Charles Collins, (1937 – March 2018), known professionally as Sir Collins or Clancy Collins, was a Jamaican-born British music producer, record label owner and sound system operator.[1][2] He was a pioneer in sound system culture in the UK and was part of the development of deejaying or toasting in ska and rocksteady.[3] He co-founded the Four Aces Club in Dalston, London with Newton Dunbar and others.[2] In 1967 he started the Collins Down Beat record label in London, releasing rocksteady productions by Bunny Lee and Sir Collins including the label's first release “Sir Collins Special” by Lester Sterling, which is thought to be one of the first songs with deejaying over the music.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ "Pioneer Charlie Collins is dead". Jamaica Observer. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ a b Gelder, Sam (28 March 2018). "Charlie Collins: Reggae pioneer and founder of Dalston's legendary Four Aces Club dies aged 81". Hackney Gazette. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ Heathcott, Joseph (9 October 2003). "Urban Spaces and Working-Class Expressions across the Black Atlantic: Tracing the Routes of Ska". Radical History Review (Transnational Black Studies). 87 (1): 183–206. ISSN 1534-1453.
- ^ forthesuits (17 July 2013). "For The Suits Label Guide: Collins Down Beat". For The Suits. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Nugent, Stephen; Gillett, Charlie (1978). Rock almanac : top twenty American and British singles and albums of the '50s, '60s, and '70s (Anchor Press ed.). New York: Anchor Press. p. 29. ISBN 0-385-11204-1.
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