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Also known as Vivian Jackson

Jamaican musician (1946-2010)

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Vinony files it under 1946 births, 2010 deaths and 20th-century Jamaican musicians.

Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.

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Vivian Jackson (14 August 1946 – 12 January 2010) better known as Yabby You (or sometimes Yabby U), was a reggae vocalist and producer, who came to prominence in the early 1970s through his uncompromising, self-produced work. Jackson was born in the Waterhouse district of Kingston, Jamaica in 1946. One of seven children, Jackson left home at the age of twelve to find work at a furnace in Waterhouse. At seventeen, the effects of malnutrition had left him hospitalized <a href="https://www.last.fm

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Instance of
human
Family name
Jackson
Gender
male
Citizenship
Jamaica
Place of birth
Kingston
Place of death
Clarendon Parish
Occupation
record producer
Languages spoken
English language
Genre
reggae
Instrument
voice
Record label
Island Records
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date of birth
1946-08-14
date of death
2010-01-12
cause of death
intracranial aneurysm
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1970-00-00
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