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

 July 12
1951: Ruddy Thomas is born in Kingston, Jamaica.
1966: Jamaican government overruns Rasta-dominated village.
At precisely 9:00 a.m. on this day, 250 armed police advanced from the Denham Town station ahead of phalanx of bulldozers. It is three months since Selassie's visit.
1969: Lady Saw (Marion Hall) is born in St. Mary, Jamaica.
1975: Sao Tome and Principe independent
1986: Bunny Wailer's first solo concert, outside Jamaica, in Long Beach, California
1993: UB40's single "Can't Help Falling In Love" [Virgin] is certified Gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America).

 July 13
1955: Ray Pablo Falconer [UB40 producer] is born.
1972: Japanese singer Moomin is born in Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
1974: Eric Clapton's "I Shot The Sheriff" is released. The song is a remake of Bob Marley's reggae version.
1981: Black Uhuru perform at London's Rainbow Theatre on this day through next day.
The concert was recorded for their live album "Tear It Up - Live" and was filmed for a videogram "Black Uhuru : Tear It Up Live At Rainbow". Both ware released 1982 on Island/Mango.
2000: Calypsonian Ras Shorty I (b. Garfield Blackman) passes away (dies of bone cancer) in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, at age 59.

 July 14
1968: Singer Foxy Brown (Jennifer Esmerelda Hylton) is born in Kingston, Jamaica.

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