Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 3 August
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
3 August
Musicians born and died on 3 August: 13 births, 11 deaths from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born13
- 1907Lawrence BrownBiographytrombone · Lawrence, KSDied 5 September 1988 · Jazz · Duke Ellington
- 1909Cedric WallaceBiographybass · Miami, FLDied 19 August 1985 · Jazz · Fats Waller
- 1910Gene GoodmanBiographylabel-owner · Chicago, ILDied 20 October 2023 · Arc Music
- 1910Joseph SpenceBiographyguitar · Small Hope, BahamasDied 18 March 1984 · Blues · Calypso · Folk
- 1910Oliver AlcornBiographyclarinet, saxophone · New Orleans, LADied 18 March 1981 · Blues
- 1916Claude DemetruisBiographycomposer · Bath, MEDied 1 May 1988 · Jazz · R&B · Louis Jordan
- 1916Jake PorterBiographytrumpet, label-owner · Oakland, CADied 1 April 1993 · Jazz · R&B · Combo Rec’s
- 1918Eddie JeffersonBiographyvocal · Pittsburgh, PADied 9 May 1979 · Jazz
- 1941Beverley LeeBiographyvocalR&B · Soul · Shirelles
- 1941Lonnie Youngblood (Lonnie Thomas Youngblood)Biographyband-leader, saxophone, vocal · Augusta, GAR&B · Soul
- 1949Morris Dewayne "B.B." DickersonBiographyguitar · Torrance, CADied 2 April 2021 · Funk · Rock & Roll
- 1961Art Porter IIBiographysaxophone · Little Rock, ARDied 23 November 1996 · Jazz
Died11
- 1978Ed Prattsaxophone · Pomona, CABariray Charles
- 1986Joe ThomasBiographysaxophone · Kansas City, MOBorn 19 June 1909 · aged 77 · Jazz · Jimmy Lunceford, King Rec’s
- 1991Richard NickensBiographyvocal · Chicago, ILR&B · El Dorados, Moroccos
- 1995Kansas FieldsBiographydrums · Chicago, ILBorn 5 December 1915 · aged 79
- 1999Leroy VinnegarBiographybass · Portland, ORBorn 13 July 1928 · aged 71 · Cardiac arrest · Jazz
- 2007Earl TurbintonBiographysaxophone · Baton Rouge, LABorn 23 September 1941 · aged 65 · Jazz · R&B
- 2010Bobby HebbBiographycomposer, guitar, vocal · Nashville, TNBorn 26 July 1938 · aged 72 · Lung cancer · R&B · Soul
- 2013Les CooperBiographypiano · New York, NYBorn 15 March 1921 · aged 92 · R&B
- 2018Joe HarringtonvocalBorn 15 March 1950 · aged 68
- 2021Jo Jo Bennett (Joseph Bennett)Biographyarranger, band-leader, composer, trumpet · Toronto, CanadaBorn 13 July 1940 · aged 81 · Reggae · Ska · Jamaica Military Band, Llans Thelwell and the Celestials, Byron Lee and the Dragonaires, JoJo and the Fugitives
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