Ranking Trevor Birth name Maxwell Grant Born 20 January 1960 Died 7 August 2012 (aged 52) Kingston, Jamaica Genres Reggae Years active c.1974–2012 Labels Front Line, Cha Cha, Lord Koos, Black Roots Maxwell Grant (20 January 1960 – 7 August 2012), better known as Ranking Trevor and sometimes as Ranking Superstar, was a Jamaican reggae deejay. Biography Grant began deejaying as a teenager in the 1970s, and began his recording career at the age of fifteen.[1] Regarded as a follower of U-Roy, Grant recorded at Channel One as Ranking Trevor in the mid-1970s, his first release being Natty a Roots Man, and deejayed on the Socialist Roots sound system.[1][2] He had success in 1977 with singles such as Cave Man Skank and Three Piece Chicken and Chips (a response to Trinitys Three Piece Suit), which were popular among British reggae fans, and these were followed by further hits on the British reggae charts in 1978 with Pure & Clean and Rub a Dub Style, and he signed a record deal with Virgin Records reggae label, Front Line, who released his denut album, In Fine Style.[1] Joseph Hoo Kim followed this by releasing the Three Piece Chicken and Chips album, compiling tracks by Trevor and Trinity.[1] In 1979 he recorded the Repatriation Time album with producer Linval Thompson, which was released the following year.[1] He went on to work with Sugar Minott on the album Presenting Ranking Trevor, released in 1981 on Minotts Black Roots label.[1] Continuing popularity in the UK prompted his relocation to London in the mid-1980s, where he lived for more than twenty years before returning to Jamaica.[3] He died on 7 August 2012 from injuries sustained from a collision while riding his motorcycle in Kingston.[4] Discography Albums In Fine Style (1978), Front Line Three Piece Chicken and Chips (1978), Cha Cha Repatriation Time (1980), Lord Koos - credited as Ranking Superstar Presenting Ranking Trevor (1981), Black Roots Compilations Roots of all Roots (198?), Micron - Ranking Trevor and Friends References Greene, Jo-Ann Ranking Trevor Biography, Allmusic, retrieved 1 September 2012 Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) The Rough Guide to Reggae, 3rd edn., Rough Guides, ISBN 1-84353-329-4, p. 158 Jamaican rap pioneer Ranking Trevor dies in crash, Associated Press, 7 August 2012, retrieved 1 September 2012 September 2 funeral for Ranking Trevor, Jamaica Observer, 22 August 2012, retrieved 1 September 2012
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