ENTITY · PERSON (ARTIST, SELECTOR, PRODUCER…)

Sir Lord Comic

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Jamaican deejay who began as a champion dancer with the Admiral Deans sound system before toasting on the set from about 1959; his 1966 single "Ska-ing West" is cited among the first deejay records, and he later cut "The Great Wuga Wuga" and worked with Lee "Scratch" Perry.

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Type: Person (artist, selector, producer…) →
Era: Ska and independence-era culture →
Confidence: Well supported
Sources: Wikipedia; Heather Augustyn ska histories; Discogs.

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Deep Roots Music — Ranking Sounds (Channel 4 documentary)

YOUTUBE · rights discovery only · documentary

Community-archived upload of Howard Johnson's 1982 Channel 4 series; discovery-only embed.

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In stories

Story · Well supportedApprenticed to the sound: the deejay ladder

Every great Jamaican deejay of the 1960s and 70s served an apprenticeship on a named sound system.

Story · Well supportedFrom toasting to chatting: how the deejay took over

The Jamaican deejay grew from a hype-man behind the selector into the star of the record.