Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 17 May
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
17 May
Musicians born and died on 17 May: 15 births, 15 deaths and 3 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born15
- 1880Olivia ShippBiographybass · New Orleans, LADied 18 June 1980 · Jazz
- 1909Joe Montgomerypiano · Kentwood, LABlues · R&B · J. B. Lenoir
- 1911Joshua AltheimerBiographypiano · Pine Bluff, ARDied 18 November 1940 · Blues · Jazz · Bluebird Rec’s
- 1922Vance "Tiny" PowellBiographyvocal · Warren, ARDied 4 February 1984 · Blues · Gospel · Soul · Golden Harp Singers, My Time After Awhile
- 1925Ira TuckerBiographyvocal · Spartanburg, SCDied 24 June 2008 · Gospel · Dixie Hummingbirds
- 1925Peter BadieBiographybass · New Orleans, LADied 15 April 2023 · Jazz · Lionel Hampton
- 1930Curtis Griffinguitar · Poole, LABlues
- 1931Dewey RedmanBiographysaxophone · Fort Worth, TXDied 2 September 2006 · Jazz
- 1932Jackie McLeanBiographysaxophone · New York, NYDied 31 March 2006 · Jazz
- 1933Isidoro LopezBiographysaxophone · Bishop, TXDied 16 August 2004 · Blues · Country
- 1933Ivan SymondsBiographyguitar · Hammonds, NsDied 16 March 1991 · Jazz
- 1938Pervis JacksonBiographyvocal · New Orleans, LADied 18 August 2008 · Soul · Spinners
- 1944Esse Winchestercomposer, guitar · Bossier City, LADied 11 April 2014 · Country
- 1953George JohnsonDiscographyLos Angeles, CABrothers Johnson
Died15
- 1964Stick Horse HammondBiographyguitar · Shreveport, LABorn 16 April 1896 · aged 68 · Blues · Gotham Rec’s, Job
- 1967John Wesley Work IIIBiographycomposerBorn 15 June 1901 · aged 65 · Gospel · Fisk Jubilee Singers
- 1974Romeo Nelson (Nelson Iromeio Nelson)Biographypiano · Chicago, ILBorn 12 March 1902 · aged 72 · Blues
- 1976Charles StepneyBiographyproducer · Chicago, ILBorn 26 March 1931 · aged 45 · Soul · Chess Rec’s
- 1980John E. HowellDiscographytrumpet · Oak Park, ILJazz · Count Basie
- 1986Freddy DonovanvocalBorn 26 June 1939 · aged 46 · Cancer · Doo-wop · Five Willows
- 1989Good Rockin' Charlesharmonica · Chicago, ILBorn 4 March 1933 · aged 56 · Blues
- 1989Jack Halllabel-owner · Granada Hills, CAStinson Rec’s
- 1990Frank WrightBiographysaxophone · Wuppertal, GermanyBorn 9 July 1935 · aged 54 · Jazz
- 1995Dambuza PimvilleBiographyvocal · S. AfricaBorn 23 April 1923 · aged 72 · Jazz · Manhattan Brothers
- 1996Johnny "Guitar" WatsonBiographyguitar, piano, vocal · Yokohama, JapanBorn 3 February 1935 · aged 61 · R&B · Soul
- 2000Richard PayneBiographybassBorn 16 September 1931 · aged 68 · Jazz · R&B
- 2002"Little" Johnny Taylor (Johnny Lamont Merrett Taylor)Biographyvocal · Conway, ARBorn 11 February 1943 · aged 59 · Gospel · R&B · Soul · Mighty Clouds Joy
- 2012Donna SummerBiographyvocal · Naples, FLBorn 31 December 1948 · aged 63 · Lung cancer · Funk · R&B
- 2022Pluggy Satchmo (John Gilbert Peck)Biographyvocal · Toronto, CanadaReggae · Ska · Sparky, Pluggy and Beryl
Events3
- 1953The 'New' Ray Charles enters the studio and records rock'n'roll - 'Mess Around', 'It Should've Been Me' (Atlantic).
- 1967Sam & Dave record the Valentinos’ ‘Soothe Me’ (Stax).
- 1972Bill Brandon records 'Self Preservation' (South Camp 7006).