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Ruddy Thomas

real name Randolph Thomas

Jamaican reggae singer, musician, and recording engineer

Jamaica · 1951-07-12 – 2006-06-10

Ruddy Thomas is credited on 744 releases across 217 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1976–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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744

Credits

217

Albums

6

Decades active

46

In collections

Biography

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Jamaican singer Ruddy Thomas (born July 12, 1951 in Kingston, JA; died June 10, 2006 while performing on stage in Port Antonio, JA) started recording at Studio One in the early 1970s, moved later to Treasure Isle and from 1975 on he was part of Joe Gibbs' studio band The Professionals where he worked as a percussionist. In the 1980s he was a quite busy recording engineer (especially at Dynamic Sounds) as well as singer on solos (on the British Hawkeye label) and duets (with female reggae singers such as Susan Cadogan).

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Credited work

744 releases · 217 albums · active 1976–2025

  • Performance · 461
  • Engineering · 454
  • Production · 77
  • Other credits · 28

Studios: Dynamic Sounds Studios · Joe Gibbs Studio · Channel One Recording Studio · Music Mountain Studios

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