November 19 1957: Eek-A-Mouse is born Ripton Joseph Hylton in Kingston, Jamaica.  November 20 1956: H.I.M. Haile Selassie I visits Japan. 1957: "Jim" Brown [UB40; drums] is born (some sources say November 21st). 1966: Billy Slaughter [Stone Love; selector] is born. 1978: Yeshemabeth is born to Freddie McGregor and Judy Mowatt in Kingston, Jamaica. 1998: Roland Alphonso, founding tenor saxophonist for Skatalites, passes away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from complications related to brain aneurysms. Age 67. (b. January 12, 1931)Roland had slipped into a coma after suffering a seizure onstage while performing with The Skatalites at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California, on November 2nd. 2017: Ninjaman and his co-accused ere found guilty of the 2009 murder of Ricardo Johnson.  November 21 ----: Jamaican dub poetry Nazamba is born. 1953: Philip Smart, owner and engineer of HC&F studio, radio DJ, producer, is born in Kingston, Jamaica. 1954: Everton Blender (Everton Dennis Williams) is born in Clarendon, Jamaica. 1989: Samory I (Samory-Tour Frazer) is born.