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Ken Khouri
Jamaican record producer, founder of Federal Records · Jamaica · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1917 to 2003 · aged 86
Kenneth Lloyd Khouri was a pioneering Jamaican record producer and founder of Federal Records, the first recording studio in Jamaica, which was sold to Bob Marley's Tuff Gong record label in 1981. He is credited by reggae historians for the birth of rocksteady in the 1960s.
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Rocksteady later mixed with Jamaican mento, a genre in which Khouri also had a pioneering role, leading to the creation of reggae music.
Country
Jamaica
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 2003 · aged 86
