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Cover of the album "Clancy Eccles & The Dynamites - Nyah Reggae Rock - 1969-1970" released by Jamaican Gold in 1997
Cover of the album "Clancy Eccles & The Dynamites - Nyah Reggae Rock - 1969-1970" released by Jamaican Gold in 1997

Clancy Eccles (9 December 1940, Dean Pen, Jamaica – 30 June 2005, Spanish Town, Jamaica) was a Jamaican ska and reggae singer, songwriter, arranger, promoter, record producer and talent scout. Jamaican Gold is an Independent record label from Netherlands specialized in Jamaican music reissues Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Spanish Town is the former Spanish and English capital of Jamaica. Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. Ska ( pronounced /ska/ or in Jamaican Patois /skja/ is a Music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and which was the precursor Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both In Music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing Music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch such In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing "Talent scout" redirects here For talent scouting in the music industry see A&R Professional sports scouts are trained talent Known mostly for his early reggae works, he brought a political dimension to this music.

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Son of a tailor and builder, Eccles spent his childhood in the countryside of the parish of Saint Mary. Brief history There are a few traces of Taíno / Arawak presence in the parish He used to regularly attend church, and he became influenced by spiritual singing. Spirituals (or Negro spirituals) are songs which were created by African slaves in America. In his late teens, he moved to Ocho Rios, where he performed at night in various shows, with artists such as The Blues Busters, Higgs & Wilson and Buster Brown. Ocho Ríos (also known by the nickname Ochie) Spanish for Eight Rivers, is a town on the northern coast of Jamaica, located in the parish He moved to Kingston in 1959, where he started his singing career. Kingston is the Capital and largest city of Jamaica and is located on the southeastern coast of the island country He first recorded for Coxsone Dodd, who noticed him at a talent show. Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd CD ( Kingston Jamaica, January 26, 1932 &ndash May 5, 2004) was a Jamaican A talent show is a live performance spectacle (sometimes on television where contestants perform Acting, Singing, Dancing, Acrobatics,

Eccles had a Jamaican hit in 1961 with the early ska song "Freedom", which was recorded in 1959. Ska ( pronounced /ska/ or in Jamaican Patois /skja/ is a Music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and which was the precursor It was one of the first Jamaican songs with socially-oriented lyrics. The song discussed the concept of repatriation to Africa, an idea developed by the growing Rastafari movement. The Rastafari movement (also known as Rastafari, Rastafarianism or simply Rasta) is a monotheistic, Abrahamic, New Testament The song became the first Jamaican hit to be used for political purposes; Alexander Bustamante, founder of the Jamaican Labour Party and at that time Chief Minister of Jamaica adopted it for his fight against the Federation of the West Indies in 1960. Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante GBE, Order of National Hero, PC ( February 24, 1884 - August 6, 1977 List of Party Leaders Sir Alexander Bustamante (1943-1967 Sir Donald Sangster (acting* (Feb 1967 - April 1967 Hugh The Prime Minister of Jamaica is Jamaica 's Head of government, currently Bruce Golding. The West Indies Federation, also known as the Federation of the West Indies, was a short-lived Caribbean Federation that existed from January 3 1958 In the following years, Eccles had other successful songs, mixing boogie/rhythm and blues influences with ska rhythms, such as "River Jordan" and "Glory Hallelujah". Boogie is a repetitive Swung note or Shuffle Rhythm, "groove" or pattern used in Blues which was originally played

In 1962, he started promoting concerts and set up his Christmas Morning talent show; first with Dodd, then on his own. He organized concerts for The Clarendonians in 1963, and for The Wailers in 1964 and 1965. The Wailers are a Ska, Rocksteady, and Reggae group formed in Kingston, Jamaica in 1963, consisting of Junior He launched other talent search contests, with Battle of the Stars, Clancy Eccles Revue, Independent Revue and "Reggae Soul Revue; from which emerged stars such as Barrington Levy and Culture. Barrington Levy (born 30 April 1964, in Clarendon, Jamaica) is a Reggae and Dancehall Recording artist. Culture was a Jamaican Roots reggae group founded in 1976 Originally they were known as the African Disciples.

Starting in 1963, he recorded with producers such as Charlie Moo (Leslie Kong's business partner) and the husband of Sonia Pottinger, Lyndon. Leslie Kong (1933 – August 9 1971) was a Chinese Jamaican, Reggae Record producer. Sonia Pottinger (born c 1940 is a Jamaican Reggae Record producer. He couldn't make a living from his music, so he quit in 1965 to work as a tailor in Annotto Bay. A tailor is a person whose occupation is to sew and scissor menswear style jackets and the skirts or trousers that go with them During this period, he made stage outfits for musicians such as Kes Chin, The Mighty Vikings, Byron Lee and the Dragonnaires, Carlos Malcolm and The Blue Busters. Byron Lee and the Dragonaires is a Jamaican Ska, calypso and soca band

He went back to music in 1967, producing his own recordings as well as those of other artists. He scored a hit with Eric 'Monty' Morris' reggae song "Say What You're Saying", and with his own song "Feel The Rhythm". Eccles' first hit, "What Will Your Mama Say" was released by the recently-created United Kingdom label, Pama Records. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Pama records was a United Kingdom record label active during the 1960s and 1970s In 1968, his song "Fattie Fattie" became a skinhead reggae classic, along with his productions of recordings by the toasting DJ King Stitt ("Fire Corner", "Van Cleef", "Herbman Shuffle"). A skinhead is a member of a Subculture that originated among Working class youths in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and then spread to other parts of Toasting, Chatting, or Deejaying is the act of talking or Chanting over a Rhythm or beat. King Stitt, born Winston Spark (b 17 September 1940 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican DJ. Eccles recorded many organ-led instrumentals with his session band The Dynamites (same band has Derrick Harriott's Crystalites), featuring Winston Wright. The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each Derrick Harriott (born Derrick Clinton Harriott 6 February 1939, Jamaica) is a Singer and Record producer. In 1970, Eccles helped pave the way to the dub music genre by releasing an instrumental version of "Herbman Shuffle" called "Phantom", with a mix focusing on the bass line. Dub is a form of music which evolved from Reggae in the late 1960s

Eccles launched different record labels for his works: Clansone, New Beat and Clandisc (a UK subsidiary of Trojan Records). Trojan Records is a British Record label specialising in Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae and Dub music. He recorded artists such as Alton Ellis, Joe Higgs, the Trinidian Lord Creator ("Kingston Town"), Larry Marshall, Hemsley Morris, Earl Lawrence, The Beltones, Glen Ricks, Cynthia Richards, Buster Brown and Beres Hammond. Alton Ellis OD (born Alton Nehemiah Ellis) ( September 1, 1940 - October 10, 2008) was a Musician best known Joe Higgs ( June 3, 1940 – December 18, 1999) was a Reggae musician from Jamaica. Trinidad ( Spanish: " Trinity " is the largest and most populous of the two major islands and Beres Hammond (born Hugh Beresford Hammond 28 August 1955, Annotto Bay Saint Mary, Jamaica) is a Reggae Singer Appreciated by musicians for his fairness and sense of equity, he helped Lee Perry set up his Upsetter record label in 1968, and helped Winston 'Niney' Holmes (later known as 'The Observer') record his first hit as a producer in 1971 ("Blood & Fire"). Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry, on March 20, 1936, in Kendal Jamaica) is a reggae and dub artist who has been Winston Holness, better known as Niney the Observer (born George Boswell, 1951 Montego Bay) is a Jamaican Record producer and singer

A socialist militant, Eccles took part in Jamaica's 1972 prime ministerial elections by organizing a "Bandwagon" featuring musicians such as Bob Marley & the Wailers, Dennis Brown, Max Romeo, Delroy Wilson and Inner Circle. Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6 1945 – May 11 1981 was a Jamaican Musician, Singer-songwriter and Rastafarian To see the former football player see Dennis Brown (football player Dennis Emmanuel Brown ( February 1, 1957 – July 1, Max Romeo (born Maxwell Livingston Smith, 22 November 1947, St Delroy Wilson ( 5 October 1948 - 6 March 1995) was a Jamaican Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae For other uses of the term see Inner circle. Inner Circle is a Jamaican Reggae They went around the island to support the campaign of People's National Party (PNP) leader Michael Manley. List of party presidents Norman Manley (1938-1969 Michael Manley (1969-1992 P Michael Norman Manley ON ( December 10, 1924 – March 6, 1997) was the fourth Prime Minister of Jamaica Throughout the 1970s, he remained close to Manley and wrote several songs in praise of the PNP program, including his hits "Power For The People", "Rod Of Correction" or "Generation Belly".

By the mid 1970s, his popularity declined and he had to live off the money from his concerts. In the 1980s, Eccles slowed down his musical activities and he never met success again, apart from a few political songs, such as "Dem Mash Up The Country" in 1985. Eccles died on June 30, 2005 in Spanish Town Hospital from complications of a heart attack. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply

Discography

Singles before 1967

Compilations after 1967

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Clancy Eccles & The Dynamites

Clancy Eccles productions:

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