Cutty Ranks
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| - | '''Winston Riley''' (14 May 1943 – 19 January 2012) was a [[Jamaican]] singer, [[songwriter]] and [[record producer]]. According to the ''[[Jamaica Gleaner]]'', Riley had a claim to being the most successful [[reggae]] producer of all-time. | ||
| - | ==Biography== | + | '''Philip Thomas''', (born 12 February 1965), better known as '''Cutty Ranks''' is a [[Jamaica]]n [[reggae]] and [[dancehall]] artist. |
| - | Riley was born in [[Kingston, Jamaica]]. His entry into the [[music industry]] was at 16 years old in 1962, when he formed [[The Techniques]] [[harmony]] group, which recorded their first tracks for Byron Lee, and then later recorded for [[Duke Reid]]. In 1968, he left the group and formed his own Techniques [[record label]], moving into production, producing artistes like [[Boris Gardiner]], The Escorts, [[Alton Ellis|Alton]] and [[Hortense Ellis]], and [[Johnny Osbourne]]. His own [[song]], "[[Double Barrel]]", performed by [[Dave and Ansell Collins]] under Riley's own production, was one of the first international [[reggae]] [[hit record|hits]], reaching #1 in the Dutch and [[UK Singles Chart]]. | + | |
| - | His [[Stalag riddim|"Stalag" riddim]] is the most sampled Reggae song of all time. The rhythm was first released in 1973, as the [[instrumental]] [[Ansell Collins]] track, "[[Stalag 17]]", named after the [[World War II]] [[film]] of the [[Stalag 17|same name]]. It reappeared later as "Stalag 18", "Stalag 19", "Stalag 20" and "Ring the Alarm Quick". | + | ==Discography== |
| + | *''[[The Stopper]]'' (1991), [[Fashion Records|Fashion]] | ||
| + | *''[[Lethal Weapon (Cutty Ranks album)|Lethal Weapon]]'' (1991), [[Penthouse Records|Penthouse]] | ||
| + | *''[[Retreat (Cutty Ranks album)|Retreat]]'' (1991), [[VP Records|VP]] | ||
| + | *''[[From Mi Heart]]'' (1992), [[Shanachie Records|Shanachie]] | ||
| + | *''[[Six Million Ways to Die]]'' (1996), [[Priority Records|Priority]] | ||
| + | *''[[Back with a Vengeance]]'' (2001), Artists Only! | ||
| + | *''[[Hard for It]]'' (2005), Wallboomers | ||
| + | *''[[Limb By Limb - Reggae Anthology]]'' (2008), VP | ||
| - | Riley produced [[General Echo]]'s hugely influential ''The Slackest'' album in 1979, and he went on to launch the careers of [[Sister Nancy]], [[Buju Banton]], [[Cutty Ranks]], [[Lone Ranger (musician)|Lone Ranger]], and [[Frankie Paul]]. | + | ;Collaborations, split albums: |
| - | + | *''Another One for the Road'' (1991), [[Greensleeves Records|Greensleeves]] - with [[Cocoa Tea]] and [[Home T]] | |
| - | The [[band (music)|band]] [[Widespread Panic]] [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] Echo's song "Arlene", and have performed many versions of it at their [[concert]]s. | + | *''Die Hard (Volumes 1 & 2)'' (1991), Penthouse - with [[Tony Rebel]] |
| - | + | *''20 Man Dead'' (1991), Charm - with Tony Rebel | |
| - | ==Death== | + | *''Rumble in the Jungle, Vol. 2'' (1995), Fashion - with Poison Chang |
| - | On 1 November 2011, Winston was shot in the head at his home in Kingston. According to police, he had been the subject of several earlier attacks. After being in a [[coma]] since the shooting, he died on 19 January 2012. | + | |
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| - | == See also == | + | |
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| - | *[[Stalag 17|The movie "Stalag 17"]] | + | |
| - | *[[List of genres of reggae]] | + | |
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Philip Thomas, (born 12 February 1965), better known as Cutty Ranks is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist.
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Discography
- The Stopper (1991), Fashion
- Lethal Weapon (1991), Penthouse
- Retreat (1991), VP
- From Mi Heart (1992), Shanachie
- Six Million Ways to Die (1996), Priority
- Back with a Vengeance (2001), Artists Only!
- Hard for It (2005), Wallboomers
- Limb By Limb - Reggae Anthology (2008), VP
- Collaborations, split albums
- Another One for the Road (1991), Greensleeves - with Cocoa Tea and Home T
- Die Hard (Volumes 1 & 2) (1991), Penthouse - with Tony Rebel
- 20 Man Dead (1991), Charm - with Tony Rebel
- Rumble in the Jungle, Vol. 2 (1995), Fashion - with Poison Chang
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