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Monty Alexander
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
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Earl "Chinna" Smith
Earl "Chinna" Smith
Jamaican musician
2
The Skatalites
The Skatalites
Jamaican ska band
3
Dizzy Reece
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
4
Jah Jerry Haynes
Jah Jerry Haynes
Jamaican guitarist
5
Val Bennett
Val Bennett
Jamaican jazz musician
6
Roydel Johnson
Roydel Johnson
Jamaican musician
7
Clive Hunt
Clive Hunt
Jamaican musician
8
Hank Penny
Hank Penny
American musician
9
Leroy Sibbles
Leroy Sibbles
Canadian musician
10
Oku Onuora
Oku Onuora
Jamaican dub poet
11
Sly and Robbie
Sly and Robbie
Jamaican rhythm section and production duo
12
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
musical artist
13
Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith
Jamaican musician
14
Gregory Isaacs
Gregory Isaacs
Jamaican singer
15
Millie Small
Millie Small
singer-songwriter
16
Desmond Dekker
Desmond Dekker
Jamaican singer-songwriter
17
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff
Jamaican musician, singer and actor
18
Inner Circle
Inner Circle
Jamaican reggae group
19
Joe Higgs
Joe Higgs
Jamaican musician
20
Burning Spear
Burning Spear
Jamaican roots reggae musician
21
Blue Riddim Band
Blue Riddim Band
22
Prince Buster
Prince Buster
Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
23
Gary Crosby
Gary Crosby
British musician
24
David Madden
David Madden
Jamaican musician
25
Cedric Brooks
Cedric Brooks
Jamaican reggae musician
26
Winston Grennan
Winston Grennan
Jamaican drummer, creator of one drop reggae beat, flyers beat,
27
Lord Tanamo
Lord Tanamo
Jamaican singer
28
Ernest Wilson
Ernest Wilson
Jamaican musician
29
Louis Stewart
Louis Stewart
Irish jazz guitarist
30
George Barnes
George Barnes
American musician
31
Ernie Freeman
Ernie Freeman
American musician
32
Stranger Cole
Stranger Cole
Jamaican musician
33
The Rocksteady Seven
The Rocksteady Seven
American Ska and Jazz band
34
Aubrey Adams
Aubrey Adams
Jamaican musician
35
Laurel Aitken
Laurel Aitken
singer
36
Junior Murvin
Junior Murvin
Jamaican reggae musician
37
The Meditations
The Meditations
38
Ronnie Earl
Ronnie Earl
American blues guitarist
39
George Benson
George Benson
American recording artist, guitarist, singer, and songwriter
40
Carlos Malcolm
Carlos Malcolm
Jamaican musician
41
Hank Garland
Hank Garland
American musician
42
Jim Hall
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
43
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb
American singer and songwriter of country music (1914-1984)
44
Mikey Chung
Mikey Chung
Jamaican musician
45
Carlene Davis
Carlene Davis
Jamaican musician
46
Aswad
Aswad
British band
47
Bryan Art
Bryan Art
musical artist
48
Toots and the Maytals
Toots and the Maytals
Jamaican ska/rocksteady band
49
Errol Holt
Errol Holt
Jamaican musician
50
Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Jamaican singer, songwriter and musician
51
The African Brothers
The African Brothers
52
Third World
Third World
Jamaican reggae band
53
Attila Zoller
Attila Zoller
Hungarian Jazz guitarist
54
Clue J & His Blues Blasters
Clue J & His Blues Blasters
Jamaican band
55
Cultura Profética
Cultura Profética
Puerto Rican reggae band formed in 1996
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Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont
Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont
Jamaican musician
57
Luambo Makiadi
Luambo Makiadi
lingala music
58
The Morwells
The Morwells
59
Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
60
Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh
Jamaican reggae singer and musician
61
Chris Blackwell
Chris Blackwell
English businessman and record producer
Ernest Ranglin
Jamaican guitarist and composer

Ernest Ranglin

Intro
Jamaican guitarist and composer
Record Labels
Awards Received
Order of Distinction

Ernest Ranglin OD (born 19 June 1932) is a Jamaican guitarist and composer who established his career while working as a session guitarist and music director for various Jamaican record labels including Studio One and Island Records. Ranglin played guitar on many early ska recordings and helped create the rhythmic guitar style that defined the form. Ranglin has worked with Theophilus Beckford, Jimmy Cliff, Monty Alexander, Prince Buster, the Skatalites, Bob Marley and the Eric Deans Orchestra. He is noted for a chordal and rhythmic approach that blends jazz, mento and reggae with percussive guitar solos incorporating rhythm 'n' blues and jazz inflections.