Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 14 March
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
14 March
Musicians born and died on 14 March: 8 births, 12 deaths and 6 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born8
- 1900Ernest "Bass" HillBiographybass · Pittsburgh, PADied 16 September 1964 · Jazz · Sammy Price
- 1914Robert "Pete" WilliamsBiographyguitar · Zachary, LADied 31 December 1980 · Blues
- 1925Sonny CohnBiographytrumpet · Chicago, ILDied 7 November 2006 · Jazz · Red Saunders
- 1926Phil PhillipsBiographyvocal · Lake Charles, LADied 14 March 2020 · R&B
- 1933Quincy Delight Jones Jr.Biographyarranger, composer, producer, trumpet · Chicago, ILDied 3 November 2024 · Jazz · R&B · Soul · Lionel Hampton
- 1934Shirley ScottBiographyorgan, piano · Philadelphia, PADied 10 March 2002 · Jazz
- 1947Ronnie BakerBiographybass, guitar · Philadelphia, PADied 26 July 1990 · Soul
- 1951Eugene GreyBiographyarranger, composer, guitar · Green Island, JamaicaJazz · Reggae · Mighty Quinns, Fab Five, The Caribs, Jamaica Subway International, Toots & the Maytals, Kid Creole & the Coconuts, Sly & Robbie
Died12
- 1972Linda JonesBiographyvocal · Newark, NJBorn 14 December 1944 · aged 27 · Diabetes · Gospel · Soul
- 1981Billy Davisdrums · Wilmington, DEBorn 21 August 1934 · aged 46 · Jazz · Sonny Stitt
- 1988Herb JonesBiographyvocal · Boston, MABorn 15 April 1907 · aged 80 · Jazz · Jones Brothers
- 1991Jerome "Doc" PomusBiographycomposer, piano, vocal · New York, NYBorn 27 June 1925 · aged 65 · Blues · R&B · Soul
- 2011Sherman WashingtonBiographyvocal · Boutte, LABorn 13 December 1925 · aged 85 · Gospel · Zion Harmonizers
- 2011“Big” Jack JohnsonBiographyguitar · Memphis, TNBorn 30 July 1939 · aged 71 · Blues · Earwig Rec’s
- 2012Eddie KingBiographyguitar, vocal · Peoria, ILBorn 21 April 1938 · aged 73 · Blues · Double Trouble Rec’s
- 2020Phil PhillipsBiographyvocal · Lake Charles, LABorn 14 March 1926 · aged 94 · R&B
- 2022Pervis SpannBiographyDJ · Chicago, ILBorn 16 August 1932 · aged 89 · Alzheimer's disease · Blues
- 2023Bobby CaldwellBiographycomposer, percussion, vocal · Great Meadows, NJBorn 15 August 1951 · aged 71 · Complications from a fluoroquinolone antibiotic reaction · Jazz
- 2026Paul GeremiaBiographyguitar, piano · Providence, RIBorn 21 April 1944 · aged 81 · Blues
Events6
- 1927Blind Lemon Jefferson records 'Black Snake Moan' (Okeh) - Chicago.
- 1929Cleo Gibson records 'I've Got Ford Engine Movements In My Hips' (Okeh) - Atlanta.
- 1929Hambone Willie NewBorn records 'Roll and Tumble Blues' (Okeh).
- 1956Wynona Carr session at Specialty - 'Jump Jack Jump', 'Nursery Rhyme Rock', 'Please Mr. Jailer'.
- 1960Sam Cooke kicks off his first tour of the West Indies with a concert in Montego Bay.
- 1966‘Hold On I’m Comin’ by Sam and Dave (Stax 189) and Ruby Johnson’s ‘I’ll Run Your Hurt Away’ (Volt 133) released.