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Active

1960s - 1990s

Born

May 28, 1938 in Kingston, Jamaica

Genre

Reggae

Styles

Bluebeat Rocksteady Ska Sound System

Also Known As

Buster Campbell

Cecil Bustamante Campbell

Cecil Bustamente Campbell

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Prince Buster

Biography by Jo-Ann Greene

The man who made ska famous in the mid-'60s with his hits for the Blue Beat label in Jamaica.
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