About
Donovan Letts (born 10 January 1956) is a British film director, disc jockey (DJ) and musician. Letts first came to prominence as the videographer for the Clash, directing several of their music videos. In 1984, Letts co-founded the band Big Audio Dynamite with former Clash lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist Mick Jones, acting as the band's sampler and videographer before departing the band in 1990.
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Letts has also directed music videos for Musical Youth, the Psychedelic Furs, Fun Boy Three, the Pretenders and Elvis Costello as well as the feature documentaries The Punk Rock Movie (1978) and The Clash: Westway to the World (2000).
Member of
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Big Audio Dynamite effects, lead vocals
Discography
Albums
Singles
Compilations
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Serious Dropout
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Serious Dropout
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Don Letts - The Rebel Dread presents (@) Echo Beach Apple Music
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LateNightTales: Version Excursion
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The Mighty Trojan Sound
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Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown Volume 2 (The Second Chapter of the Soundtrack to 1977’s Punky-Reggae Party)
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Social Classics Volume 2: Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown
Other
Links
Also known as
Danovan St Anthony Letts
Tags
- dance hall
- rnb
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- d21b6598-b010-43f6-bc84-b2160f003a0f
- ISNI
- 0000000109095104
- IPI
- 00135168384
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.