Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 19 July
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
19 July
Musicians born and died on 19 July: 9 births, 8 deaths and 1 recording milestone from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born9
- 1895Jody EdwardsBiographyvocal · GeorgiaDied 28 October 1967 · Blues · Butterbeans & Susie
- 1902Buster BaileyBiographyclarinet · Memphis, TNDied 12 April 1967 · Blues · Jazz · Bessie Smith
- 1902Cliff JacksonBiographypiano · Culpeper, VADied 24 May 1970 · Jazz
- 1932Buster BentonBiographyguitar, vocal · Texarkana, ARDied 20 January 1996 · Blues
- 1940“Little” Freddie KingBiographyguitar · McComb, MSBlues · Orleans Rec’s
- 1941Phil UpchurchBiographyguitar · Chicago, ILDied 23 November 2025 · Jazz · R&B · Soul
- 1944Isaac Payton SweatBiographybass, drums, guitar, vocal · Port Arthur, TXDied 23 June 1990 · Blues · Jazz
- 1950Errol "Flabba" HoltBiographybass, guitar, percussion, vocal · Kingston, JamaicaReggae
- 1953John "Mad Dog" WatkinsBiographyguitar · Chicago, ILBlues · New Bluebloods
Died8
- 1944Will Marion CookBiographycomposer · New York, NYBorn 27 January 1869 · aged 75 · Jazz · R&B · Louis Jordan
- 1977“Big” Jim WynnBiographysaxophone · Los Angeles, CABorn 21 June 1912 · aged 65 · R&B · T-Bone Walker
- 1988Johnny MillerBiographybass · Los Angeles, CABorn 24 February 1915 · aged 73 · Jazz · Nat King Cole Trio
- 1993Wilbert "Red" PrysockBiographysaxophone · Chicago, ILBorn 2 February 1926 · aged 67 · R&B
- 2002Alan LomaxBiographyproducerBorn 31 January 1915 · aged 87 · Blues · Jazz · Library Congress
- 2011Lil GreenwoodBiographyvocal · Prichard, ALBorn 18 November 1923 · aged 87 · Jazz · R&B
- 2022Michael HendersonBiographybass · Dallas, GABorn 7 July 1951 · aged 71 · Cancer · Jazz · Miles Davis
Events1
- 1959The Shirelles’ first chart entry - ‘Dedicated To The One I Love’.