Prince Buster
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Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (1938-2016)
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Vinony's link graph records 196 inbound references to Prince Buster, and connects out to Rastafari, Islam and Jamaica.
Vinony files it under 1938 births, 2016 deaths and Blue Beat Records artists.
Vinony links it to 25 Wikipedia language editions.
Film & TV
Known for
- The Harder They Come — DJ at Dance1972
- This Is Ska — Himself1964
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Jamaica
- Active from
- 1938-05-24
- Active to
- 2016-09-08
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 204,504
- Total plays
- 1,882,658
Tags
Prince Buster (Cecil Bustamente Campbell, 24 May 1938 - 8 September 2016) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of ska and rocksteady music. The records he released in the 1960s influenced and shaped the course of Jamaican contemporary music and created a legacy of work that later reggae and ska artists would draw upon. Born Cecil Bustamente Campbell on Orange Street in Kingston <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Princ
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Campbell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Place of birth
- Kingston
- Place of death
- Miami
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Islam
- Award
- Order of Distinction
- Genre
- reggae
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Blue Beat Records
- Image
- Prince Buster.jpg
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- Commons category
- Prince Buster
- date of birth
- 1938-05-24
- date of death
- 2016-09-08
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
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