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This Day in Reggae
and Nubian, Rasta, herb and related history
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| January 17 |
| 1958: | Janet Kay (Janet Kay Bogle) is born in London, England. |
| 1966: | Shabba Ranks (Rexton Gordon) is born in St. Ann, Jamaica. |
| 1978: | Red Rat (Wallace Wilson) is born in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica. |
| January 18 |
| 1968: | Rayvon is born in Barbados. |
| 1994: | DJ Tiger has a traffic accident and is seriously injured.At 12:15, his morterbike ran smashed into an official vehicle of U.S. embassy in front of Devon House in Hope Road. Some radio broadcasting carried false report that he died. |
| 2018: | Steve "Grizzly" Nisbett [Steel Pulse; drums] passes away at the age of 69. |
| January 19 |
| 1950: | Singer / song writer Milton Henry is born in St. Andrew, Jamaica. |
| 1957: | Michael "Mickey" Virtue [UB40; keybords] is born in Birmingham, England. |
| 1965: | Deborahe Glasgow is born. |
| 1994: | Bob Marley, John Lennon, Rod Stewart, The Grateful Dead, The Animals, The Band, Duane Eddy, and Elton John are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. |
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© Jah Itagaki
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