Chris Blackwell Net Worth

Chris Blackwell is a British record producer and businessman, he has a net worth of $130 million. Chris Blackwell has earned his net worth as the founder of Island Records, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.He was born on June 22, 1937 in London, England, his Irish born father Joseph, had some residual wealth, he became a Major in the Jamaican Regiment. Blackwell's mother, a Costa-Rican-born Sephardic Jewish Blanche Lindo, was of Jamaican ancestry, she was a member of one of the most powerful families who made their fortune in sugar and Appleton rum toward the end of slavery. At the young age of 22 in 1959 Blackwell was one of the first to record the Jamaican popular music; this music was eventually known as ska. After moving back to Britain in 1962, he sold records to member of the Jamaican community from the back of his car. Blackwell is the single person most responsible for turning the world on to reggae music; he has been a music industry mogul for over fifty years. He has helped to forge the careers of Bob Marley, Grace Jones and U2 just to name a few. He is the producer of many seminal albums, including Marley's Catch A Fire and Uprising. His is well-known for his laid back attitude and approach to business. He produced a number one hit in Jamaican popular music in 1959, with Laurel Aiken's ""Boogie in my Bones/Little Sheila". Blackwell has the honor of being the location scout and production assistant for the 1962 Bond film Dr No. In the Rock and Roll music industry Blackwell is well-known for discovering such big names as; The Spencer Davis Group, featuring Steve Winwood, Traffic, King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Cranberries, U2 and Jethro Tull.

Chris Blackwell Articles

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• Bob Marley Symposium: Day 1/Part 2- Chris Blackwell - Americas Society, New York, 11-16-2010
• Bob Marley Symposium: Day 1/Part 1- Chris Blackwell - Americas Society, New York, 11-16-2010
• Bob Marley Symposium: Day 1/Part 3- Chris Blackwell - Americas Society, New York, 11-16-2010
• Chris Blackwell on the Craft of Artist Development

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