Judge Dread - Big Six (1972)

Artist:  Judge Dread
Song:   Big Six (2:59)
Year:  1972
Label:   Trojan Records
Genre:   Reggae
Written-By:  Alex Hughes, Ernest Ranglin





Real Name: Alexander Minto Hughes
Profile: Born 1945 in Kent/England, ska and reggae vocalist Judge Dread was the first white musician to score a reggae chart hit in Jamaica. He is especially famous for his humorous sexually explicit lyrics, and holds a record in the Guinnes Book as the artist with the most songs banned from BBC airplay. In 1998, Judge Dread died on stage during a concert in Canterbury, suffering a heart attack.
Notably lived in Snodland, Kent where he once changed the street sign to Dreadland.
The song "Big Six" (1972) reached UK Singles Chart # 11.