May 3 ----: Norman Grant [Twinkle Brothers; vocals/drums] is born. 2012: Lloyd Brevett [Skatalites; bass] passes away at the age of 80.  May 4 1494: Christopher Columbus sets foot on Jamaica. 1952: Jacob "Killer" Miller is born in Mandeville, Jamaica. 1977: Eagles' reggae-styled tune "Hotel California" peaks at #1 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. 1998: Tommy McCook, veteran musician and former leader of the Skatalites, passes away on this day (or next morning) in his home in Atlanta, Georgea, from multiple complications including pneumonia. Age 71. (b. March 4, 1927, some sources say March 3rd) 2004: Producer and label operator Clement "Coxsone" Dodd dies of a heart attack at his studio in Kingston, Jamaica. Age 72.  May 5 ----: Musician Metal is born. 1968: Louie Culture (Lewin Brown) is born in Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica. (some sources say May 9th) 1970: Audley Rollens records "Repatriation" for Lloyd Daley, The Matador. It can be heard on a compilation "Lloyd Daley's Matador Productions, 1968-1972" (Heartbeat HB 92). 1988: The body of Squeengin, engineer for King Jammys, d. April 15, is entombed. 2020: Millie Small passes away.