Jah Itagaki's REGGAE LIFE
   This Day in Reggae
and Nubian, Rasta, herb and related history

 December 24
Christmas Eve
----: Keyboardist Noel Davey is born.
1865: Ku Klux Klan (KKK) formed.
1951: Libya independent
1983: UB40's cover of Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers To Cross" reaches U.K. #16.

 December 25
Christmas Day
1954: Robin Campbell [UB40; lead guitar] is born in Birmingham, England.
1966: Atushi Yanaka [Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra; baritone sax] is born in Tokyo, Japan.
1967: DJ Major Mackerel (Garfield Dixon) is born.

 December 26
Kwanzaa, the first day: Umoja (Unity)
----: Drummer/producer Noel Alphonso is born.
----: Musician/producer Grub Cooper is born in Linstead, St Catherine.
----: Musician/producer Computer Paul is born.
1952: Mutabaruka (formerly Allan Hope) is born in Rae Town, Kingston, Jamaica.
1991: "UB40 - A Family Affair", filmed at the Finsbury Park gig on June 22, airs on C4-TV.

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