Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 7 August
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
7 August
Musicians born and died on 7 August: 16 births, 7 deaths and 2 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born16
- 1910Freddie SlackBiographypiano · Westby, WIDied 10 August 1965 · Jazz · R&B · Capitol Rec's, T-Bone Walker
- 1913George VanepsBiographyguitar · Plainfield, NJDied 29 November 1998 · Jazz
- 1917Frank "Floorshow" CulleyBiographysaxophone · Salisbury, MDDied 15 April 1991 · Jazz · R&B
- 1917Mose VinsonBiographypiano · Holly Springs, MSDied 16 November 2002 · Blues
- 1919Eric "Big Daddy" NordBiographylabel-owner · Krefeld, GermanyDied 26 April 1989 · Hungary I
- 1925Felice BryantBiographyvocal · Milwaukee, WIDied 22 April 2003 · Gospel · Boudleaux & Felice
- 1929Julius CheeksBiographyvocal · Spartanburg, SCDied 27 January 1981 · Gospel · Sensational Nightingales
- 1935Roland "Rahsaan" KirkBiographysaxophone, reeds · Columbus, OHDied 5 December 1977 · Jazz
- 1936Charles PopeBiographyvocal · Atlanta, GADied 11 July 2013 · Soul · Tams
- 1936Don Bradleyvocal · St. Louis, MOR&B · Soul · Jayhawks, Vibrations
- 1937George BohanonBiographytrombone · Detroit, MIDied 8 November 2024 · Jazz
- 1937Magic Slim (Morris Holt)Biographyguitar, vocal · Torrence, MSDied 21 February 2013 · Blues
- 1939Ron HoldenBiographyvocal · Seattle, WADied 22 January 1997 · R&B · Playboys
- 1941Howard JohnsonBiographytuba, saxophone · Montgomery, ALDied 11 January 2021 · Blues · Taj Mahal
- 1948Lynn AugustBiographyaccordion · Lafayette, LADied 12 February 2025 · Zydeco
Died7
- 1973Memphis Minnie (Lizzie "Kid" Douglas)Biographyguitar, vocal · Memphis, TNBorn 3 June 1897 · aged 76 · Blues
- 1978Andrew ThrasherBiographyvocalBorn 14 October 1933 · aged 44 · R&B · Drifters
- 1984Esther Mae "Little Esther" Phillips Phillips-JonesBiographyvocal · Carson, CABorn 23 December 1935 · aged 48 · R&B
- 1984Harmonica Frank Floydharmonica · Blanchester, OHBorn 11 October 1908 · aged 75 · Blues · Sun Rec’s
- 2004G.T. HoganBiographydrums · San Antonio, TXBorn 16 January 1929 · aged 75 · Jazz · R&B · Earl Bostic
- 2012Ranking Trevor (Maxwell Grant)BiographyDJ · Kingston, JamaicaBorn 6 September 1959 · aged 52 · Motorcycle collision · Reggae · Socialist Roots, Channel One
- 2014Henry StoneBiographylabel-owner, producer · Miami, FLBorn 3 June 1921 · aged 93 · Natural causes · Blues · R&B
Events2
- 1959Jimmy Reed records ‘Baby What You Want Me To Do’ (Vee Jay).
- 1960Ike and Tina Turner’s first single, ‘A Fool In Love’ (?), enters the R&B charts.