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Robbie Shakespeare

real name Robert Warren Dale Shakespeare

Kingston, Jamaica

Robbie Shakespeare is credited on 6,018 releases across 1,797 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1974–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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6,018

Credits

1,797

Albums

6

Decades active

732

In collections

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Jamaican reggae bassist.
Born: September 27, 1953, in Kingston, Jamaica.
Died: December 8, 2021, in Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Robbie, in addition to being part of the famous duo Sly & Robbie (with Sly Dunbar), recorded as a session musician with many reggae and non-reggae musicians, from U-Roy, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, Tenor Saw, Culture, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Jimmy Cliff, Mighty Diamonds, Augustus Pablo, and Black Uhuru, to Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Yoko Ono, Cindy Lauper, Grace Jones, and countless others.

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Credited work

6,018 releases · 1,797 albums · active 1974–2026

  • Performance · 6,702
  • Production · 898
  • Other credits · 294
  • Engineering · 53

Studios: Channel One Recording Studio · King Tubby's Studio · Dynamic Sounds Studios · Harry J's Recording Studio

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