REAL ROCK RIDDIM

ON May 4, Clement Seymour (Coxsone) Dodd, the founding father of the Jamaican music industry, died of a heart attack while working at his famed Studio One at 13 Brentford Road in Kingston. He was 72. Four days earlier, Brentford Road had been ceremoniously renamed Studio One Boulevard.

When asked several years ago which of his many recordings he was proudest of, Dodd paused and stroked his white-whiskered chin. ''There is so much, getting back to 'One Love' and 'Simmer Down,' '' he said, mentioning two of the Wailers' first big hits, recorded when a short-haired teenager named Bob Marley was living in a room behind Dodd's studio. From the Wailers and Burning Spear to the Skatalites and Dennis Brown, Studio One became Jamaica's answer to Motown. Of all the great tracks he produced, Mr. Dodd finally selected his favorite. ''Real Rock,'' he said, then began laughing. ''Oh God. 'Real Rock' really strong. It's on top.

WILLIE WILLIAMS, DEDDIS BROWN, SUPERCAT, COCOA TEA, MICHIGAN&SMILEY