Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 17 March
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
17 March
Musicians born and died on 17 March: 13 births, 17 deaths and 3 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born13
- 1907Ellabelle DavisBiographyvocal · New Rochelle, NYDied 15 November 1960 · Gospel
- 1919Leroy LovettBiographypiano · Philadelphia, PADied 9 December 2013 · Jazz · Lucky Millinder
- 1919Nat "King" Cole (Nathaniel Adams Coles Cole)Biographypiano, vocal · Montgomery, ALDied 15 February 1965 · Jazz · R&B
- 1927Kenneth GoldsteinBiographyproducer · Brooklyn, NYDied 11 November 1995 · Blues · Bluesville Rec’s
- 1931Lorraine EllisonBiographycomposer, vocal · Philadelphia, PADied 31 January 1983 · Soul
- 1934Q.T. Maconguitar · Bolivar, TNDied 12 April 1994 · Blues · Pulsar Rec’s
- 1938Eddie C GilesBiographyguitar, vocal · Frierson, LADied 5 February 2019 · Soul · Murco Records
- 1939Louis Aldine "Dean" MathisBiographybass, guitar, piano · Hahira, GAR&B · The Brothers, Dale Hawkins
- 1941Clarence CollinsBiographyvocal · New York, NYR&B · Soul · Little Anthony & Imperials
- 1946Harold Ray BrownBiographydrums · Long Beach, CASoul · WAR
- 1954Hollywood Fats (Michael Mann)BiographyguitarDied 8 December 1986 · Blues
Died17
- 1958Carl PerkinsBiographypiano · Los Angeles, CABorn 16 August 1928 · aged 29 · Jazz · R&B · Big Jay McNeely, Tiny Bradshaw
- 1963Lizzie MilesBiographyvocal · New Orleans, LABorn 31 March 1895 · aged 67 · Blues · Jazz
- 1976Jack PalmerBiographycomposer · Waterbury, CTBorn 29 May 1900 · aged 75 · Jazz
- 1982Samuel George Jr.Biographyvocal · Detroit, MIBorn 1 October 1942 · aged 39 · Soul · Capitols
- 1989Bobby MitchellBiographyvocal · New Orleans, LABorn 16 August 1935 · aged 53 · R&B · Soul · Toppers
- 1991Cadillac Baby (Narvel Eatmon)BiographyvocalBorn 3 July 1914 · aged 76 · Congestive heart failure · R&B · Bea & Baby
- 1993Bill DiceyBiographyharmonica · Rock Hall, MDBorn 25 May 1936 · aged 56 · Blues · Jsp, Spivey
- 1995Sunnyland Slim (Albert Luandrew)Biographypiano, vocal · Chicago, ILBorn 5 September 1907 · aged 87 · Blues
- 1998Black Lone Ranger (James Ramsey)guitar, vocal · Chicago, ILBorn 1 February 1932 · aged 66 · Heart failure · Blues
- 2000Dorothy "Dottie" Martinvocal · New York, NYR&B · Creations, Willows
- 2000Jerome BreslerBiographycomposer · Delray Beach, FLBorn 29 May 1914 · aged 85 · Jazz · R&B · Louis Jordan
- 2009Lester "Mad Dog" DavenportBiographyharmonica · Chicago, ILBorn 16 January 1932 · aged 77 · Prostate cancer · Blues · Delmark
- 2019Andre WilliamsBiographyvocal · Chicago, ILBorn 1 November 1936 · aged 82 · Cancer · R&B · Soul
- 2021Freddie ReddBiographypiano · New York, NYBorn 29 May 1928 · aged 92 · Jazz · R&B · Tiny Grimes
- 2021Sonny "Orbitone" RobertsBiographycomposer, label-owner, producer · Saint Andrew, JamaicaBorn 26 July 1931 · aged 89 · Cancer · Gospel · Ska · Planetone, Sway, Orbitone
- 2022Bobby StarrBiographyvocalBorn 19 January 1937 · aged 85 · Soul · Intruders
- 2024Sandra CrouchBiographyvocal · Northridge, CABorn 1 July 1942 · aged 81 · Radiation complications from a non-cancerous brain lesion · Gospel
Events3
- 1944Roy Hamilton's 'You Will Never Walk Alone' reaches #1 R&B.
- 1958The Coasters with King Curtis on saxophone record 'Yakety Yak' (Atlantic).
- 1962The Shirelles' 'Soldier Boy' is released on Scepter Records.