Studio One (record label)
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During the night hours at Studio One from 1965-1968, singers like [[Bob Marley]], Burning Spear, The Heptones, [[The Ethiopians]], [[Ken Boothe]], Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt, Alton Ellis, Delroy Wilson, Bunny Wailer{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bunny-wailer-mn0000636474/biography|title=Bunny Wailer : Biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=3 September 2019}} and Johnny Nash, among others, would put on headphones to sing lyrics to original tracks recorded by the Soul Brothers earlier each day. These seminal recordings included "[[Real Rock]]" (by [[Sound Dimension]]), "Heavy Rock", "Jamaica Underground", "Wakie Wakie", "Lemon Tree", "Hot Shot", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Dancing Mood", and "Creation Rebel". |
During the night hours at Studio One from 1965-1968, singers like [[Bob Marley]], Burning Spear, The Heptones, [[The Ethiopians]], [[Ken Boothe]], Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt, Alton Ellis, Delroy Wilson, Bunny Wailer{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bunny-wailer-mn0000636474/biography|title=Bunny Wailer : Biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=3 September 2019}} and Johnny Nash, among others, would put on headphones to sing lyrics to original tracks recorded by the Soul Brothers earlier each day. These seminal recordings included "[[Real Rock]]" (by [[Sound Dimension]]), "Heavy Rock", "Jamaica Underground", "Wakie Wakie", "Lemon Tree", "Hot Shot", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Dancing Mood", and "Creation Rebel". |
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The Soul Brothers, later known as [[Sound Dimension]], recorded many of Studio One's most enduring instrumental rhythms, including "Real Rock", described by ''[[The New York Times]]'' as "the genre’s most often licked riddim."{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/23/arts/music-real-rock-through-the-ages.html |title=Music; 'Real Rock' Through the Ages |work=The New York Times |date=May 23, 2004 |access-date=April 21, 2026 |author=Kenner, Rob}} Jackie Mittoo, Joe Isaacs, and Brian Atkinson left Studio One in 1968 and moved to Canada. |
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Jackie Mittoo, Joe Isaacs, and Brian Atkinson left Studio One in 1968 and moved to Canada. The Soul Brothers (a.k.a. [[Sound Dimension]]) formed the basis of reggae music in the late 1960s, being versioned and re-versioned time after time over decades by musicians like Shaggy, Sean Paul, Snoop Lion, The Clash, String Cheese Incident, UB40, Sublime, and countless other Billboard originals and remakes trying to emulate their original Rock Steady sound at Coxsone's Studio One. |
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The studio was closed when Dodd relocated to [[New York City]] in the mid-1980s;{{cite book|title=[[The Guinness Who's Who Of Reggae]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=Guinness Publishing (UK)|date=1994|isbn=0-85112-734-7|page=75}} he continued to run the label from his new base. |
The studio was closed when Dodd relocated to [[New York City]] in the mid-1980s;{{cite book|title=[[The Guinness Who's Who Of Reggae]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=Guinness Publishing (UK)|date=1994|isbn=0-85112-734-7|page=75}} he continued to run the label from his new base. |
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