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Count Ossie And His Band

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Biography

Count Ossie, born Oswald Williams, (1926, St. Thomas, Jamaica-18 October 1976) was a Jamaican Rastafari movement drummer and band leader....Read more on Last.fm
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Count Ossie, born Oswald Williams, (1926, St. Thomas, Jamaica-18 October 1976) was a Jamaican Rastafari movement drummer and band leader. As a young boy he grew in a rasta community were he learned techniques of vocal chanting and hand drumming. In the late 1950s, he (with other percussionists) formed the Count Ossie Group. His first sound recordings were made after meeting Prince Buster. One of those was a song “Oh Carolina,” is regarded by some music historians as the first-ever reggae record. During this period Count Ossie also recorded for Harry Mudie. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Count+Ossie+and+His+Band">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Top Tracks

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Back to Africa Part One — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Back to Africa Part One

Count Ossie and His Band

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Blacker Black — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Blacker Black

Count Ossie and His Band

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I Dread Version — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

I Dread Version

Count Ossie and His Band

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Back to Africa Part Two — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Back to Africa Part Two

Count Ossie and His Band

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Back to Africa, Part 1 — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Back to Africa, Part 1

Count Ossie and His Band

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Blacker Black (A.K.A. Africa) — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Blacker Black (A.K.A. Africa)

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Back to Africa, Pt. 1 — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Back to Africa, Pt. 1

Count Ossie and His Band

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Back to Africa, Pt. 2 — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Back to Africa, Pt. 2

Count Ossie and His Band

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Ethiopian Kingdom — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Ethiopian Kingdom

Count Ossie and His Band

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Blacker Black (Aka Africa) — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Blacker Black (Aka Africa)

Count Ossie and His Band

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A Ju Ju Wah — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

A Ju Ju Wah

Count Ossie and His Band

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Back To Africa Part 1 — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Back To Africa Part 1

Count Ossie and His Band

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Samia — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Samia

Count Ossie and His Band

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Count Ossie and His Band - Back to Africa Part One — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Count Ossie and His Band - Back to Africa Part One

Count Ossie and His Band

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Blacker Blac (aka Africa) — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Blacker Blac (aka Africa)

Count Ossie and His Band

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Move Up (Nyah Bongo) — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Move Up (Nyah Bongo)

Count Ossie and His Band

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Back To Africa — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Back To Africa

Count Ossie and His Band

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Back To Africa Pt. 1 — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Back To Africa Pt. 1

Count Ossie and His Band

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Back to Africa (Part two) — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Back to Africa (Part two)

Count Ossie and His Band

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Rasta Reggae — cover art by Count Ossie and His Band

Rasta Reggae

Count Ossie and His Band