Count Ossie

Count Ossie
Background information
Birth nameOswald Williams
Born26 March 1926
OriginSt. Thomas, Jamaica
Died18 October 1976 (aged 50)
GenresReggae
OccupationMusician
InstrumentAkete
Years activelate 1950s-1976

Count Ossie, born Oswald Williams (26 March 1926[1] – 18 October 1976[2]), was a Jamaican Rastafari drummer and band leader.[3]

  1. ^ Ancestry.com. Jamaica, Civil Registration Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1878-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
  2. ^ Moskowitz, David V. (2006) Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rocksteady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33158-8, pp. 317-8
  3. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 309. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.