This Day In Dancehall / Reggae – November 22
From Dancehall.Mobi – on this day, November 22, in the dancehall / reggae world:
1946 – original Wailers member Aston Francis Barrett (aka ‘Family Man’) is born in Kingston.
1947 – Reggae singer Max Romeo (real name – Maxwell Livingston Smith) is born in St. D’Acre, St. James.
1973 – popular 1990s female deejay Lady Patra (real name – Dorothy Smith) is born in Kingston.
1980 – Popular dancehall deejay, General Echo (real name – Errol Robinson – and popularly known and remembered for his dancehall classic – “Arlene” – on the Stalag riddim), is shot and killed in an alleged shoot-out with the police.
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