Sonia Pottinger

Sonia Pottinger
Birth nameSonia Eloise Durrant
Born21 June 1931
Leith Hall, St. Thomas, Jamaica
Died3 November 2010(2010-11-03) (aged 79)
Kingston, Jamaica
GenresReggae
OccupationProducer
Years active1965–1985
LabelsGay Feet, Tip Top, Rainbow, High Note, Treasure Isle

Sonia Eloise Pottinger OD (née Durrant;[1] 21 June 1931 – 3 November 2010)[2][3][4][5] was a Jamaican reggae record producer. An icon in the music business, Sonia Pottinger was the first female Jamaican record producer and produced artists from the mid-1960s until the mid-1980s.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference guardian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Thompson, Dave (2002) Reggae & Caribbean Music, Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-655-6, p. 316
  3. ^ "Sonia Pottinger, Jamaica's first female music producer, is dead Archived 8 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine", Jamaica Observer, 5 November 2010, retrieved 6 November 2010
  4. ^ Campbell, Howard (2010) "Sonia Pottinger Leaves Rich Legacy", Jamaica Gleaner, 7 November 2010, retrieved 7 November 2010
  5. ^ Walters, Basil (2010) "Sonia Pottinger remembered: Ja’s first female record producer passes Archived 10 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine", Jamaica Observer, 7 November 2010, retrieved 7 November 2010