Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 8 February
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
8 February
Musicians born and died on 8 February: 18 births, 10 deaths and 3 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born18
- 1899Alonzo "Lonnie" JohnsonBiographyguitar, piano, violin, vocal · New Orleans, LADied 16 June 1970 · Blues · Jazz · Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong
- 1902Bessie JonesBiographyvocal · Smithville, GADied 17 July 1984 · Folk · Gospel · Georgia Sea Island Singers
- 1902Dudley FosdickBiographyvocal · LibertyDied 17 June 1957 · Gospel · W. C. Elkins Singers
- 1902Pappy DailyBiographylabel-owner · Yoakum, TXDied 5 December 1987 · Blues · Starday Rec’s
- 1925Julie GardnerBiographyvocal · Augusta, GAJazz · Earl Hines
- 1926Pony PoindexterBiographysaxophone · New Orleans, LADied 14 April 1988 · Jazz
- 1928Carrie B. Harrisonvocal · TennesseeDied 7 February 1995 · Gospel · Roberta Martin Singers
- 1928Eddie BurnsBiographyguitar, harmonica · Belzoni, MSDied 12 December 2012 · Blues
- 1928Floyd Dixon (J. Riggins Jr. Dixon)Biographypiano, vocal · Marshall, TXDied 26 July 2006 · R&B
- 1929Skeet DixonvocalBlues
- 1935Nappy Chin (Clarence Richard Evans Chin)guitar · Dallas, TXDied 8 March 1972
- 1937Otis Leavill (Otis Leavill Cobb Leavill)Biographyvocal · Dewey Rose, GADied 17 July 2002 · R&B · Soul
- 1938Ray SharpeBiographyguitar · Fort Worth, TXR&B · Soul
- 1940James "Blood" UlmerBiographyguitar · St. Matthews, SCDied 3 June 2026 · Blues · Jazz
- 1946Fito DelaparraBiographydrumsBlues · Rock & Roll
- 1949Merle WatsonBiographyguitar · North CarolinaDied 23 October 1985 · Blues · Doc Watson
Died10
- 1960Archie BrownleeBiographyvocal · New Orleans, LAGospel · Five Blind Boys of Mississppi
- 1981Mapletoft Poulle (Eugene Mapletoft Poulle)Biographyarranger, band-leader, composer, piano · Kingston, JamaicaBorn 17 July 1923 · aged 57 · Mento
- 1989Jerry Shifrinmanager · Miami, FLR&B · Soul · Cameo-Parkway Rec’s
- 1993Murphy Monroe "Pee Wee" Madduxcomposer, fiddle, guitar, producer · Bay St Louis, MSBorn 18 October 1923 · aged 69 · R&B · Fats Domino
- 1996Mercer EllingtonBiographytrumpet · Copenhagen, DenmarkBorn 11 March 1919 · aged 76 · Jazz
- 1999Richard BooneBiographytrombone, vocalBorn 24 February 1930 · aged 68 · Jazz · Count Basie
- 2002Nick BrignolaBiographysaxophone · Albany, NYBorn 17 July 1936 · aged 65 · Cancer · Jazz
- 2005James Oscar "Jimmy" SmithBiographyorgan, vocal · Scottsdale, AZBorn 8 December 1928 · aged 76 · Natural causes · Jazz
- 2016Joey Lewisband-leader, guitar, keyboards, pianoBorn 26 October 1937 · aged 78 · Calypso · Joey Lewis Orchestra, JoVan Rec’s
- 2021Mary WilsonBiographyvocal · Henderson, NVBorn 6 March 1944 · aged 76 · Hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease · Soul · Primettes, Supremes
Events3
- 1956The Teenagers' 'Why Do Fools Fall In Love' (Gee) enters the R&B charts.
- 1957Sonny Boy Williamson records 'Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes' (Checker 864).
- 1964Aretha Franklin records ‘Soulville’, ‘Lee Cross’ (Columbia).