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King's Lawn

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Open-air dance venue on North Street, Kingston, part of the 1950s-60s lawn circuit; press accounts recall Duke Reid being crowned there in the early 1960s by visiting US star Fats Domino.

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Jamaica Gleaner Duke Reid coverage; dancehall history retrospectives.

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Beat Street: Kingston as a Global Cultural Tourism Centre

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Kingston Creative, 30 September 2022. Reference only.

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