Dandy Livingstone (born Robert Livingstone Thompson, 14 December 1943, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae musician and producer.
Dandy Livingstone moved to the United Kingdom in the late 1950s. When London-based
Carnival Records were seeking a Jamaican vocal duo, Livingstone filled the requirement by double-tracking his own voice, releasing records in this fashion under the name
Sugar & Dandy.
Dandy signed with
Ska Beat Records in 1967 and released his debut album entitled Rocksteady with Dandy in 1968. The same year he moved into production and formed the duo
Dandy & Audrey with
Audrey Hall. He later produced the monster hit Red Red Wine with
Tony Tribe.
In 1968, Livingstone signed to
Trojan Records and got his own Trojan subsidiary,
Down Town Records.