Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 19 May
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
19 May
Musicians born and died on 19 May: 5 births, 10 deaths and 2 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born5
- 1902Monette MooreBiographypiano · Gainesville, TXDied 21 October 1962 · Blues · Jazz
- 1917C.D. Dobbsguitar · Okolona, MSDied 5 April · Country · Rock & Roll
- 1923Lee RobinzineQuitman, MSDied 22 January 1988 · Blues Taxi Driver!
- 1924Lord Messam (Charles Augustus)Biographyband-leader, composer, vocal · Kingston, JamaicaMento · Lord Messam & His Calypsonians, MRS, Souvenir of Montego Bay
- 1941Val PoliutoBiographyvocal · Detroit, MIDied 31 July 2026 · R&B · Jaguars
Died10
- 1969Coleman HawkinsBiographycello, piano, saxophone · New York, NYBorn 21 November 1904 · aged 64 · Jazz
- 1978Teddy HillBiographysaxophone · Cleveland, OHBorn 7 December 1909 · aged 68 · Jazz
- 1986Jimmy LyonsBiographysaxophone · New York, NYBorn 1 December 1931 · aged 54 · Jazz
- 1991Odia CoatesBiographyvocal · Oakland, CABorn 13 November 1941 · aged 49 · Gospel
- 1997Nolan WashingtonBiographyvocalBorn 15 August 1931 · aged 65 · Gospel · Zion Harmonizers
- 1998Dorothy DoneganBiographypiano · Los Angeles, CABorn 6 April 1922 · aged 76 · Colon cancer · Jazz
- 2004Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" MooreBiographyvocal · Yazoo City, MSBorn 8 November 1913 · aged 90 · Gospel · R&B
- 2010Larry Dale (Ennis Lowery Dale)Biographyguitar, vocal · New York, NYBorn 7 January 1923 · aged 87 · Blues · R&B
- 2014Count Suckle (Willbert Augustus Campbell)Biographylabel-owner, producer · London, EnglandBorn 12 August 1931 · aged 82 · Heart attack · Reggae · Ska · Q Records
Events2
- 1950Sarah Vaughan records 'West of the Sun (East of the Moon) (Columbia)
- 1966Mable John’s hit ‘Your Good Thing (Is About To End)’ released (Stax 192).