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King Stitt

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Winston 'King Stitt' Sparkes (1940-2012), 'The Ugly One', succeeded Count Machuki as deejay on Coxsone Dodd's Downbeat sound and cut early deejay sides including 'Fire Corner' (1969) with Clancy Eccles — a direct bridge from sound-system chatting to recorded toasting.

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Era: Open era →

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Story · Well supportedFrom toasting to chatting: how the deejay took over

The Jamaican deejay grew from a hype-man behind the selector into the star of the record.