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Lorenzo Aitken is born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Caribbean, North America. After moving to Jamaica, he will find international success as ska vocalist Laurel Aitken, often described as The Godfather Of Ska.R'n'b vocalist and pianist Rosco Gordon is born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Gordon's distinctive shuffle rhythm is said to have inspired the rise of ska music in Jamaica.
Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert is born in May Pen, Parish of Clarendon, Jamaica, West Indies. He will find global fame as Toots Hibbert, founder of Toots And The Maytals.
Winston Richards is born in Duckenfield, Jamaica, Caribbean. He will find success as session drummer Winston Grennan, remembered for his work with Toots And The Maytals, Bob Marley, the Wailers, Jimmy Cliff and Desmond Dekker. He is also famed as the inventor of the one drop rhythm in the late 1960s, which places kick/snare emphasis on the third beat within a highly syncopated 4/4 bar.
Wiley Lopez and Gene McDonald provide the entertainment at The Woman's Club, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean.
Cliff Beckford And His Swingalong Orchestra are playing in a Christmas Morning Concert at Coke Hall, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean. At the same event, vocalist Gene McDonald performs a selection of popular songs and a musical revue entitled Tropicano, featuring a troupe of 25 dancers, depicts "the fruits of Jamaica"Keith Blake is born in Denham Town, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean. He will find success as roots reggae vocalist and recording artist Prince Alla [aka Prince Allah or Ras Allah].
Tab Smith, His Fabulous Alto, and Orchestra, record Cuban Boogie, All My Life, Nursery Rhyme Jump, This Love Of Mine, Strange, Jumptime, Tis Autumn and Cottage For Sale, for United Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Norman Suppria is born in Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean. He will find success as 90s rapper Snagga Puss.
Eddie 'Guitar' Kirkland plays the last of three nights at The Hines Farm Blues Club, Swanton, Ohio, USA.
Cy Grant performs a news-based calypso on the BBC-tv topical magazine show Tonight, broadcast live from London, England, UK, Europe.
The Christmas Pantomime at The Odeon, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, features the My Boy Lollipop girl Millie Small, plus Jess Conrad, Jimmy Wheeler and Des Lane.
Shawn Elliott is appearing during one week at The Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami, Florida, USA, promoting his new Roulette Records single, The Joker.
Jimmy James And The Vagabonds play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by John Lee's Groundhogs.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at The Piper Club, Milan, Italy, Europe. A reggae package tour featuring Desmond Dekker, Jimmy Cliff, Max Romeo, The Upsetters, The Pioneers and Harry J’s All-stars sets off from The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five release the pioneering rap classic The Message on Sugar Hill Records in the USA.
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Reggae stars including Desmond Dekker, Lee Perry, Smiley Culture and Dennis Brown, stage their own Ethiopian Benefit Concert at Brixton Academy, London, England, UK, Europe.
Benjamin Zephaniah plays at The Town Hall, Lambeth, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Caliban and Chukwanzar.
Eek A Mouse plays at The Marina, Swansea, Wales, UK, Europe.
Kid Creole And The Coconuts play at The Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
Horace Andy plays at The Sports Centre, Handsworth, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe. On the same night he also plays at The Octagon University, Sheffield.
A riot in Carandiru Penitentiary, Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America
results in 111 prisoners killed - 102 from gunshots fired by military police and nine from stab wounds apparently inflicted by other prisoners before the arrival of police. Very little effort was made by the authorities to communicate with the prisoners before the jail was stormed. The Carandiru Massacre is considered a major human rights violation in the history of Brazil, and is recorded in the songs Haiti by Caetano Veloso with Gilberto Gil, October 2, 1992 by Sepultura, and 19 Rebellions by Asian Dub Foundation.
Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao is born in Cojímar, Eastern Havana, Cuba, Caribbean. She will find success first as a member of all-female singing group Fifth Harmony and then as a solo performer.
Lauryn Hill opens a North American tour at The Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Reggae singer Sizzla is among thirty-three people arrested when a co-ordinated police/military raid in the community of August Town, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean, finds six AK-47 rifles, three sniper rifles, a submachine gun and 58 rounds of ammunition.
Roxy Music headline the second night of Love Box, a three-day music festival in Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK. Also appearing are Mark Ronson, Paloma Faith, Grandmaster Flash and others.
Grace Jones headlines the final night of Love Box, a three-day music festival in Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK. Also appearing are Hot Chip, Peaches, Chromeo, Cut Copy and others.
Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara Portuondo play at The Pavilions, Plymouth, England, UK, Europe.
During her Guitarist and songwriter Steven Springer, best-known as a member of the Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band, dies aged 60 of cancer, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Springer also played with Sir Lancelot Pinard and the band Sanctuary, and he founded the musical project Tropicooljazz.
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Legendary Jamaican trombonist Rico Rodriguez dies aged 80, following a short illness in hospital, in London, England, UK. He is perhaps best-known to pop music fans as the trombone player for The Specials.
Rihanna announces that she will be embarking on The Anti World Tour in 2016 in support of her upcoming album Anti.
Madonna attends the 5th Annual Sean Penn And Friends HELP HAITI HOME Gala Benefiting J/P Haitian Relief Organization at The Montage Hotel, Beverley Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA. During the event Madonna performs a cover of the Edith Piaf song La Vie En Rose.
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On his On her Reputation tour, Taylor Swift plays at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado, USA, supported by Camila Cabello and Charli XCX.
Toots Hibbert, founder of Toots And The Maytals, dies aged 77 at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica, due to complications of COVID-19.
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