On this day in music: 22 May
22 May 1955: Jerry Dammers was born in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a musician who was a founder, keyboard player and primary songwriter of the ska band The Specials.
Dammers is a pivotal figure of the ska revival. He founded 2 Tone Records as a ska version of the Motown label, the main label that kick-started the ska revival of the late 1970s/1980s.
Previous doses of music history for 22 May:
1924: Charles Aznavour was born in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, France.
1976: Paul McCartney’s Wings “Silly Love Songs” hit No. 1 in the US singles chart.
Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. ~ John Lennon