Lee Scratch Perry

Perry was born in Kendal in the parish of Hanover, the third child of Ina Davis and Henry Perry. His mother had strong African traditions originating from her Yoruba ancestry that she passed on to her son. He later moved to Kingston where he apprenticed at Studio One.\n', '

Perry\'s musical career began in the late 1950s as a record seller for Clement Coxsone Dodd\'s sound system. As his sometimes turbulent relationship with Dodd developed, he found himself performing a variety of important tasks at Dodd\'s Studio One hit factory, going on to record nearly thirty songs for the label. Disagreements between the pair due to personality and financial conflicts led him to leave the studio and seek new musical outlets. He soon found a new home at Joe Gibbs\'s Amalgamated Records.\n', '

Working with Gibbs, Perry continued his recording career but, once again, financial problems caused conflic…