Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 10 July
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
10 July
Musicians born and died on 10 July: 22 births, 11 deaths and 1 recording milestone from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born22
- 1888Berry "Pops" Gordy Sr.Biographybusinessman, mentor · Oconee Cty, GADied 21 November 1978 · R&B · Soul · Motown Rec’s
- 1889Noble SissleBiographycomposer · Indianapolis, INDied 17 December 1975 · Jazz · Eubie Blake
- 1901Roscoe Castlevocal · West VirginiaGospel · Southern Gospel Singers
- 1904Hociel ThomasBiographypiano · Houston, TXDied 22 August 1952 · Blues
- 1905Ivie AndersonBiographyvocal · Gilroy, CADied 28 December 1949 · Jazz · Duke Ellington
- 1907Blind Boy Fuller (Fulton Allen)Biographyguitar, vocal · Wadesboro, NCDied 13 February 1941 · Blues
- 1909Casey Bill WeldonBiographyguitar · Pine Bluff, ARDied 28 September 1972 · Blues
- 1911Cootie WilliamsBiographytrumpet · Mobile, ALDied 15 September 1985 · Jazz
- 1915Milt BucknerBiographyorgan, piano · St. Louis, MODied 27 July 1977 · Jazz
- 1923Grace Brim (Grace Millard Brim)Biographydrums, harmonica, vocal · Biscoe, ARDied 28 June 1999 · Blues · John Brim
- 1924Major HolleyBiographybass · Detroit, MIDied 25 October 1990 · Jazz
- 1926Forrest City Joe (Joe Bennie Pugh)Biographyharmonica · Hughes, ARDied 3 April 1960 · Blues
- 1928Jimmy Jones (Harmonizing Four)Biographyvocal · Meridian, MSDied 22 October 1991 · Gospel · Harmonizing Four
- 1936Johnny GriffithBiographypiano · Detroit, MIDied 10 November 2002 · Soul · Funk Brothers
- 1938Lee MorganBiographytrumpet · Philadelphia, PADied 19 February 1972 · Jazz
- 1939Mavis StaplesBiographyvocal · Chicago, ILGospel · Soul · Staples Singers
- 1944Peter K. SiegelBiographyproducer · New York, NYFolk
- 1947Bruce IglauerBiographylabel-owner · Ann Arbor, MIBlues · Alligator Rec’s
- 1949Prince Lincoln (Lincoln Thompson)Biographyarranger, composer, guitar, label-owner, producer, vocal · Kingston, JamaicaDied 14 January 1999 · Reggae · Ska · Tartans, Royal Rasses, God Sent, Studio One
- 1950Alvin Overstreetvocal · De Quincy, LAGospel · Arhoolie Rec’s
- 1950Willie FordBiographyvocal · Detroit, MIDied 28 May 2019 · Soul · Dramatics
Died11
- 1941Jelly Roll Morton (Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton)Biographypiano · Los Angeles, CABorn 20 October 1890 · aged 50 · Jazz
- 1941Jelly Roll Morton (Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe)Biographypiano, vocal · Los Angeles, CABorn 20 October 1890 · aged 50 · Jazz
- 1972Lovie AustinBiographypiano · Chicago, ILBorn 19 September 1887 · aged 84 · Jazz · Cora Calhoun
- 1987John Hammond Sr.Biographya&r, producer · New York, NYBorn 15 December 1910 · aged 76 · Blues · Jazz · Columbia Rec’s
- 1989Rick CarrollBiographyDJ · Santa Monica, CARock & Roll
- 1996Juanita McCrayvocal · Detroit, MIBorn 7 December 1926 · aged 69
- 2010Sugar Minott (Lincoln Barrington Minott)Biographycomposer, DJ, producer, sound-system, vocal · Saint Andrew Parish, JamaicaBorn 25 May 1956 · aged 54 · Reggae · African Brothers, Ital, Micron, Studio One
- 2012Maria Hawkins-ColeBiographyvocal · Boca Raton, FLBorn 1 August 1922 · aged 89 · Cancer · Jazz · Nat King Cole
- 2016Dusty BrownBiographyharmonicaBorn 11 March 1929 · aged 87 · Blues
- 2019Jerry LawsonBiographyvocal · Phoenix, AZBorn 23 January 1944 · aged 75 · Guillain–Barré syndrome · Soul · Persuasions
- 2021Barbara AllbutBiographyvocal · Orange, NJBorn 24 September 1940 · aged 80 · R&B · Angels
Events1
- 1967Stax releases ‘The Stax/Volt Revue, Live in London’ (Stax 721).