Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 27 July
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
27 July
Musicians born and died on 27 July: 11 births, 17 deaths and 3 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born11
- 1895Revella HughesBiographyvocal · Huntington, WVDied 24 October 1987 · Jazz · Black Swan Rec’s
- 1910William LangfordBiographyvocal · North CarolinaDied 19 October 1969 · Gospel · Golden Gate Quartet
- 1916Skippy WilliamsBiographysaxophone · Tuscaloosa, ALDied 28 February 1994 · Jazz · Millinder
- 1917Moses RascoeBiographyguitar · Windsor, NCDied 6 March 1994 · Blues · Flying Fish Rec’s
- 1922Bob ThieleBiographyproducer · New York, NYDied 30 January 1996 · Blues · Jazz
- 1928Nathaniel "Pops" Overstreetguitar · De Kalb, TXDied 27 January 2000 · Blues
- 1929Harvey FuquaBiographycomposer, producer, vocal · Louisville, KnDied 6 July 2010 · R&B · Soul · Moonglows
- 1938Carlton ManningBiographyarranger, composer, guitar, organ, vocal · Kingston, JamaicaReggae · Ska · Carlton and the Shoes, Studio One, High Note
- 1942Bobbie Gentry (Roberta Streeter Gentry)Biographycomposer, vocal · Chickasaw County, MSSoul
- 1949Jah Stitch (Melbourne James)BiographyDJ, sound-system, vocal · Kingston, JamaicaDied 28 April 2019 · Reggae · Lord Tippertone, Black Harmony, Third World, Live & Love
Died17
- 1968Tedd BrowneBiographyvocal · Cleveland Heights, OHBorn 23 August 1929 · aged 38 · Gospel
- 1973Jimmy RadcliffeBiographycomposer, producer, vocal · New York, NYBorn 18 November 1936 · aged 36 · Soul
- 1974Lightnin' Slim (Otis Verries Hicks)Biographyguitar, vocal · Detroit, MIBorn 13 March 1913 · aged 61 · Blues
- 1977Milt BucknerBiographyorgan, piano · Chicago, ILBorn 10 July 1915 · aged 62 · Jazz
- 1982Morris PejoeBiographyguitar · Westland, MIBorn 11 April 1924 · aged 58 · Blues
- 1984Rev. Clarence Lavaughan "C.L." FranklinBiographyvocal · Detroit, MIBorn 22 January 1915 · aged 69 · Gospel
- 1991J.D. NicholsonBiographypiano · Los Angeles, CABorn 12 April 1917 · aged 74 · Blues · R&B
- 1994Sam Fowlerharmonica · St. Louis, MOBorn 10 March 1909 · aged 85 · Blues · Big Joe Williams
- 1998Lucille MillerBiographyDJ, organ, piano · Washington, DCGospel · Rosetta Tharpe
- 1999Harry "Sweets" EdisonBiographytrumpet · Columbus, OHBorn 10 October 1915 · aged 83 · Prostate cancer · Jazz · Count Basie
- 2001Harold LandBiographysaxophone · Los Angeles, CABorn 18 December 1928 · aged 72 · Stroke · Jazz
- 2002Roscoe SheltonBiographyvocal · Nashville, TNBorn 22 August 1931 · aged 70 · Cancer · Blues · Soul · Fairfield Four
- 2009George Allan RussellBiographyarranger · Boston, MABorn 23 June 1923 · aged 86 · Alzheimer's disease · Jazz
- 2020Richard WallaceBiographyvocalBorn 9 June 1940 · aged 80 · Gospel · Mighty Clouds Joy
- 2021Willie WinfieldBiographyvocal · Brooklyn, NYBorn 24 August 1929 · aged 91 · Cardiac arrest · R&B · Harptones
- 2022Classie BallouBiographyguitar · Waco, TXBorn 21 August 1937 · aged 84 · R&B
Events3
- 1951Percy Mayfield records 'Cry Baby' (Specialty 416).
- 1957The Bobette’s ‘Mr Lee’ (Atlantic) enters the pop charts.
- 1966Carla Thomas’ ‘B-A-B-Y’ (Stax 195) and Booker T & The MGS ‘My Sweet Potato’ (Stax 196) released.