Count Ossie, -1976

LC control no.	no 97029104
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Count Ossie, -1976 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Count Ossie, d. 1976 Ossie, Count, -1976 Williams, Oswald, -1976
Associated country	Jamaica
Birth date	1928
Death date	19761018
Place of birth	St. Thomas Parish (Jamaica)
Place of death	Kingston (Jamaica)
Affiliation	Count Ossie Group
Profession or occupation	Drummers (Musicians) Percussionists Band directors Composers
Found in	Count Ossie. Grounation [SR] p196-?: label (Count Ossie) Manuel, P. Caribbean currents: p. 159 (Count Ossie (Oswald Williams), Rastafarian master drummer from Jamaica) Barrett, L. The Rastafarians: p. 287 (Count Ossie (Oswald Williams), d. 11-18-76) LC in OCLC, 5-20-96 (MLC hdg.: Ossie, Count) Oxford music online, March 27, 2015: Enc. of popular music, 4th ed. (Count Ossie; born Oswald Williams, 1927, Jamaica, died October 18, 1976) Wikipedia, March 27, 2015 (Count Ossie; born Oswald Williams, 1926, St. Thomas, Jamaica, died October 18, 1976; Jamaican drummer and band leader) The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed July 2, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ossie, Count; Oswald Williams; percussionist, composer / arranger, bandleader; born 1928 in St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica; started his own drumming band, the Count Ossie Group, in the 1950s; established recording studio collaboration with the singer / producer Prince Buster (Cecil Bustamante); recorded “Oh Carolina,” the first Jamaican recording to combine Ska, Reggae, and Rastafarian ritual music; successfully toured the United States; was killed in a tragic accident at the National Arena, Kingston; died 1976 in Kingston, Jamaica)