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This Day in Reggae
and Nubian, Rasta, herb and related history
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May 22 |
----: | Conrad Crystal (Conrad Hunter) is born. |
1947: | Jimmy Riley (Martin James Norman Riley) is born in Jonestown, Kingston, Jamaica on 22 May 1947. |
1954: | Jerry Dammers [Specials; songwriter/keyboardist] is born. |
1972: | Sheryl Watson is born. |
1989: | Some burglars broke into the Music Works Studio before dawn. DAT, deck, monitor and other equipments ware stolen. |
May 23 |
1934: | Robert Moog, Moog Synthesizer inventor, is born. |
1944: | Producer Justin Philip Yap is born. |
1964: | Millie Small's "My Boy Lollipop", already a hit in the U.K., enters the Hot 100 in the U.S. It stays on the charts for 12 weeks climbing up to #2. |
1967: | Junior Waite [Musical Youth] is born. |
1968: | DJ Silver Don is born in Ashdod, Israel. |
1994: | Bob Marley & The Wailers' album "Burnin'" [Island] is certified Gold, and compilation album "Legend" [Island] is certified Multi (5.0) Platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). |
May 24 |
1938: | Muhammad Yusef Ali aka Prince Buster (Cecil Bustamante Campbell) is born in Kingston, Jamaica.Some say b. May 28 but it's incorrect, according to himself. |
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© Jah Itagaki
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