- Winston Riley
Winston Riley (born
1946 , Kingston,Jamaica [ [http://cap.jamrid.com/CAPMain.php?ID=2288&artist=Winston%20Riley&alpha=w&type=Artist Cap.jamrid.com] ] ) worked as asongwriter andrecord producer of Jamaicanmusic . According to the "Jamaica Gleaner ", Riley has a claim to being the most successfulreggae producer of all-time. [http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080518/ent/ent9.html Jamaica Gleaner article - accessed August 2008] ] Riley's entry into themusic industry was at 16 years old in 1962, when he formedThe Techniques harmony group, which recorded their first tracks forCoxsone Dodd of Studio One, and then later recorded forDuke Reid . By 1970, Riley had moved from singing to production, producing artistes likeBoris Gardiner , The Escorts andJohnny Osbourne . Riley set up his own Techniquesrecord label . His 'Stalag'riddim has often been used. The rhythm was first released in 1973, as theinstrumental Ansell Collins track, "Stalag 17", named after theWorld War II film of the same name. It reappeared later as "Stalag 18", "Stalag 19", "Stalag 20" and "Ring the Alarm Quick".His own
song , "Double Barrel ", performed byDave and Ansell Collins under Riley's own production, was one of the first internationalreggae hits.The band,
Widespread Panic , recorded his song "Arlene", and have performed many versions of it at theirconcert s.He is the brother of Buster and Jimmy Riley.
ee also
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List of Jamaican record producers
*List of reggae musicians
*List of genres of reggae References
External links
* [http://www.roots-archives.com/artist/608 List of Riley productions]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kpzyxdyb8ol0 The Techniques]
* [http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080518/ent/ent9.html Interview with the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper - published 18 May 2008]
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