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Yellowman

Jamaican reggae singer
Person human Q711228

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
1956, January 15, 1959[8]
Place of birth
Kingston
Country of citizenship
Jamaica[9]
Occupation
singer, songwriter, disc jockey, musician, composer
Field of work
music[10]
Educated at
Alpha Boys' School[11]
Genre
dancehall, reggae[13][14]
Official website
www.kingyellowman.com[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Different from
yellowman[20]
Instrument
voice[18]
P14750
7CDF-4FE9-3EA4-B1AA-FE02[22]
Record label
Greensleeves Records, Columbia Records[15][16]
Start of work period
1974[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Yellowman cs Winston Foster de Winston Foster he ילומן it Winston Foster ja イエローマン nl Yellow Man pt Winston Foster sv Yellow Man
🔖 Identifiers · 39
ISNI
000000005514888X
VIAF cluster ID
65699037
Library of Congress authority ID
n94045117
GND ID
134562429
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Yellowman backed by Sagittarius Band, Bersenbrueck 2007 -1 (cropped).jpg ↗
Africultures person ID
4963
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000681340
Apple Music artist ID
2531410
BBC Things ID
74169ff6-be7c-4b10-858d-6b139115c1f5
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13901326w
Billboard artist ID
yellowman
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134562429
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Discogs artist ID
96316
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Yellowman
Film.ru person ID
yellowman
Freebase ID
/m/01k0rxm
Genius artist ID
Yellowman
Genius artist numeric ID
10155
Grammy Awards artist ID
yellowman/12912
IMDb ID
nm3057027
IdRef ID
08793163X
Jaxsta profile ID
072a8966-7b93-420d-b3c6-89f13f6651fe
Munzinger Pop ID
02000000255
MusicBrainz artist ID
870ec051-e50e-4bf9-b704-6098fe0e0297
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
28284
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000056849
NL CR AUT ID
xx0199400
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
101915608
Notable Names Database ID
820/000116472
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803125315726
Pitchfork artist ID
5210-yellowman
RILM ID
2567
Rate Your Music artist ID
yellowman
Shazam artist ID
2531410
Songkick artist ID
65795
Spotify artist ID
6yTNMMqumesCWhMJ47HB2a
Topic's main category
Category:Yellowman
Universal Music France artist ID
20000029265
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfrGwMRkPYQxxM8QmkFKd

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
singer, musician, disc jockey, songwriter
Mb:performer of 3
Nobody Move, Reggae Anthology: Young, Gifted and Yellow, Two Giants Clash
Genre 2
reggae, dancehall
Record label 2
Columbia Records, Greensleeves Records
Country of citizenship 1
Jamaica
Field of work 1
music
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Kingston
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Dobroslavivka
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Summary

Yellowman was born in 1956[1] in Kingston[2]. He has worked as a singer[3], songwriter[4], disc jockey[5], musician[6], and composer[7].

FAQs

Where was Yellowman born?

Yellowman's place of birth was Kingston[2].

What did Yellowman do for work?

Yellowman worked as a singer[3], songwriter[4], disc jockey[5], musician[6], and composer[7].

Where did Yellowman go to school?

Yellowman was educated at Alpha Boys' School[11].

Related Entities

Columbia Records Jamaica Kingston music

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . counterpunch.org. counterpunch.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [8] ↑ . Spin. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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