Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 13 May
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
13 May
Musicians born and died on 13 May: 14 births, 8 deaths and 2 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born14
- 1911Maxine SullivanBiographyvocal · Homestead, PADied 7 April 1987 · Jazz
- 1914Bobby PlaterBiographysaxophone · Newark, NJDied 20 November 1982 · Jazz · R&B · Count Basie, Tiny Bradshaw
- 1918William "Bass" McMahonbass · Birmingham, ALDied 23 September 1996 · R&B · Tiny Bradshaw
- 1920Jack "Jockey" "The Rapper" GibsonBiographyDJ · Chicago, ILDied 30 January 2000 · R&B
- 1926Dewey PhillipsBiographyDJ · Adamsville, TNDied 28 September 1968 · Blues · R&B
- 1933Buddy CatlettBiographysaxophone · Long Beach, CADied 12 November 2014 · Jazz · Blackwell, Count Basie
- 1935Teddy RandazzoBiographycomposer, producer · Brooklyn, NYDied 21 November 2003 · Soul
- 1938John Smithvocal · Newark, NJDied 6 October 2018 · R&B · Monotones
- 1940Richard BrooksBiographycomposer, vocal · Chattanooga, TNDied 12 November 2023 · Soul · Impressions
- 1941Ritchie Valens (Richard Steven Valenzuela Valens)Biographyvocal · Los Angeles, CADied 3 February 1959 · R&B · Silhouettes
- 1943Mary WellsBiographyvocal · Detroit, MIDied 26 July 1992 · Soul · Motown Rec’s
- 1944Carolyn FranklinBiographyarranger, composer, vocal · Memphis, TNDied 25 April 1988 · Soul
- 1945Eddie StokesLake Charles, LAZydeco · Buckwheat Zydeco
- 1950Stevie Wonder (Steveland Morris Hardaway Judkins Wonder)Biographyharmonica, organ, piano, vocal · Saginaw, MISoul
Died8
- 1987Phil MooreBiographyarranger · Los Angeles, CABorn 20 February 1917 · aged 70 · Jazz · Black & White Rec’s
- 1988Chet BakerBiographyflugelhorn, trumpet, vocals · Amsterdam, HollandBorn 23 December 1929 · aged 58 · Jazz
- 1988Floyd MorrisBiographypiano · Chicago, ILJazz
- 1992Floyd ArceneauxBiographytrumpet · Houston, TXBorn 9 August 1934 · aged 57 · Jazz · R&B · G Gaines, Joe Scott
- 2012Donald "Duck" DunnBiographybass · Tokyo, JapanBorn 24 November 1941 · aged 70 · Soul · Booker T & Mgs
- 2017James Leon ComegystromboneBorn 7 June 1917 · aged 99 · Jazz · R&B · Eddie "cleanhead" Vinson, Tiny Bradshaw
- 2021Norman SimmonsBiographypiano · Mesa, AZBorn 6 October 1929 · aged 91 · Multiple myeloma · Jazz
- 2026Clarence CarterBiographyvocal · Atlanta, GABorn 14 January 1936 · aged 90 · Pneumonia complications · Soul · Clarence & Calvin
Events2
- 1956King Curtis begins his long association with Atlantic records participating in a session featuring the Tibbs Brothers after being introduced to Herb Abramson by Doc Pomus - Atco 6074 ‘I’m Going Crazy’/‘Miss Rip Van Winkle’.
- 1965Ramsey Lewis Trio record 'The In Crowd' (Cadet 5506) at the Bohemian Caverns Washington DC.