Ranking Dread

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Winston Brown, known as Ranking Dread, was a Jamaican reggae deejay born in 1955 in Trelawny. He gained recognition on the Ray Symbolic sound system in Jamaica before moving to London to work with Lloyd Coxsone’s sound system. His debut album, Girls Fiesta, was released in 1978. Dread collaborated with Sugar Minott on the album Lots of Loving (1980). He had a minor UK success with the song “Fattie Boom Boom” (1981). He died in prison in Jamaica in 1996.

Top tracks

01	Fattie Boom Boom	Ranking Dread	Most Wanted - (Fattie Boom Boom)			03:46
	Writer: Winston Brown / Composers: Winston Brown
01	Lots of Loving	Ranking Dread	Lots of Loving			04:04
26	Hard Times	Ranking Dread	Dancehall 80s Style			03:39
	Composers: Winston Brown
05	Come Sister Come	Ranking Dread	Lots Of Loving			03:23
	Writer: Ranking Dread / Composers: Ranking Dread
05	Shut Me Mouth	Ranking Dread	Most Wanted - (Fattie Boom Boom)			07:34
	Composers: Winston Brown

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Discography

Albums

Most Wanted - (Fattie Boom Boom)

℗ 2007 Greensleeves Records: 30-07-2007

Most Wanted - (Fattie Boom Boom)

01	Fattie Boom Boom	Ranking Dread	Most Wanted - (Fattie Boom Boom)			03:46
	Writer: Winston Brown / Composers: Winston Brown
02	Dub Boom	Sly & Robbie	Most Wanted - (Fattie Boom Boom)			05:20
03	Love A Dub	Ranking Dread	Most Wanted - (Fattie Boom Boom)			04:55
04	Dub A Dub	Roots Radics Band & Jackie Mittoo	Most Wanted - (Fattie Boom Boom)			05:05
05	Shut Me Mouth	Ranking Dread	Most Wanted - (Fattie Boom Boom)			07:34
	Composers: Winston Brown
06	Shut Up Shut Up	Ranking Dread	Most Wanted - (Fattie Boom Boom)			03:55
	Composers: Winston Brown
07	If Nanny Was Here	Ranking Dread	Most Wanted - (Fattie Boom Boom)			06:35

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Lots Of Loving

℗ 2012 Tappa Records Jamaica: 01-01-1980

Lots Of Loving

01	Lots of Loving	Ranking Dread	Lots Of Loving			04:04
	Writer: Ranking Dread / Composers: Ranking Dread
02	Loving Devotion	Ranking Dread	Lots Of Loving			03:41
	Writer: Ranking Dread / Composers: Ranking Dread
03	Super Star	Ranking Dread	Lots Of Loving			02:58
	Writer: Ranking Dread / Composers: Ranking Dread
04	A Which One A We Yu Love	Ranking Dread	Lots Of Loving			03:36
	Writer: Ranking Dread / Composers: Ranking Dread
05	Come Sister Come	Ranking Dread	Lots Of Loving			03:23
	Writer: Ranking Dread / Composers: Ranking Dread
06	Wha go a Africa	Ranking Dread	Lots Of Loving			02:56
	Writer: Ranking Dread / Composers: Ranking Dread
07	Nuh Trouble Natty Dread	Ranking Dread	Lots Of Loving			03:00
	Writer: Ranking Dread / Composers: Ranking Dread

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Lots Of Loving

℗ 2014 Tad's Record Inc: 01-01-1980

Lots Of Loving

01	Lots Of Loving	Ranking Dread	Lots Of Loving			03:57
	Writer: Ranking Dread / Composers: Ranking Dread
02	Loving Devotion	Ranking Dread	Lots Of Loving			03:44
	Writer: Ranking Dread / Composers: Ranking Dread
03	Super Star	Ranking Dread	Lots Of Loving			02:57
	Writer: Ranking Dread / Composers: Ranking Dread
04	A Which One A We Yu Love	Ranking Dread	Lots Of Loving			03:36
	Writer: Ranking Dread / Composers: Ranking Dread
05	Come Sister Come	Ranking Dread	Lots Of Loving			01:25
	Writer: Ranking Dread / Composers: Ranking Dread
06	Humble Lion Prayer	Ranking Dread	Lots Of Loving			05:28
	Writer: Ranking Dread / Composers: Ranking Dread
07	Wah Go A Africa	Ranking Dread	Lots Of Loving			03:00
	Writer: Ranking Dread / Composers: Ranking Dread

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Lots of Loving

2016 Jah Life Records: 01-01-1980

Lots of Loving

01	Lots of Loving	Ranking Dread	Lots of Loving			04:04
02	Loving Devotion	Ranking Dread	Lots of Loving			03:41
03	Super Star	Ranking Dread	Lots of Loving			02:58
04	A Which One a We Yu Love	Ranking Dread	Lots of Loving			03:36
05	Come Sister Come	Ranking Dread	Lots of Loving			03:23
06	Humble Lion Prayers	Ranking Dread	Lots of Loving			05:24
07	Wah-Go-a-Africa	Ranking Dread	Lots of Loving			02:56

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Girls Fiesta

2026 Burning Sounds: 01-01-1978

Girls Fiesta

01	God Blessed Children	Ranking Dread	Girls Fiesta			02:37
	Writer: David Clarke / Composers: David Clarke
02	Natty Dread Is a Struggler	Ranking Dread	Girls Fiesta			03:06
	Writer: David Clarke / Composers: David Clarke
03	Poor Man	Ranking Dread	Girls Fiesta			03:09
	Writer: David Clarke / Composers: David Clarke
04	Girls Fiesta	Ranking Dread	Girls Fiesta			03:31
	Writer: David Clarke / Composers: David Clarke
05	Africa	Ranking Dread	Girls Fiesta			03:16
	Writer: David Clarke / Composers: David Clarke
06	Natty on the Rock	Ranking Dread	Girls Fiesta			03:58
	Writer: David Clarke / Composers: David Clarke
07	Sister Lorna	Ranking Dread	Girls Fiesta			03:53
	Writer: David Clarke / Composers: David Clarke

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EPs

Wah We Do

1981 Metrophon Music Spain S.L.: 12-03-2018

Wah We Do

01	Wah We Do	Ranking Dread	Wah We Do			10:14
	Writer: Winston Godling / Composers: Winston Godling

Singles

Love and Devotion

Highpowermusic / Taxi Records: 26-06-2020

Love and Devotion

01	Love and Devotion	Ranking Dread	Love and Devotion			03:29
	Writer: Ranking Dread / Composers: Llowell Sly Dunbar - Robert Robbie Shakespeare

London Thing

1994 Metrophon Music Spain S.L.: 12-03-2018

London Thing

01	London Thing	Ranking Dread	London Thing			08:32
	Writer: Robert Blackwood / Composers: Robert Blackwood

Rainy Night In London

1979 Metrophon Music Spain S.L.: 12-03-2018

Rainy Night In London

01	Rainy Night In London	Ranking Dread	Rainy Night In London			03:18
	Writer: Winston Godling / Composers: Winston Godling

Poor Man Story

1981 Metrophon Music Spain S.L.: 12-03-2018

Poor Man Story

01	Poor Man Story	Ranking Dread	Poor Man Story			09:36
	Writer: Winston Godling / Composers: Winston Godling

Old Lady Of Stokey

1984 Metrophon Music Spain S.L.: 12-03-2018

Old Lady Of Stokey

01	Old Lady Of Stokey	Ranking Dread	Old Lady Of Stokey			05:14
	Writer: Winston Godling / Composers: Winston Godling

Hard Times

: 05-02-2014

Hard Times

01

Ranking Dread

Hard Times

03:39

Hard Time

: 13-01-2014

Hard Time

01

Ranking Dread

Hard Time

03:39

Hard Times

(P) 2014 Alexander Music Group: 13-01-2014

Hard Times

01	Hard Times	Ranking Dread	Hard Times			03:39
	Composers: Winston Brown

Bandulu Hard Times (Extended 12" Version)

(P) 2012 Attack: 03-08-2012

Bandulu Hard Times (Extended 12" Version)

01	Bandulu Hard Times (Extended 12" Version)	Cornell Campbell	Bandulu Hard Times (Extended 12" Version)			06:50
	Composers: Cornel Campbell - Winston Brown