Josey Wales

Real name: Joseph Alphanso Sterling

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Influential Jamaican dancehall deejay, born Joseph Winston Sterling in St. Mary, Jamaica, October 8th, 1959. He was considered, along with [a=Brigadier Jerry], [a=Yellowman] and sound system partner [a=Charlie Chaplin (2)], one of the best deejays of the 1980s. His career began in the late 1970s performing over [a=U-Roy]-owned King Sturgav sound system, and he gained even more popularity in the early 1980s performing over [a=Henry "Junjo" Lawes]'s volcano sound system, and recording singles such as "Bobo Dread" a…

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Influential Jamaican dancehall deejay, born Joseph Winston Sterling in St. Mary, Jamaica, October 8th, 1959.
He was considered, along with Brigadier Jerry, Yellowman and sound system partner Charlie Chaplin (2), one of the best deejays of the 1980s. His career began in the late 1970s performing over U-Roy-owned King Sturgav sound system, and he gained even more popularity in the early 1980s performing over Henry "Junjo" Lawes's volcano sound system, and recording singles such as "Bobo Dread" and "Leggo Mi Hand" for Lawes' label of the same name as well as later hits for George Phang's Power House label, most noticeably "Undercover Lover." Wales is named after the 1976 Western movie character from The Outlaw Josey Wales, played by Clint Eastwood (2), and subsequently nicknamed "The Outlaw".