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| - | '''Dillinger''' (born '''Lester Bullock''', June 25, 1953, [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]) is a [[reggae]] [[musician|artist]]. | + | "[[Do It Anyway You Wanna]]" is a song by [[the People's Choice]]. |
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| - | ==Biography== | + | |
| - | As a young man growing up in Kingston, Dillinger would hang around [[Dennis Alcapone]]'s El Paso sound system. This exposure would eventually lead to work in 1971, as a [[deejay]] on the Prince Jackie and El Paso [[Sound system (Jamaican)|sound system]]s, initially influenced by [[Big Youth]], [[U Roy]], and Dennis Alcapone, and performing as "Dennis Alcapone Jr.". The first [[record producer]] he worked with was [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]], who decided that Bullocks should change his name to Dillinger, after gangster [[John Dillinger]]. He was part of the second wave of deejay [[Deejaying|toasters]] who rose to prominence during the mid 1970s. In 1974, he recorded "Freshly" for [[Yabby You]], and 1975 saw a slew of releases with a variety of producers including [[Augustus Pablo]] ("Brace a Boy"), [[Joseph Hoo Kim]] ("CB 200"), and [[Coxsone Dodd]] ("Killer Man Jaro"). Albums for Dodd (''Ready Natty Dreadie'') and Hoo Kim (''CB 200'' and ''Bionic Dread'') would soon follow. His hit "[[Cocaine in My Brain]]" [''[[sic]]''], which relied heavily on the main tune from "[[Do It Anyway You Wanna]]" by [[the People's Choice]] was hugely popular internationally, and was a [[chart-topper|number 1]] [[hit record|hit]] in the [[Netherlands]]. His output dropped somewhat in the mid 1980s but he returned to [[sound recording and reproduction|recording]] in the early 1990s. On September 17, 2008, the Mars Volta covered this song during a concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom. | + | |
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| - | Dillinger was known for his quick [[wit]], humorous lyrics and vulgar content (e.g. on the track "Crabs in My Pants"). | + | |
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| - | "Cocaine<!--sic--> In My Brain" [''[[sic]]'']was featured on the K-Jah reggae [[radio station]] [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas soundtrack#K-Jah Radio West|K-JAH Radio West]] in the [[video game]] ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''. | + | |
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| - | In 1978, along with [[Leroy Smart]] and [[Delroy Wilson]], Dillinger was [[Name-dropping|referenced]] by [[lyricist]] [[Joe Strummer]] in [[The Clash]]'s track, "[[(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais]]." | + | |
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| - | ==Album discography== | + | |
| - | *''Ready Natty Dreadie'' (1975, [[Studio One (record label)|Studio One]]) <small>released in 1978 as ''Babylon Fever''.</small> | + | |
| - | *''CB 200'' (1976, [[Island Records|Island]]) | + | |
| - | *''Bionic Dread'' (1976, Black Swan) | + | |
| - | *''Clash'' (1977, Burning Sounds) ''with [[Trinity (musician)|Trinity]]'' | + | |
| - | *''Talkin' Blues'' (1977, Magnum) | + | |
| - | *''Top Ranking Dillinger'' (1977, Third World) | + | |
| - | *''Superstar'' (1977, Weedbeat) | + | |
| - | *''Cornbread'' (1978, Jamaica Sound) | + | |
| - | *''Non Stop Disco Style'' (1978, Clocktower) | + | |
| - | *''Answer My Questions'' (1979, Third World) | + | |
| - | *''Marijuana In My Brain'' (1979, Jamaica Sound) | + | |
| - | *''Funky Punk Rock To The Music'' (1979, Bellaphon) | + | |
| - | *''Live at the Music Machine'' (1979, Jamaica Sound) | + | |
| - | *''Dub Organiser'' (197?, Scandal Bag) | + | |
| - | *''Cup Of Tea'' (1980, Jamaica Sound) | + | |
| - | *''Badder Than Them'' (1981, [[A&M Records|A&M]]) | + | |
| - | *''Corn Bread'' (1983, Vista Sounds) | + | |
| - | *''Live at London'' (1981, Vista Sounds) ''with [[Clint Eastwood (musician)|Clint Eastwood]]'' | + | |
| - | *''Join The Queue'' (1983, Oak Sounds) | + | |
| - | *''King Pharaoh'' (1984, Blue Moon) | + | |
| - | *''Best Of Live'' (1984, Vista Sounds) | + | |
| - | *''Cocaine'' (1984, New Cross) | + | |
| - | *''Tribal War'' (1986, New Cross) | + | |
| - | *''3 Piece Suit'' (1993, [[Culture Press]]) | + | |
| - | *''Say No To Drugs'' (1993, Lagoon) | + | |
| - | *''Youthman Veteran'' (2001, [[Jah Warrior]]) | + | |
| - | *''At King Tubby's'' (2006, Attack) | + | |
| - | *''Ten To One'' (2007, Dream Catcher) | + | |
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| - | There have also been dozens of [[compilation album]]s of Dillinger's work released on various [[record label]]s since the 1980s. | + | |
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