer
coxsone dodd

clement seymour `` sir coxsone '' dodd cd -lrb- kingston , jamaica , 26 january 1932 -- 5 may 2004 -rrb- was a jamaican record producer who was influential in the development of ska and reggae in the 1950s , 1960s and beyond .
he received his nickname `` coxsone '' at school : because of his teenage talent as a cricketer , his friends compared him to alec coxon , a member of the 1940s yorkshire county cricket club team .
