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Burning Spear, 1948-

LC control no.n 95061929
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Personal name headingBurning Spear, 1948-
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Variant(s)Spear, 1948-
Rodney, Winston, 1948-
Birth date1948-03-01
Place of birthSaint Ann's Bay (Jamaica)
Field of activityReggae music Dub (Music)
Profession or occupationSingers Reggae musicians
Found inPeople of the world, p1986: label (Burning Spear)
Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed. (Burning Spear; Spear; b. Winston Rodney, 1948, St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica; name appropriated from Jomo Kenyatta)
http://www.rounder.com/rounder/artists/burningsĖ˛pear (Burning Spear; Spear; name comes from Jomo Kenyatta, who was also referred to as Burning Spear)
Wikipedia, Feb. 27, 2019 (Burning Spear; a.k.a. Winston Rodney; born 1 March 1945, Saint Ann's Bay; Jamaican roots reggae vocalist and musician; genres: reggae, dub; Rastafarian and one of the most influential and long-standing roots artists to emerge from the 1970s; awarded the Order of Distinction in the rank of Officer on 15 October 2007)
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