Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 25 August
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
25 August
Musicians born and died on 25 August: 15 births, 12 deaths and 1 recording milestone from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born15
- 1901Charlie BurseBiographyguitar · Decatur, ALDied 20 December 1965 · Blues · Memphis Jug Band
- 1903John Bowdenfife · Panola County, MS
- 1912Avery Bradybass, guitar, vocal · Clarksdale, MSBlues
- 1912Caughey RobertsBiographysaxophone · Boley, OKDied 15 December 1990 · Jazz · R&B · Count Basie, Roy Milton
- 1918Freddy KohlmanBiographyband-leader, drums · New Orleans, LADied 29 September 1990 · Jazz · R&B
- 1920Leonard GaskinBiographybass · New York, NYDied 24 January 2009 · Jazz
- 1923Eddie "Big Blues" CarsonBiographyvocal · Statesville, NCDied 29 May 1990 · Blues · Josie Rec’s
- 1925Carrie SmithBiographyvocal · Fort Gaines, GADied 20 May 2012 · Blues · Jazz
- 1933Wayne ShorterBiographycomposer, saxophone · Newark, NJDied 2 March 2023 · Jazz
- 1935Willie Neal "Country Boy" JohnsonBiographyvocal · Tyler, TXDied 10 January 2001 · Gospel · Gospel Keynotes
- 1943Walter WilliamsBiographyvocalR&B · Soul · O’jays
- 1946Karl SevareidBiographybass · Alexandria, VABlues · Robert Cray Band
- 1947Suzee Wendy IkedaBiographyproducer · Chicago, ILSoul
- 1949Roy Cousins (Roy Anthony Cousins)Biographycomposer, label-owner, producer, vocal · Kingston, JamaicaReggae · Royals, Uhuru, Tamoki, Wambesi
- 1958Junior Delgado (Oscar Delgado Hibbert)Biographycomposer, vocal · Kingston, JamaicaDied 11 April 2005 · Reggae · Time Unlimited, DEB
Died12
- 1929Wayne "Buzzin" Burtonvocal · Chicago, IL
- 1955Alex Kramercomposer · New York, NYBorn 13 September 1893 · aged 61 · Jazz · R&B · Louis Jordan
- 1979Stan KentonBiographyband-leader, composer, piano · Los Angeles, CABorn 15 December 1911 · aged 67 · Jazz
- 1980Edith Spence Pindervocal · Nassau, BahamasFolk
- 1995R.B. HudmonBiographyvocal · West Point, GABorn 6 August 1954 · aged 41 · Soul
- 1998Eddie Serranovocal · Los Angeles, CABorn 16 July 1947 · aged 51 · Soul · Cannibal & Headhunters
- 2000Jack NitzscheBiographyproducer · Hollywood, CABorn 22 April 1937 · aged 63 · Soul
- 2009Berle AdamsBiographylabel-owner · Los Angeles, CABorn 11 June 1917 · aged 92 · Jazz · R&B · Soul · Mercury Rec’s
- 2014Sticky Thompson (Uzziah)BiographyDJ, percussion, producer, vocal · Miami, FLBorn 1 August 1936 · aged 78 · Heart attack · Reggae · Ska · Skatalites, Wailers, Joe Gibbs, Revolutionaries
- 2022Mable JohnBiographyvocal · Los Angeles, CABorn 3 November 1930 · aged 91 · Soul
- 2025Larry Hillerengineer · New York, NYBorn 18 April 1940 · aged 85 · Blues · Bessie Smith
Events1
- 1944Ruth Brown records ‘What A Dream’ (Atlantic).