(1955-05-22) 22 May 1955 (age 68) Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India
Origin
Coventry, England
Genres
Ska, 2 tone
Occupation(s)
Keyboardist, songwriter, DJ
Instrument(s)
Keyboards, turntables
Years active
1977–present
Labels
2 Tone Records (as per The Specials)
Musical artist
Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers[1] GCOT (born 22 May 1955) is a British musician who was a founder, keyboard player and primary songwriter of the Coventry-based ska band the Specials (also known as the Special A.K.A.) and later the Spatial AKA Orchestra. Through his foundation of the record label Two Tone, his work blending political lyrics and punk with Jamaican music, and his incorporation of 1960s retro clothing, Dammers is a pivotal figure of the ska revival. He has also been acknowledged in his work for racial unity.
^"American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers: Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers". ASCAP. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.[permanent dead link]
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...
wrote themselves; prior to this they only had played old ska covers. JerryDammers wanted to produce it for the band, but pressure from Chrysalis (who...
pop music overtone. It was founded by JerryDammers of the Specials and backed by Chrysalis Records. JerryDammers of the ska revival band the Specials...
September 1980. After the success of the band's debut album, band member JerryDammers assumed the role as the band's leader and stirred them into expanding...
led by JerryDammers 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...
JerryDammers except where noted. "Bright Lights" (John Bradbury, Stan Campbell, Dick Cuthell, Dammers) – 4:11 "The Lonely Crowd" (Campbell, Dammers,...
Dance Mix)" (Dammers) "Nelson Mandela (Original Version)" (Dammers) Elvis Costello – producer Stan Campbell – lead vocals JerryDammers – organ John Shipley...
sixteen years later. He fathered four children, one of whom is musician JerryDammers, founder of the Specials and Two Tone Records. "Dean of Bristol chosen"...
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...
seven UK top 20 hits. Fun Boy Three reduced the ska sound that they and JerryDammers had crafted with great success with the Specials and initially took...
with Burial, The Bug, Martyn, Redshape, Dub Gabriel, the Echologist, JerryDammers, Spatial AKA Orchestra, and Junior Boys. According to Pitchfork, "[the]...
Buster Bloodvessel The Bodysnatchers John Bradbury Andy Cox Rhoda Dakar JerryDammers Judge Dread Chris Foreman Lynval Golding Terry Hall Madness Everett...
Apartheid, anti-apartheid musicians (including Billy Bragg, Paul Weller and JerryDammers), and James Victor Gbeho (then Ghanaian Ambassador to the United Nations)...
anti-apartheid organisation Artists Against Apartheid with musician JerryDammers. The organisation organised numerous anti-apartheid concerts in Europe...
Walt Jabsco, the logo for 2 Tone Records; the drawing was created by JerryDammers and Horace Panter and is based on Peter Tosh. All songs written by Bob...
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...
May, 2009. Specials founder member JerryDammers refused to join the tour and Staple gives his explanation why Dammers declined to tour with other band...
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