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

 January 26
19--: Gamo [Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra; tenor sax] is born in Hokkaido, Japan.
1932: Producer "Coxsone" Dodd is born Clement Seymour Dodd in Kingston, Jamaica.
1955: Gary Crosby [Jazz Jamaica; leader/w.bass] is born in London.
1958: (some sources say 1957): Norman (Lamont) Hassan [UB40; percussions/trombone] is born in Birmingham, England.
1962: Emanuel Walsh [P.J Band; drums] is born in St. Mary, Jamaica.
1970: Neville Hinds' "London Bridge" and The Linkers' "Say Say" are recorded for Lloyd Daley, The Matador. They can be heard on a CD "From Matador's Arena - 1969-1970 - Volume 2" (Jamaican Gold JMC 200.233).
1994: Ace Of Base's album "The Sign" [Arista] is certified Platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America).

 January 27
1979: Han-Kun [Shonannokaze] is born in Kamakura, Japan.

 January 28
1941: A great dub master King Tubby (Osbourne Ruddock) is born in Kingston, Jamaica.
1971: The Jesters record "Cholera" for Lloyd Daley, The Matador. It can be heard on a compilation "Lloyd Daley's Matador Productions, 1968-1972" (Heartbeat HB 92).
1990: Sandora Jones aka Puma Jones [Black Uhuru] passes away at the age of 36 in New York.
2020: Japanese Deejay Kurtis Fly passes away.

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