Previous Page1967 the Duke was successful as a producer and co-writer with the recording vocal group The Jamaicans in penning the song "Ba Ba Boom" that won the festival of that year. 1970 he won the festival again with "Boom Shaka Laka" and once more Duke Reid was producer and co-writer of the song with Hopeton Lewis; this song became an all time classic. In 1954, the first big Jazz concert was staged at the Ward Theatre in Kingston. "Sir Coxsone The Downbeat Ruler", "Duke Reid The Trojan" and "V-Rocket Sounds" took over to ruled the roost of sounds right through to the 70's. Then came the 80's brought about the transition from the valve-amplified sounds. The 80's saw the modern typed Heavy-Duty transistorised sounds of King Tubby, The Scientists, Prince Jammy's Hi-Fi and Killamanjaro Sounds. Colourful. The sound system phenomenon has continued to this day and has worked its way across the borders of the continents from Jamaica fitting into the community spectrums of the United States of America. The United Kingdom which has retrospectively now become a part of the European Culture. But for all that has been said about Reggae, Rock Steady or the Ska: Prince Buster along with Clement Dodd, Duke Reid and Lee "Scratch" Perry, as record producers between them, produced the best Ska, Rock Steady and Reggae. |
