Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 30 June
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
30 June
Musicians born and died on 30 June: 14 births, 12 deaths and 2 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born14
- 1908Jewell LongBiographybass, guitar, piano · Sealy, TXBlues · Vjm Rec’s
- 1914"Uncle" Joe CooperBiographyguitar · Yazoo Cty, MSBlues
- 1917Lena HorneBiographyvocal · New York, NYDied 9 May 2010 · Jazz
- 1925Mort HerbertBiographybass · Somerville, NJDied 5 June 1983 · Jazz · Louis Armstrong
- 1925Wallace DavenportBiographytrumpet · New Orleans, LADied 18 March 2004 · R&B · Paul Gayten, Roy Brown
- 1931Andrew HillBiographypiano · Chicago, ILDied 20 April 2007 · Jazz
- 1936Dave VanronkBiographyguitar, vocal · Brooklyn, NYDied 10 February 2002 · Blues
- 1940Mark SpoelstraBiographyguitar · Kansas City, MODied 25 February 2007 · Blues · Folk · Elektra Rec’s
- 1941Mike LeanderBiographyproducer · ?London, EnglandDied 18 April 1996 · Rock & Roll
- 1943Florence BallardBiographyvocal · Detroit, MIDied 22 February 1976 · Soul · Primettes, Supremes
- 1946Billy BrownBiographyvocal · Perth Amboy, NJSoul
- 1946William Brownvocal · Perth Amboy, NJDied 17 January 2016 · Soul · Broadways, Uniques
- 1951Stanley ClarkeBiographybass, cello, violin · Philadelphia, PAJazz
Died12
- 1962Leroy WashingtonBiographyguitar · Leesville, LABorn 1 March 1932 · aged 30 · Blues · Excello Rec’s
- 1983Roger Alexander Jones Jr.Biographytrumpet · Chicago, ILJazz · Count Basie
- 1994Obadiah CarterBiographyvocalBorn 12 December 1925 · aged 68 · R&B · Five Royales
- 1995Guitar Nubbitt (Alvin Hankerson)Biographyguitar · Boston, MABorn 23 November 1923 · aged 71 · Blues · R&B
- 1995Phyliss HymanBiographyvocal · New York, NYBorn 6 July 1950 · aged 44 · Suicide · Jazz
- 2001Joe HendersonBiographycomposer, flute, saxophone, vocal · San Francisco, CABorn 24 April 1937 · aged 64 · Jazz · Andrew Hill, Kenny Dorham, Herbie Hancock, Lee Morgan, Horace Silver
- 2002Richard "Pistol" AllenBiographydrums · Detroit, MIBorn 12 August 1932 · aged 69 · Cancer · Soul · Motown
- 2005Clancy EcclesBiographycomposer, label-owner, producer, vocal · Spanish Town, JamaicaBorn 9 December 1940 · aged 64 · Heart attack · Ska · Reggae · Clandisc
- 2005John "So Blue" WestonBiographyguitar, harmonicaBorn 12 December 1927 · aged 77 · Cancer · Blues
- 2017Albert MinottBiographyguitar, vocal · Port Antonio, JamaicaBorn 14 September 1938 · aged 78 · Mento · Jolly Boys
- 2019Nelson MillerBiographyband-leader, drums, producerBorn 12 November 1954 · aged 64 · Reggae
- 2023Lord Creator (Kentrick Randolph Patrick)BiographyvocalBorn 21 August 1935 · aged 87 · Calypso · Reggae · Ska · Island Rec’s, Melodisc Rec’s, Studio One, Black Ark
Events2
- 1944The Drifter’s ‘Honey Love’ (Atlantic) R&B #1.
- 1953Amos Milburn records ‘One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer.’ (Aladdin) in N.Y.