Jonny Dollar

Jonny Dollar
Birth name Jonathan Peter Sharp
Born (1964-02-20)20 February 1964
Westminster, London, England
Origin England
Died 29 May 2009(2009-05-29) (aged 45)
Chelsea, London, England
Genres Trip hop
Occupation(s) Record producer
Programmer
Songwriter
Guitarist

Jonathan Peter Sharp (20 February 1964 – 29 May 2009), better known by the pseudonym Jonny Dollar, was an English record producer and songwriter.

Born in Westminster, London, England, Dollar is best known for his work on the Bristol collective Massive Attack's first album Blue Lines, on which he co-wrote the single "Unfinished Sympathy", and credited as one of the main architects of the trip hop genre. Amongst other works he produced Neneh Cherry's albums, Raw Like Sushi, Homebrew and Man, Gabrielle's third album Rise, and early remixes for Portishead; he also co-wrote the anti-racism song "7 Seconds" featuring Youssou N'dour and Kylie Minogue's "Confide In Me".[1][2]

Later works include Natty's "Man Like I" and Eliza Doolittle's debut album of the same name. His father was the Australian film director, Don Sharp.

Death

In August 2008, Dollar was diagnosed with cancer, and died the following May at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Chelsea London.[1] He died age 45 leaving behind a family of four children aged 16, 10 and two 6 year old twins, and a wife of 16 years.

References

  1. 1 2 Pierre Perrone (18 June 2009). "Jonny Dollar: Musician and producer whose work with Massive Attack pioneered the genre of trip hop". The Independent.
  2. ↑ Caroline Sullivan (19 June 2009). "Jonny Dollar: Inventive producer and the main architect of the trip-hop genre". The Guardian.


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