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Sir Nick the Champ

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Sir Nick the Champ was among the operators of the earliest Kingston sound-system era, playing American R&B at dances alongside contemporaries such as Count Smith the Blues Blaster and Lord Koos as the culture grew from house parties into large street dances in the 1950s. He is remembered as part of the pioneer generation that preceded the 'Big Three'.

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Yaawd Media sound-system history, Louder Than War, ACIJ/Jamaica Memory Bank.

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Story · ProbableFoundation sounds before the famous three

Long before Coxsone, Duke Reid and Prince Buster became reggae's founding trinity, a wider field of 1950s operators built the culture — and its DIY engineering habit followed Jamaican emigrants to London.

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