Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 23 January
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
23 January
Musicians born and died on 23 January: 19 births, 18 deaths and 2 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born19
- 1902Benny WatersBiographyclarinet, saxophone, vocal · Brighton, MDDied 11 August 1998 · Jazz · Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson
- 1907Mae BarnesBiographyvocal · New York, NYDied 13 December 1996 · R&B
- 1908Jerry BlakeBiographysaxophone · Gary, INDied 31 December 1961 · Jazz · R&B · Lucky Millinder
- 1910Django ReinhardtBiographyband-leader, guitar · Liberchies, BelgiumDied 16 May 1953 · Jazz
- 1911Rev. Dan SmithBiographyharmonica · Per-Due Hill, ALDied 16 November 1994 · Blues · Folk · Gospel
- 1915George "Scoops" CarryBiographysaxophone · Little Rock, ARDied 4 August 1970 · Jazz · Les Hines
- 1917Fred BeckettBiographytrombone · Nellerton, MSDied 30 January 1946 · Jazz · Lionel Hampton
- 1920Ray AbramsBiographysaxophone · New York, NYDied 6 July 1992 · R&B · Paul Gayten
- 1926Curtis CounceBiographybass · Kansas City, MODied 31 July 1963 · Jazz · R&B · Johnny Otis
- 1927Alex "Professor" BradfordBiographycomposer, vocal · Bessemer, ALDied 15 February 1978 · Gospel
- 1928David "Boots" BowersBiographyvocal · South CarolinaDied 23 October 1995 · R&B · Larks
- 1929Harold OusleyBiographysaxophone · Chicago, ILDied 13 August 2015 · Jazz · Soul
- 1931Sylvester "Piggy Back" Boinesbass · Port Gibson, MSDied 16 December 1992 · Blues · Jimmy Dawkins
- 1938Eugene ChurchBiographyvocal · St. Louis, MODied 16 April 1993 · R&B · Cliques, Fellows
- 1944Jerry LawsonBiographyvocal · Fort Lauderdale, FLDied 10 July 2019 · Soul · Persuasions
- 1944Sid Wingfieldorgan, piano · Cedar Rapids, IABlues
- 1948Anita PointerBiographyvocal · Oakland, CADied 31 December 2022 · Soul · Pointer Sisters
- 1951Darrow FletcherBiographyvocal · Inkster, MISoul
- 1955Billy Wilesguitar · Jacksonville, NC
Died18
- 1936John Mills Jr.Biographyarranger, guitar, vocal · Bellefontaine, OHBorn 19 October 1910 · aged 25 · Jazz · Mills Brothers
- 1966Tom the Great Sebastian (Thomas Wong)BiographyDJ, sound-system · JamaicaBorn 24 May 1924 · aged 41 · Suicide · Reggae · Ska · Tom the Great Sebastian
- 1972Big Maybelle (Mabel Louise Smith)Biographyvocal · Cleveland, OHBorn 1 May 1924 · aged 47 · Diabetic coma · R&B · Soul
- 1973Edward "Kid" OryBiographyband-leader · Honolulu, HIBorn 25 December 1886 · aged 86 · Jazz
- 1976Paul RobesonBiographyvocal · Philadelphia, PABorn 9 April 1898 · aged 77 · Jazz
- 1980Babs Gonzales (Lee Brown Gonzales)Biographyvocal · Newark, NJBorn 27 October 1919 · aged 60 · Comedy · Jazz
- 1987Bob "Bob-A-Lew" LewisBiographyDJ · New York, NY
- 1989Baby Lovettdrums · Leavenworth, KSJazz · R&B · Julia Lee
- 1993Herbert "Kat" CowensBiographydrumsBorn 24 May 1904 · aged 88 · Jazz · Sammy Price
- 1993Rev. Dr. Thomas A. "Georgia Tom" DorseyBiographycomposer, piano, vocal · Chicago, ILBorn 1 July 1899 · aged 93 · Alzeheimer's disease · Blues · Gospel
- 1993Wayne RaneyBiographyharmonica · Arkansas, ARBorn 17 August 1921 · aged 71 · Cancer · Blues
- 1997Richard BerryBiographypiano, vocal · Los Angeles, CABorn 11 April 1935 · aged 61 · R&B · Crowns, Dreamers, Flairs, Hollywood Blue Jays, Pharoahs, Robins
- 1998Johnny FunchesBiographyvocalBorn 18 July 1935 · aged 62 · Soul · Dells
- 2001Brother Jack McDuff (Eugene McDuff McDuff)Biographyorgan · Minneapolis, MNBorn 17 September 1926 · aged 74 · Jazz
- 2003Nell CarterBiographyvocal · Beverly Hills, CABorn 13 September 1948 · aged 54 · Heart attack · Jazz
- 2017Bobby FreemanBiographyvocal · Daly City, CABorn 13 June 1940 · aged 76 · Heart attack · R&B · Soul · Romancers
- 2017Marvell ThomasBiographycomposer, piano, producer · Memphis, TNBorn 22 August 1941 · aged 75 · Soul
- 2018Hugh MasekelaBiographytrumpet, vocal · Johannesburg, South AfricaBorn 4 April 1939 · aged 78 · Prostate cancer · Jazz
Events2
- 1956Ralph Bass (King) signs James Brown & his Famous Flames at Barbershop in Macon.
- 1967Sam and Dave’s ‘When Something Is Wrong With My Baby’ (Stax 210) and the Markeys "Philly Dog’ (Stax 185) released.