Coxsone Dodd
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Coxsone Dodd was a pioneering Jamaican record producer and sound system operator who played a central role in the development of ska, rocksteady, and reggae music.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clement "Coxsone" Dodd | 2 |
| Coxsone Dodd canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11140781 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coxsone Dodd Context triple: [Studio One, foundedBy, Coxsone Dodd]
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A.
Shakim Compere
Shakim Compere is an American film and television producer and entertainment executive best known for his work with Queen Latifah and projects such as the romantic comedy "Just Wright."
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B.
Horace Andy
Horace Andy is a Jamaican roots reggae singer and songwriter renowned for his distinctive falsetto voice and collaborations with the band Massive Attack.
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C.
Dennis Brown
Dennis Brown was a highly influential Jamaican reggae singer known as the "Crown Prince of Reggae" for his soulful vocals and prolific output during the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
U-Roy
U-Roy was a pioneering Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay known for popularizing the toasting style that heavily influenced the development of modern rap and DJ culture.
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E.
Jazzy Jay
Jazzy Jay is an influential American hip hop DJ and producer from the Bronx, known as a pioneer of early rap and a key figure in the development of the New York hip hop scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coxsone Dodd Target entity description: Coxsone Dodd was a pioneering Jamaican record producer and sound system operator who played a central role in the development of ska, rocksteady, and reggae music.
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A.
Shakim Compere
Shakim Compere is an American film and television producer and entertainment executive best known for his work with Queen Latifah and projects such as the romantic comedy "Just Wright."
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B.
Horace Andy
Horace Andy is a Jamaican roots reggae singer and songwriter renowned for his distinctive falsetto voice and collaborations with the band Massive Attack.
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C.
Dennis Brown
Dennis Brown was a highly influential Jamaican reggae singer known as the "Crown Prince of Reggae" for his soulful vocals and prolific output during the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
U-Roy
U-Roy was a pioneering Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay known for popularizing the toasting style that heavily influenced the development of modern rap and DJ culture.
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E.
Jazzy Jay
Jazzy Jay is an influential American hip hop DJ and producer from the Bronx, known as a pioneer of early rap and a key figure in the development of the New York hip hop scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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music executive ⓘ record label ⓘ record producer ⓘ sound system operator ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2000s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Coxsone Dodd
NERFINISHED
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Sir Coxsone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Kingston, Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Jamaica ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Jamaica ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-01-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2004-05-04 ⓘ |
| founded |
Downbeat sound system
NERFINISHED
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Studio One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Clement Seymour Dodd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
reggae
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rocksteady ⓘ ska ⓘ |
| honor | Order of Distinction (Jamaica) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorCountry | Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
Jamaican popular music
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sound system culture ⓘ |
| notableFor |
developing reggae music
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developing rocksteady music ⓘ developing ska music ⓘ pioneering Jamaican popular music ⓘ |
| notableLocation | Brentford Road, Kingston (Studio One headquarters) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
record label owner
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record producer ⓘ sound system operator ⓘ |
| operated | Downbeat sound system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kingston, Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Kingston, Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Studio One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInMusicHistory |
key figure in early reggae production
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key figure in transition from ska to rocksteady ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Alton Ellis
NERFINISHED
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Bob Marley and the Wailers NERFINISHED ⓘ Burning Spear NERFINISHED ⓘ Delroy Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ Dennis Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Ken Boothe NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcia Griffiths NERFINISHED ⓘ The Skatalites NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wailers NERFINISHED ⓘ Toots and the Maytals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Coxsone Dodd Description of subject: Coxsone Dodd was a pioneering Jamaican record producer and sound system operator who played a central role in the development of ska, rocksteady, and reggae music.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Clement "Coxsone" Dodd
this entity surface form:
Clement "Coxsone" Dodd