Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 6 April
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
6 April
Musicians born and died on 6 April: 11 births, 7 deaths and 3 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born11
- 1914“Big” Bill HillBiographyDJ · England, ARDied 17 April 1983 · Blues · R&B
- 1918“Big” Walter "Shakey" HortonBiographyharmonica, vocal · Horn Lake, MSDied 8 December 1981 · Blues
- 1922Dorothy DoneganBiographypiano · Chicago, ILDied 19 May 1998 · Jazz
- 1924Charlie RouseBiographysaxophone · Washington, DCDied 30 November 1988 · Jazz · Eddie "cleanhead" Vinson, Thelonios Monk
- 1926Randy WestonBiographypiano · New York, NYDied 1 September 2018 · Jazz · R&B · Eddie "cleanhead" Vinson
- 1933Bill HardmanBiographytrumpet · Cleveland, OHDied 6 December 1990 · Jazz · R&B · Tiny Bradshaw
- 1940Donald MyrickBiographysaxophone · Chicago, ILDied 30 July 1993 · Soul
- 1943Doreen Shaffer (Monica Johnson Shaffer)Biographyvocal · JamaicaReggae · Ska · Skatalites
- 1946Tommy Cowan (Thomas Lincoln)Biographycomposer, producer, vocal · Saint Elizabeth Parish, JamaicaGospel · Reggae · Ska · Jamaicans, Dynamic Studios, Talent Corporation
Died7
- 1960Martha DavisBiographypiano, vocal · Mount Vernon, NYBorn 14 December 1917 · aged 42 · Cancer · Jazz · R&B
- 1968Rosa HendersonBiographyvocal · New York, NYBorn 24 November 1896 · aged 71 · Blues · Jazz
- 1988Leroy KirklandBiographyarranger, guitar · New York, NYBorn 10 February 1906 · aged 82 · Jazz · R&B · Soul
- 1995Edward J. Frecheguitar · New Orleans, LASoul · Neville Brothers
- 2000Eugene PearsonBiographycomposer, vocal · Silver Springs, MDR&B · Drifters, Rivileers
- 2000Richard "Little Boy Fuller" TriceBiographyguitarBorn 16 November 1917 · aged 82 · Blues
- 2013Don ShirleyBiographypiano · New York, NYBorn 29 January 1927 · aged 86 · Heart disease · Jazz · Water Boy
Events3
- 1949Ruth Brown’s debut solo recording session at Atlantic’s Apex studios - ‘Rain Is A Bringdown’.
- 1950T-Bone Walker records 'The Hustle Is On' (Imperial).
- 1963ABC announces it has signed Fats Domino away from Imperial.