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Clancy Eccles

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Jamaican musician (1940-2005)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Jamaica
Active from
1940-12-09
Active to
2005-06-30

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
69,322
Total plays
370,055

Tags

reggaeskarocksteadyskinhead reggaetrojan

Clancy Eccles (9 December 1940, Dean Pen, St. Mary, Jamaica – 30 June 2005, Spanish Town, Jamaica) was a Jamaican ska and reggae singer, songwriter, arranger, promoter, record producer and talent scout. Known mostly for his early reggae works, he brought a political dimension to this music. His house band was known as The Dynamites. Son of a tailor and builder, Clancy Eccles spent his childhood in the countryside of the parish of Saint Mary, where he used to attend regularly church cult and bec

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Jamaica
Place of birth
Saint Mary Parish
Place of death
Spanish Town
Occupation
composer
Genre
ska
Instrument
voice
Record label
Island Records
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date of birth
1940-12-09
date of death
2005-06-30
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
2005-00-00
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