Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 25 May
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
25 May
Musicians born and died on 25 May: 14 births, 10 deaths and 2 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born14
- 1878Bill "Bojangles" RobinsonBiographydancer, vocal · Richmond, VADied 25 November 1949 · Jazz · Dancer/decca
- 1893Pop StonemanBiographyguitar · Monarat, VADied 14 June 1968 · Country
- 1910Pha TerrellBiographyvocal · Kansas City, MODied 14 October 1945 · Jazz · Andy Kirk
- 1912James CrutchfieldBiographypiano · Baton Rouge, LADied 7 December 2001 · Blues · Swingmaster Rec’s
- 1912Willie B. ThomasBiographyguitar · Lobdell, MSDied 23 November 1977 · Blues · Arhoolie, Butch Cage
- 1917Jimmy HamiltonBiographyclarinet, saxophone · Dillon, SCDied 20 September 1994 · Jazz · Duke Ellington
- 1923Lloyd TrotmanBiographybass · Boston, MADied 3 October 2007 · Jazz · R&B · T-Bone Walker
- 1927Bill "Rosco" MercerBiographyDJ · New York, NYDied 1 August 2000 · R&B · Soul
- 1936Bill DiceyBiographyharmonica · Annapolis, MDDied 17 March 1993 · Blues · Jsp, Spivey
- 1936Donnie ElbertBiographyvocal · New Orleans, LADied 26 January 1989 · R&B · Soul · Vibraharps
- 1947Dennis Walks (Dennis Vassell)Biographyvocal · Spanish Town, JamaicaReggae · Treasure Isle, Moodisc, Joe Gibbs
- 1956Sugar Minott (Lincoln Barrington Minott)Biographycomposer, DJ, producer, sound-system, vocal · Kingston, JamaicaDied 10 July 2010 · Reggae · African Brothers, Ital, Micron, Studio One
Died10
- 1955Wardell GrayBiographysaxophone · Las Vegas, NVBorn 13 February 1921 · aged 34 · Jazz
- 1965"Sonny Boy" Williamson (Rice Miller Williamson)Biographyharmonica, vocal · Helena, ARBorn 11 March 1908 · aged 57 · Blues
- 1994Sonny SharrockBiographyguitar · Ossining, NYBorn 27 August 1940 · aged 53 · Heart attack · Jazz · Herbie Hancock, Herbie Mann, Miles Davis
- 1996Barney WilenBiographysaxophone · Paris, FranceBorn 4 March 1937 · aged 59 · Jazz · Miles Davis
- 2006Desmond Dekker (Desmond Dacres Dekker)Biographyvocal · Thornton Heath, EnglandBorn 16 July 1941 · aged 64 · Heart attack · Reggae · Ska · Aces
- 2007Roy Richards (Leroy Richards)harmonica, vocal · Saint Ann, JamaicaBorn 9 November 1941 · aged 65 · Reggae · Ska · Roy & Paulette, Keith & Enid, Byron Lee and the Dragonaires, Studio One
- 2014Herb JeffriesBiographyvocal · West Hills, CABorn 24 September 1913 · aged 100 · Heart failure · Jazz · Duke Ellington, Jack McVea
- 2026Sonny RollinsBiographysaxophone · Woodstock, NYBorn 7 September 1930 · aged 95 · Jazz
Events2
- 1944Howlin' Wolf records Evil (Chess).
- 1962Owen Gray leaves Jamaica for England.