| LC control no. | n 90661186 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | U-Roy, 1942-2021 |
| Variant(s) | Beckford, Edward, 1942-2021 Beckford, Ewart, 1942-2021 Roy, U., 1942-2021 Uroy, 1942-2021 Roy, Hugh, 1942-2021 |
| Associated country | Jamaica |
| Birth date | 1942-09-21 |
| Death date | 2021-02-17 |
| Place of birth | Kingston (Jamaica) |
| Place of death | Kingston (Jamaica) |
| Field of activity | Reggae music |
| Profession or occupation | Disc jockeys Singers Reggae musicians |
| Found in | D.J. masterpieces [SR] 1975?: labels (U-Roy, disc jockey) container (b. 1936, Edward Beckford) Your ace from space, p1995: label (U Roy) notes (U. Roy; born Ewart Beckford at Jones Town in 1942) Guinness ency. of pop. music (U-Roy, b. Ewart Beckford, 1942, Kingston, Jamaica) Rebel music, 2002: insert (Hugh Roy; U. Roy) Discogs WWW site, August 27, 2019 (U-Roy; born Ewart Beckford on September 21, 1942 in Jones Town, Jamaica; reggae vocalist and pioneer of toasting) <https://www.discogs.com/artist/64739-U-Roy> New York times online, February 20, 2021 (obituary published February 19, 2021: U-Roy; born Ewart Beckford, born Sept. 21, 1942, in the Jones Town section of Kingston, Jamaica; died Wednesday [February 17] in Kingston; helped transform Jamaican music by expanding the role of D.J. into someone who didn't just introduce records but added a layer of vocal and verbal improvisation to them, a performance that was known as toasting and that anticipated rap) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | no2016056445 |
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