retro clothing, Dammers is a pivotal figure of the ska revival. He has also been acknowledged in his work for racial unity. Dammers was born in Ootacamund...
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of the group consisted of Terry Hall and Neville Staple on vocals, Jerry Dammers on keyboards, Lynval Golding and Roddy Radiation on guitars, Horace...
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Jerry Dammers except where noted. "Bright Lights" (John Bradbury, Stan Campbell, Dick Cuthell, Dammers) – 4:11 "The Lonely Crowd" (Campbell, Dammers,...
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pop music overtone. It was founded by Jerry Dammers of the Specials and backed by Chrysalis Records. Jerry Dammers of the ska revival band the Specials...
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Bodysnatchers and Akrylykz. The Specials' keyboard player Jerry Dammers coined the term "two-tone". Dammers, with the assistance of Horace Panter and graphic...
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wrote themselves; prior to this they only had played old ska covers. Jerry Dammers wanted to produce it for the band, but pressure from Chrysalis (who...
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September 1980. After the success of the band's debut album, band member Jerry Dammers assumed the role as the band's leader and stirred them into expanding...
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British ska revival band the Specials. Released on 19 October 1979 on Jerry Dammers' 2 Tone label, the album is seen by some as the defining moment in the...
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Ghost Town (The Specials song) (category Songs written by Jerry Dammers)
by the record's sound, Dammers telephoned the song's co-writer and producer John Collins a few days later, although as Dammers first phone call was in...
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led by Jerry Dammers of the Specials, an English 2 tone ska band popular in the late 1970s (which also went by the name the Special AKA). Dammers formed...
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Free Nelson Mandela (category Songs written by Jerry Dammers)
Dance Mix)" (Dammers) "Nelson Mandela (Original Version)" (Dammers) Elvis Costello – producer Stan Campbell – lead vocals Jerry Dammers – organ John Shipley...
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of the group consisted of Terry Hall and Neville Staple on vocals, Jerry Dammers on keyboards, Lynval Golding and Roddy Radiation on guitars, Horace...
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"Stereotype" (Jerry Dammers) – 4:42 "Redemption Song" (Bob Marley) – 3:53 "Monkey Man" (Toots Hibbert) – 2:38 "Too Much Too Young" (Jerry Dammers) – 2:04 "Enjoy...
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sixteen years later. He fathered four children, one of whom is musician Jerry Dammers, founder of the Specials and Two Tone Records. "Dean of Bristol chosen"...
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Dammers is a surname. People with the name include: Elly Dammers, Dutch javelin thrower Hans Dammers (1913–1944), German World War II fighter ace Horace...
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Buster Bloodvessel The Bodysnatchers John Bradbury Andy Cox Rhoda Dakar Jerry Dammers Judge Dread Chris Foreman Lynval Golding Terry Hall Madness Everett...
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seven UK top 20 hits. Fun Boy Three reduced the ska sound that they and Jerry Dammers had crafted with great success with the Specials and initially took...
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Do Nothing (song) (category Songs written by Jerry Dammers)
release of "Do Nothing", the album version of the song was remixed, with Jerry Dammers adding a string synthesiser, credited as the 'Ice Rink String Sounds'...
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Gangsters (song) (category Songs written by Jerry Dammers)
out of the record's grooves" and that "to compensate for the low end, Jerry [Dammers] overdubbed a treble-heavy piano on". The vocals were created by Terry...
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(Wailing Souls) – 4:45 "Doesn't Make it Alright" (live) (Dave Goldberg, Jerry Dammers, Mike Harrison) – 3:29 "Back to Front" – 3.00 "Jake Burns Interview...
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anti-apartheid organisation Artists Against Apartheid with musician Jerry Dammers. The organisation organised numerous anti-apartheid concerts in Europe...
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with Burial, The Bug, Martyn, Redshape, Dub Gabriel, the Echologist, Jerry Dammers, Spatial AKA Orchestra, and Junior Boys. According to Pitchfork, "[the]...
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through 2 Tone Records, the label of the Specials founder and keyboardist Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts at number...
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played flugelhorn on "Guns of Navarone". Side A "Too Much Too Young" (Jerry Dammers, acknowledgment to Lloyd Chalmers) - 2:04 "Guns of Navarone" (Dimitri...
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band the Style Council, the Communards, Junior Giscombe, Lorna Gee and Jerry Dammers, with guest appearances by Madness, The The, Heaven 17, Bananarama,...
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because the AAA was not a legal entity and Dammers had no interest in making it one. Hollingsworth told Dammers that he would put on an anti-apartheid concert...
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May, 2009. Specials founder member Jerry Dammers refused to join the tour and Staple gives his explanation why Dammers declined to tour with other band...
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"Bloody Dub" (Fingers) – 3:47 "Doesn't Make It All Right" (Dave Goldberg, Jerry Dammers, Mark Harrison) – 5:50 "I Don't Like You" – 2:44 "No Change" – 1:56...
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Rodriguez died aged 80. A tribute to him by Youthsayers alongside Jerry Dammers was performed at the Lambeth Country Show, 2016 to a crowd of 80,000...
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September 2008. The Specials' original keyboardist and primary composer Jerry Dammers did not play at the festival and owns the trademark rights to the name...
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