Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 29 February
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
29 February
Musicians born and died on 29 February: 1 birth, 5 deaths and 1 recording milestone from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born1
- 1904Jimmy DorseyBiographyband-leader, clarinet, saxophone · Shenandoah, PADied 12 June 1957 · Jazz
Died5
- 1988Archie Lewis (Edward Archibald Lewis)Biographyvocal · Mona, JamaicaBorn 10 April 1918 · aged 69
- 1988Aughn HortonBiographycomposer · New Port Richey, FLBorn 5 June 1911 · aged 76 · Jazz
- 1992Ina Beatrice WalkerBiographyvocal · Oakland, CABlues · Phillip Walker
- 1996Wes FarrellBiographycomposer · Coconut Grove, FLBorn 21 December 1939 · aged 56 · R&B · Hang on Sloopy
Events1
- 1964Betty Everett's 'The Shoop Shoop Song' (Vee Jay) enters Pop charts (peaks at #6).