This Week In Dancehall/Reggae History – July 25-31
July 25, 1946 – Rita Marley – reggae singer and wife of the late great Bob Marley – is born Alpharita Constantia Anderson in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
July 26, 1966 – Wayne Wonder (Von Wayne Charles) is born in Portland.
July 27, 1979 – Reggae singer, Warrior King, is born at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston.
July 28 – birthday of sound system owner/selector Delano Thomas (Renaissance Disco).
July 28, 1965 – Dancehall/reggae artiste Prezident Brown (Fitz Albert Cotterell) is born in Colonel Ridge, Clarendon.
July 28, 2007 – Popular dancehall / reggae singer Siccature Alcock (aka Jah Cure) is released from prison after serving eight years of a fifteen year sentence for rape and gun charges.
July 30, 1944 – Jimmy Cliff is born to Christine Lebert Chambers in Somerton, St. James.
July 30, 1963 – dancehall deejay Apache Scratche (Raymond Hudson) is born in St. Mary.
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