Under his own name and as the producer for many singers, Prince Buster released hundreds of songs in Jamaica. He performed with teenage groups in Kingston; he also became a boxer, taking the name Prince Buster. Punk-era rock fans were introduced to Prince Buster through “One Step Beyond,” the title track of the 1979 debut album by the English ska-revival band Madness, which was a sped-up remake of an instrumental Prince Buster released in 1964. The group had taken its name from Prince Buster’s song “Madness Is Gladness,” and its first single was “The Prince,” a tribute to him. Prince Buster returned to occasional performing from the 1980s into the early 2000s, and he made some new recordings in the 1990s in a modest comeback.

Source: New York Times September 11, 2016 16:30 UTC