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Reid, Duke

LC control no.no 98011888
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Personal name headingReid, Duke
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Variant(s)Reid, Arthur S.
See alsoFounded corporate body of person: Treasure Isle Productions (Music production house)
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Associated countryJamaica
Birth date1915-07-21
Death date1975-01-01
Place of birthPortland (Jamaica)
Field of activitySka (Music) Rocksteady (Music)
Profession or occupationSound recording executives and producers Disc jockeys
Special noteMachine-derived authority record.
Found inLCCN 91-742047: Ba ba boom, p1988
Deep ska [SR] 2006, p1999: container (Duke Reid) insert (Arthur "Duke" Reid; Duke Reid)
AllMusic WWW site, Dec. 11, 2008 (Duke Reid; Arthur S. "Duke" Reid; b. in Portland, Jamaica, most likely in 1915)
AllMusic, August 17, 2018 (Duke Reid; died 1975)
Wikipedia, August 17, 2018 (Duke Reid; born Arthur Reid, July 21, 1915, Portland, Jamaica, died January 1, 1915; Jamaican record producer, DJ, and label owner; he founded the record label Treasure Isle, named after his liquor store, that produced ska and rocksteady music)
Oxford reference, August 17, 2018: Enc. of popular music, 4th ed. (Reid, Duke; born Arthur Reid, approximately 1915, Jamaica, died 1974; record producer; his Treasure Isle Studio epitomized the peak of the ska style)
BnF in VIAF, August 17, 2018: (authorized access point: Reid, Duke, 1915-1975; civil name: Arthur Stanley Reid; Jamaican producer of reggae music and disc jockey; director of Duke Reid group; member of the Trojan All Stars; founder of Treasure Isle)