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Don Drummond

Jamaican ska trombonist and composer (1934-1969)
Person human Q931440

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
March 12, 1932, March 12, 1934[6]
Date of death
May 6, 1969
Place of birth
Kingston
Place of death
Kingston
Country of citizenship
Jamaica[7]
Occupation
composer
Genre
ska[10]
Convicted of
murder[16]
Family name
Drummond[13]
Given name
Don[14]
Instrument
trombone[15]
Member of
The Skatalites[8]
Record label
Studio One, Island Records[11][12]
Start of work period
1950[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Don Drummond ar دون دراموند it Don Cosmic ja ドン・ドラモンド ko 돈 드러먼드 pl Don Cosmic
🔖 Identifiers · 28
ISNI
0000000086049331
VIAF cluster ID
46951246
Library of Congress authority ID
n94109497
GND ID
134974409
Africultures person ID
33519
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000798026
BBC Things ID
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BIBSYS ID
5095329
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
139422480
Deezer artist ID
93364
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134974409
Discogs artist ID
169783
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Don-Drummond
Europeana entity
agent/base/66054
Evene ID
don-drummond-26006
FAST ID
1943890
Freebase ID
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IdRef ID
157338533
MusicBrainz artist ID
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Muziekweb performer ID
M00000071508
NL CR AUT ID
xx0131034
Notable Names Database ID
616/000216965
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095732129
Prabook ID
2392165
RILM ID
87751
Rate Your Music artist ID
don_drummond
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/db30d49a-fae9-4111-bfe6-356b7f37c408

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🔗 Connections
Record label 2
Island Records, Studio One
Belongs to 1
The Skatalites
Convicted of 1
murder
Country of citizenship 1
Jamaica
Family name 1
Drummond
Genre 1
ska
Given name 1
Don
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
trombone
Mb:member of band 1
The Skatalites
Member of 1
The Skatalites
Occupation 1
composer
Place of birth 1
Kingston
Place of death 1
Kingston
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Don Drummond was born on March 12, 1932[1], in Kingston[2]. He died on May 6, 1969[3], in Kingston[4]. He worked as a composer[5].

FAQs

Where was Don Drummond born?

Don Drummond was born in Kingston[2].

Where did Don Drummond die?

Don Drummond passed away in Kingston[4].

What did Don Drummond do for work?

Don Drummond worked as a composer[5].

Related Entities

Island Records Jamaica Kingston

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . skabook.com. Retrieved . skabook.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Instrument → trombone
    Work period start → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'ht', 'it', 'ja', 'pl', 'pt', 'sl']
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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