Sonia Pottinger obituary

Hitmaking Jamaican record producerSonia Pottinger, who has died aged 79, was one of Jamaica's most noteworthy music producers during the 1960s and 70s. In a competitive realm dominated by men, she excelled through an individualised approach to record production that was bolstered by her keen business acumen, and leaves a back catalogue of outstanding quality.The youngest of three children, she was born Sonia Durrant in Leith Hall, Jamaica, and moved to the capital, Kingston, at a young age to at...

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