Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 29 May
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
29 May
Musicians born and died on 29 May: 13 births, 12 deaths and 2 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born13
- 1900Jack PalmerBiographycomposer · Nashville, TNDied 17 March 1976 · Jazz
- 1914Jerome BreslerBiographycomposer · Chicago, ILDied 17 March 2000 · Jazz · R&B · Louis Jordan
- 1918"Lazy" Bill LucasBiographypiano · Wynne, ARDied 11 December 1982 · Blues
- 1921Leo Salleyarranger, trumpet · Newark, NJDied 4 September 1987
- 1922David "Bubba" BrooksBiographysaxophone · Fayetteville, NCDied 11 April 2002 · Jazz
- 1923Eugene WrightBiographybass · Chicago, ILDied 30 December 2020 · Jazz · Dave Brubeck, Gene Ammons
- 1923Harry SmithBiographyproducer · Portland, ORDied 27 November 1991 · Folk · Folkways Rec’s
- 1927Thornel SchwartzBiographyguitar · PennsylvaniaDied 30 December 1977 · Jazz · Jimmy McGriff
- 1928Freddie ReddBiographypiano · New York, NYDied 17 March 2021 · Jazz · R&B · Tiny Grimes
- 1931Headley Bennett (Felix Headley Bennett)Biographysaxophone · Kingston, JamaicaDied 21 August 2016 · Reggae · Ska · Sheiks, Lynn Taitt and the Jets, Mighty Vikings, Studio One
- 1935Sylvia Vanderpool-RobinsonBiographyvocal · New York, NYDied 29 September 2011 · R&B · Micky & Sylvia
- 1950Rebbie JacksonBiographyvocal · Gary, INR&B
Died12
- 1958Tom RockwellBiographylabel-owner · New York, NYGeneral Artists Corp
- 1972George "The Hound Dog" LorenzBiographyDJ · Buffalo, NYBorn 22 October 1919 · aged 52 · R&B · Rock & Roll
- 1977Goddard LiebersonBiographylabel-owner · New York, NYBorn 5 April 1911 · aged 66 · Jazz · Rock & Roll · Cbs, Sony
- 1990Eddie "Big Blues" CarsonBiographyvocal · Toledo, OHBorn 25 August 1923 · aged 66 · Blues · Josie Rec’s
- 1993Branko ZivanovicBiographylabel-owner · Frankfurt, GermanyBellaphon Rec’s
- 1998Ted DunbarBiographyguitar · New Brunswick, NJBorn 17 January 1937 · aged 61 · Jazz
- 2004Barry Brown (Barrington Michael)Biographycomposer, vocal · Kingston, JamaicaBorn 6 March 1957 · aged 47 · Head injury · Reggae · Aliens
- 2005Oscar Brown Jr.Biographycomposer, vocal · Chicago, ILBorn 10 October 1926 · aged 78 · Jazz
- 2005Percy L. StrotherBiographyguitar, harmonica · Minneapolis, MNBorn 23 July 1946 · aged 58 · Liver cancer · Blues · Blue Moon Rec’s
- 2005Ricky AllenBiographyvocalBorn 6 January 1935 · aged 70 · Blues · Soul
- 2013Marvin JuniorBiographyvocal · Harvey, ILBorn 31 January 1936 · aged 77 · Kidney failure · R&B · Soul · Dells, El-Rays
- 2022Ronnie HawkinsBiographyvocal · Peterborough, CanadaBorn 10 January 1935 · aged 87 · R&B · Hawks
Events2
- 1964The Gems record ‘I Can’t Help Myself’ (Chess 1908).
- 1965Solomon Burke’s ‘Tonight’s the Night’ (Atlantic) enters charts on way to #2.