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Count Ossie
Count Ossie
drummer
1
Prince Buster
Prince Buster
Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
2
Don Drummond
Don Drummond
Jamaican ska trombonist and composer
3
Dr. Ring-Ding
Dr. Ring-Ding
German singer
4
Coxsone Dodd
Coxsone Dodd
Jamaican musician
5
The Skatalites
The Skatalites
Jamaican ska band
6
Monty Alexander
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
7
King Django
King Django
American musician
8
Cornell Campbell
Cornell Campbell
Jamaican musician
9
Lloyd Knibb
Lloyd Knibb
musician
10
The Specials
The Specials
British 2-Tone ska band
11
Aubrey Adams
Aubrey Adams
Jamaican musician
12
The Selecter
The Selecter
British new wave band
13
Dandy Livingstone
Dandy Livingstone
Jamaican musician
14
Vin Gordon
Vin Gordon
Jamaican musician
15
Ernest Ranglin
Ernest Ranglin
Jamaican guitarist and composer
16
Delroy Washington
Delroy Washington
Reggae singer
17
Jah Jerry Haynes
Jah Jerry Haynes
Jamaican guitarist
18
Alton Ellis
Alton Ellis
Jamaican musician
19
Burning Spear
Burning Spear
Jamaican roots reggae musician
20
Desmond Dekker
Desmond Dekker
Jamaican singer-songwriter
21
Peter Herbolzheimer
Peter Herbolzheimer
German musician
22
Victor Rice
Victor Rice
American musician
23
Ansell Collins
Ansell Collins
Jamaican musician
24
Carlos Malcolm
Carlos Malcolm
Jamaican musician
25
Richie Stephens
Richie Stephens
Jamaican R&B, dancehall, reggae singer and producer.
26
Ranking Roger
Ranking Roger
British musician, songwriter
27
Tommy McCook
Tommy McCook
Jamaican musician
28
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff
Jamaican musician, singer and actor
29
Neville Staple
Neville Staple
English rock musician
30
Johnny Moore
Johnny Moore
Jamaican musician
31
The Beat
The Beat
British band
32
Derrick Morgan
Derrick Morgan
Jamaican musician
33
The Rocksteady Seven
The Rocksteady Seven
American Ska and Jazz band
34
Toots and the Maytals
Toots and the Maytals
Jamaican ska/rocksteady band
35
Winston Grennan
Winston Grennan
Jamaican drummer, creator of one drop reggae beat, flyers beat,
36
Cultura Profética
Cultura Profética
Puerto Rican reggae band formed in 1996
37
Jerry Dammers
Jerry Dammers
British musician, songwriter
38
Lord Tanamo
Lord Tanamo
Jamaican singer
39
Eddie Thornton
Eddie Thornton
Jamaican musician
40
Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh
Jamaican reggae singer and musician
41
Dawn Penn
Dawn Penn
Jamaican reggae singer
42
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
musical artist
43
Clue J & His Blues Blasters
Clue J & His Blues Blasters
Jamaican band
44
Bunny Wailer
Bunny Wailer
Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter and percussionist
45
Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso
Ska musician
46
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Jamaican reggae producer
47
Oswald Brooks
Oswald Brooks
Jamaican musician
48
Laurel Aitken
Laurel Aitken
singer
49
Dean Fraser
Dean Fraser
saxophonist
50
The Toasters
The Toasters
American ska band
51
Justin Hinds
Justin Hinds
Jamaican musician
52
John Bradbury
John Bradbury
Drummer with The Specials
53
Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
54
The Ethiopians
The Ethiopians
band
55
Jools Holland
Jools Holland
musician and television personality
56
Juan Tizol
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
Rico Rodriguez
Jamaican musician

Rico Rodriguez

Intro
Jamaican musician
Genres
Awards Received
Member of the Order of the British Empire

Emmanuel "Rico" Rodriguez MBE (17 October 1934 – 4 September 2015), also known as Rico, Reco or El Reco, was a Cuban-born Jamaican ska and reggae trombonist. He recorded with producers such as Karl Pitterson, Prince Buster, and Lloyd Daley. He was known as one of the first ska musicians. Beginning in the 1960s, he worked with The Members, The Specials, Jools Holland, and Paul Young.