King Stitt

King Stitt , real name Winston Spark (born September 17, 1940 in Kingston , † January 31, 2012 ibid), was a Jamaican musician .

He began his musical career in the late 1950s as Deejay with Coxsone Dodds Downbeat Sound System. His first record releases were then produced by Clancy Eccles and led to initial successes in Jamaica and the UK . Later he worked again more often together with Dodd in his Studio One .

Because of a deformity of his face, King Stitt also called himself The Ugly One , referring to the English title of the western Two Glorious Scoundrels by Sergio Leone .

He fell ill after returning from a tour of Brazil in October 2011 and spent several months in the hospital in Kingston. He died on January 31, 2012, at the age of 71, shortly after he was released from hospital.

Discography

Fire Corner , Trojan Records , 1969
Dance Hall '63 , Studio One , 1993
Reggae Fire Beat - 1969-1970 , Jamaican Gold , 1996

Web links

King Stitt at Allmusic (English)
Interview with King Stitt

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Toaster KING STITT is dead , Jamaica Observer, February 1, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
^ King Stitt, Jamaican pioneer in rap reggae, dies at 72 after battle with prostate cancer. In: The Washington Post . January 31, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2012.

personal data
SURNAME	King Stitt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Spark, Winston (real name); The Ugly One (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Jamaican musician
DATE OF BIRTH	17th September 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kingston , Jamaica
DATE OF DEATH	January 31, 2012
Place of death	Kingston , Jamaica

[observer-1] Toaster KING STITT is dead , Jamaica Observer, February 1, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2012.

[2] King Stitt, Jamaican pioneer in rap reggae, dies at 72 after battle with prostate cancer. In: The Washington Post . January 31, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2012.