Dave Kelly (producer)
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| Birth name | David Kelly |
| Also known as | The Stranger |
| Born | November 4, 1969 |
| Origin | Kingston, Jamaica Jamaica |
| Genre(s) | Ragga |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, songwriter, instrumentalist & engineer, & Mixer |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Label(s) | Penthouse Studios , Madhouse Records |
| Associated acts | Tony Kelly Baby Cham, Buju Banton, Spice, Bounty Killer Maxi Priest, Beenie Man, Wyclef Jean, En Vogue, Heavy D, Mýa, Rayvon, Terror Faboulus, Foxy Brown Tanya Stephens |
Dave Kelly (Born November 4, 1969 In Kingston, Jamaica) is a jamaican Record Producer. He began his career as an Engineer in the late eighties. After getting into producing at the "Penthouse" label of Donovan Germain, he started his own label "Madhouse" together with business partner Janet Davidson in 1991. He went on to become one of the most successful Dancehall-producers in Jamaica, recording numerous songs that topped the local and international Reggae-Charts, such as "Action" by Nadine Sutherland & Terror Fabulous in 1994 or "Look" by Bounty Killer in 1999.
Dave Kelly has released some of the most popular and influential dancehall riddims such as "Joyride", "Showtime", "Fiesta", and "85" riddims. He produced Beenie Man's international hit "Dude" in 2003 on the Fiesta riddim, featured on Beenie Man's album, Back to Basics, as well as Baby Cham's major hit "Ghetto Story", the title track for Baby Cham's 2006 album which he also produced.
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