Lord Tanamo (born Joseph Abraham Gordon, 2 October 1934, Kingston, Jamaica) is best known as a mento and ska performer and songwriter. He helped create the sound we now know as ska, by combining elements of calypso gleaned from Lord Kitchener, with the lilting mento rhythms of his childhood. He has been based in Canada for over thirty-five years.

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  • Lord Tanamo (born Joseph Abraham Gordon, 2 October 1934, Kingston, Jamaica) is best known as a mento and ska performer and songwriter. He helped create the sound we now know as ska, by combining elements of calypso gleaned from Lord Kitchener, with the lilting mento rhythms of his childhood. He has been based in Canada for over thirty-five years.
  • Lord Tanamo est un chanteur et auteur de mento et de ska. Il a participé à la création du genre aujourd'hui appelé le ska, en combinant des éléments du calypso de Lord Kitchener avec les ryhtmes mento de son enfance.
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  • Lord Tanamo (born Joseph Abraham Gordon, 2 October 1934, Kingston, Jamaica) is best known as a mento and ska performer and songwriter. He helped create the sound we now know as ska, by combining elements of calypso gleaned from Lord Kitchener, with the lilting mento rhythms of his childhood. He has been based in Canada for over thirty-five years.
  • Lord Tanamo est un chanteur et auteur de mento et de ska. Il a participé à la création du genre aujourd'hui appelé le ska, en combinant des éléments du calypso de Lord Kitchener avec les ryhtmes mento de son enfance.
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  • Lord Tanamo
  • Lord Tanamo
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