Jerry Dammers, the Glossary

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1. 97 relations: Absolute Beginners (film), African National Congress, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Ancient Egypt, Apartheid, Art exhibition, Babyshambles, Band Aid (band), BBC News, BBC Radio 1, Billy Bragg, Black people, Bristol Cathedral, Carl Barât, Compilation album, Country music, Coventry, Coventry University, Denys Baptiste, Down in Albion, Elvis Costello, Extraterrestrials in fiction, Free Nelson Mandela, Fun Boy Three, Ghost Town (The Specials song), GQ, Harry Pye, Hippie, Horace Dammers, Horace Panter, India, Jazz, Joe Strummer, John Peel, Julien Temple, Junior Delgado, Junior Giscombe, King Henry VIII School, Coventry, Larry Stabbins, Love Music Hate Racism, Lynval Golding, Madness (band), Mod (subculture), More Specials, Mummy, Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute, Neol Davies, Nightclub, NME, Ooty, ... Expand index (47 more) »

2. 2 Tone Records
3. British ska musicians
4. Musicians from Tamil Nadu
5. The Spatial AKA Orchestra members
6. The Specials members

Absolute Beginners (film)

Absolute Beginners is a 1986 British musical film adapted from Colin MacInnes' book about life in late 1950s London, directed by Julien Temple.

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African National Congress

The African National Congress (ANC) is a political party in South Africa.

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The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadcasters, and digital streaming services (music stores).

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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.

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Apartheid

Apartheid (especially South African English) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s.

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Art exhibition

An art exhibition is traditionally the space in which art objects (in the most general sense) meet an audience.

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Babyshambles

Babyshambles were an English rock band established in London.

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Band Aid (band)

Band Aid was the collective name of a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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Billy Bragg

Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, author and political activist.

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Black people

Black is a racialized classification of people, usually a political and skin color-based category for specific populations with a mid- to dark brown complexion.

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Bristol Cathedral

Bristol Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Bristol, England.

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Carl Barât

Carl Ashley Raphael Barât (born 6 June 1978) is a British musician, best known for being the co-frontman with Pete Doherty of the Indie Rock band the Libertines. Jerry Dammers and Carl Barât are English DJs and English male songwriters.

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Compilation album

A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one performer or by several performers.

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Country music

Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest.

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Coventry

Coventry is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne.

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Coventry University

Coventry University is a public research university in Coventry, England.

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Denys Baptiste

Denys Baptiste (born 1969) is an English jazz musician. Jerry Dammers and Denys Baptiste are the Spatial AKA Orchestra members.

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Down in Albion

Down in Albion is the debut album by Babyshambles, Pete Doherty's post-Libertines band.

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Elvis Costello

Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author and television presenter.

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An extraterrestrial or alien is a lifeform that did not originate on Earth.

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Free Nelson Mandela

"Nelson Mandela" (known in some versions as "Free Nelson Mandela") is a song written by British musician Jerry Dammers, and performed by the band the Special A.K.A. with a lead vocal by Stan Campbell.

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Fun Boy Three

Fun Boy Three were an English new wave pop band, active from 1981 to 1983 and formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left the Specials.

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Ghost Town (The Specials song)

"Ghost Town" is a song by the British two-tone band the Specials, released on 12 June 1981.

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GQ

GQ (which stands for Gentlemen's Quarterly and is also known Apparel Arts) is an international monthly men's magazine based in New York City and founded in 1931.

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Harry Pye

Harry William Pye (born 31 August 1973) is a British artist, writer, and event organizer.

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Hippie

A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in British English, is someone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during or around 1964 and spread to different countries around the world.

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Horace Dammers

Alfred Hounsell "Horace" Dammers (10 July 1921 – 23 August 2004) was a British Anglican dean and author in the second half of the 20th century.

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Horace Panter

Horace Panter (born Stephen Graham Panter, 30 August 1953) also known as Sir Horace Gentleman, is the bassist for the British 2 Tone ska band The Specials. Jerry Dammers and Horace Panter are Alumni of Coventry University and the Specials members.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Joe Strummer

John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), known professionally as Joe Strummer, was a British musician. Jerry Dammers and Joe Strummer are musicians from London.

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John Peel

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist.

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Julien Temple

Julien Temple (born 26 November 1953) is a British film, documentary and music video director.

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Junior Delgado

Oscar Hibbert (25 August 1958 – 11 April 2005),Greene, Jo-Ann "", AllMusic.

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Junior Giscombe

Norman Washington "Junior" Giscombe (born 6 June 1957) is an English singer-songwriter often known as Junior who was one of the first British R&B artists to be successful in the United States.

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King Henry VIII School, Coventry

King Henry VIII School is a coeducational private day school located in Coventry, England, comprising a senior school (ages 11–18) and associated preparatory school (ages 3–11).

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Larry Stabbins

Larry Stabbins (born 9 September 1949) is a British jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer.

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Love Music Hate Racism

Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) is a music-oriented antiracism campaign based in Britain.

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Lynval Golding

Lynval Golding (born 24 July 1951) is a Jamaican-born British musician. Jerry Dammers and Lynval Golding are British ska musicians and the Specials members.

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Madness (band)

Madness are an English ska and pop band from Camden Town, north west London, who formed in 1976.

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Mod (subculture)

Mod, from the word modernist, is a subculture that began in 1950s London and spread throughout Great Britain, eventually influencing fashions and trends in other countries.

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More Specials

More Specials is the second album by English ska band the Specials, released by 2 Tone Records in September 1980.

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Mummy

A mummy is a dead human or an animal whose soft tissues and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions.

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Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute was a popular-music concert staged on 11 June 1988 at Wembley Stadium, London, and broadcast to 67 countries and an audience of 600 million.

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Neol Davies

Neol Edward Davies (born 26 April 1952) is an English musician, composer and original member and founder of 2 tone ska revival band the Selecter. Jerry Dammers and Neol Davies are British ska musicians, English male songwriters, musicians from Coventry and the Specials members.

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Nightclub

A nightclub is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment.

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NME

New Musical Express (NME) is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand.

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Ooty

Ooty (officially Udhagamandalam, anglicized: Ootacamund, abbreviated as Udhagai) is a town and municipality in the Nilgiris district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo

The Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo is a South African honour.

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books Limited is a British publishing house.

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Pete Doherty

Peter Doherty (born 12 March 1979) is an English musician.

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Private view

A private view is a special viewing of an exhibition by invitation only, often an art exhibition and normally a preview at the start of a public exhibition.

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Punk rock

Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s.

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Q (magazine)

Q was a popular music magazine.

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Red Wedge

Red Wedge was a collective of musicians formed in the UK in 1985 who attempted to educate youth with the policies of the Labour Party leading up to the 1987 general election in the hope of ousting the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher.

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Reggae punk

Reggae punk (also known as punk reggae) is a genre of music originating in England in the late-1970s.

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Rico Rodriguez (musician)

Emmanuel "Rico" Rodriguez (17 October 1934 – 4 September 2015), also known as Rico, Reco or El Reco, was a Cuban-born Jamaican ska and reggae trombonist. Jerry Dammers and Rico Rodriguez (musician) are the Spatial AKA Orchestra members and the Specials members.

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Rip It Up and Start Again

Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984 is a book by Simon Reynolds on the post-punk musical genre and era.

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Robert Wyatt

Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945) is a retired English musician.

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Rock Against Racism

Rock Against Racism (RAR) was a political and cultural movement which emerged in 1976 in reaction to a rise in racist attacks on the streets of the United Kingdom and increasing support for the far-right National Front at the ballot box.

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Rude boy

Rude boy is a subculture that originated from 1960s Jamaican street culture.

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Sarcophagus

A sarcophagus (sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a coffin, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried.

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Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

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Simple Minds

Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977.

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Single (music)

In music, a single is a type of release of a song recording of fewer tracks than an album or LP record, typically one or two tracks.

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Ska

Ska (skia) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae.

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Skinhead

A skinhead or skin is a member of a subculture that originated among working-class youths in London, England, in the 1960s.

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Small Faces

The Small Faces were an English rock band from London, founded in 1965.

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Soul music

Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the African-American community throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Starvation/Tam Tam Pour L'Ethiopie

"Starvation/Tam Tam Pour L'Ethiopie" is a double A-sided charity single released in 1985, and recorded by two charity ensembles formed specially for the occasion, also known as "Starvation" and "Tam Tam Pour L'Ethiopie" respectively.

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Sun Ra

Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical performances.

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Terry Hall (singer)

Terence Edward Hall (19 March 1959 – 18 December 2022) was a British musician who came to prominence as the lead singer of the 2-tone band the Specials, and later recorded with groups such as Fun Boy Three, the Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka, and Vegas. Jerry Dammers and Terry Hall (singer) are British ska musicians, English male songwriters, musicians from Coventry and the Specials members.

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The Beat (British band)

The Beat (known in the United States and Canada as the English Beat and in Australia as the British Beat) are an English band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1978.

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The Bodysnatchers (band)

The Bodysnatchers were a seven-piece all-female band involved in the British 2 Tone ska revival of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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The Clash

The Clash were an English rock band that formed in London in 1976 and were key players in the original wave of British punk rock.

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The Communards

The Communards were a British synth-pop duo formed in London in 1985.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Kinks

The Kinks were an English rock band formed in London in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies.

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The Libertines

The Libertines are an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât (vocals/guitar) and Pete Doherty (vocals/guitar).

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The Madness (The Madness album)

The Madness is the only studio album by the British ska/pop band The Madness, a short-lived incarnation of Madness.

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The Pioneers (band)

The Pioneers are a Jamaican reggae, soul and rocksteady vocal trio, whose main period of success was in the 1960s.

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The Prodigy

The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music band formed in Braintree, Essex, in 1990 by producer, keyboardist, and songwriter Liam Howlett.

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The Selecter

The Selecter is an English 2 tone ska revival band, formed in Coventry, England, in 1979.

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The Spatial AKA Orchestra

The Spatial AKA Orchestra is a music ensemble 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).

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The Specials

The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, were an English 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry.

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The Specials (album)

The Specials is the debut album by British ska revival band the Specials.

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The Style Council

The Style Council were a British band formed in late 1982 by Paul Weller, the former lead vocalist, principal songwriter and guitarist with the Jam, and keyboardist Mick Talbot, previously a member of Dexys Midnight Runners, the Bureau and the Merton Parkas.

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The Untouchables (Los Angeles band)

The Untouchables are a soul/mod revival band from the Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California area.

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The Who

The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964.

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Tricky (rapper)

Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws (born 27 January 1968), better known by his stage name Tricky, is a British record producer and rapper.

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Two-tone (music genre)

Two-tone or 2 tone, also known as ska-rock and ska revival, is a genre of British popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s that fused traditional Jamaican ska, rocksteady, and reggae music with elements of punk rock and new wave music.

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UB40

UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England.

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Wembley Stadium (1923)

The original Wembley Stadium (originally known as the Empire Stadium) was a football stadium in Wembley, London, best known for hosting important football matches.

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Zoe Rahman

Zoe Rahman (born 20 January 1971) is an English jazz composer and pianist.

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2 Tone Records

2 Tone Records was an English independent record label that mostly released ska and reggae-influenced music with a punk rock and pop music overtone.

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See also

2 Tone Records

• 2 Tone Records
• Dance Craze
• Jerry Dammers
• Man in Business Suit Levitating emoji

British ska musicians

• Andy Cox
• Buster Bloodvessel
• Chas Smash
• Chris Foreman
• Coolie Ranx
• Dan Woodgate
• Dave Wakeling
• Dick Cuthell
• Imperial Leisure
• Jerry Dammers
• John Bradbury (drummer)
• Judge Dread
• Lee Thompson (saxophonist)
• Lynval Golding
• Mark Foggo
• Matt McManamon
• Mike Barson
• Neol Davies
• Neville Staple
• Pauline Black
• Ranking Roger
• Rhoda Dakar
• Robert "Bucket" Hingley
• Roddy Radiation
• Si Cranstoun
• Suggs
• Terry Hall (singer)
• The Burial (English band)

Musicians from Tamil Nadu

• A. Kanyakumari
• A. R. Rahman
• Alathur Venkatesa Iyer
• Alexander Babu
• Arunagirinathar
• Bamba Bakya
• Bhavatharini
• C. R. Subbaraman
• Comagan
• Dheena Chandra Dhas
• Gangai Amaran
• Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel
• Harris Jayaraj
• Jerry Dammers
• John Peter (composer)
• K (composer)
• Kalakkad S. Ramanarayana Iyer
• Karthik Raja
• L. Vaidyanathan
• Lalgudi Rajalakshmi
• Lalita Venkatram
• M. R. Gautam
• Madhukar C. Dhas
• Maharajapuram Santhanam
• Mahesh Mahadevan
• Mangalam Muthuswamy
• Master Dhanraj
• Mohan Vaidya (singer)
• N. S. Ramachandran
• Nagercoil S. Ganesa Iyer
• Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri
• P. R. Thilagam
• Periyasaamy Thooran
• Prathivadhi Bhayankaram Annangaracharya
• Rajhesh Vaidhya
• Rugmini Gopalakrishnan
• Sean Roldan
• Seetha Doraiswamy
• Senthil Ganesh
• Sivamani (percussionist)
• Subbu Arumugam
• T. R. Mahalingam (flautist)
• T. Rajendar
• Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan
• Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan
• V. Lakshminarayana
• Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam
• Vijay Antony
• Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy

The Spatial AKA Orchestra members

• Anthony Joseph
• Denys Baptiste
• Finn Peters
• Jerry Dammers
• Rico Rodriguez (musician)
• Shabaka Hutchings
• Terry Edwards

The Specials members

• Dick Cuthell
• Gary Powell (musician)
• Horace Panter
• Jerry Dammers
• John Bradbury (drummer)
• Lynval Golding
• Matt McManamon
• Neol Davies
• Neville Staple
• Nikolaj Torp Larsen
• Rhoda Dakar
• Rico Rodriguez (musician)
• Roddy Radiation
• Saffiyah Khan
• Steve Cradock
• Terry Hall (singer)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Dammers

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