# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dandy-livingstone
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:09:51.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dandy-livingstone"
name: "Dandy Livingstone"
slug: "dandy-livingstone"
description: "Dandy Livingstone is a British-Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae musician and record producer, best known for his 1972 hit \"Suzanne Beware of the Devil\", and for his song \"Rudy, a Message to You\", which was later a hit for the Specials. \"Suzanne Beware of the Devil\" reached number 14 on the UK Singles Chart and number 78 in Australia. In the early 1960s, Livingstone recorded some of the bestselling UK-produced ska singles of the era."
tagline: "Jamaican musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Trojan_LPs.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1943-12-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.2
  momentum:             0.08955223880597016
  historical:           8.583049333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/53892"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%84%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "داندى ليڤينجستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_Livingstone"
    title: "Dandy Livingstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_Livingstone"
    title: "Dandy Livingstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_Livingstone"
    title: "Dandy Livingstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_Livingstone"
    title: "Dandy Livingstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_Livingstone"
    title: "Dandy Livingstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_Livingstone"
    title: "Dandy Livingstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_Livingstone"
    title: "Dandy Livingstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0bf4a9b6-773f-49a5-a31d-76639926699c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q734195"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump