Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 30 November
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
30 November
Musicians born and died on 30 November: 17 births, 10 deaths and 1 recording milestone from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born17
- Carter JeffersonBiographysaxophoneDied 9 December 1993 · Soul · Marvin Gaye
- 1909Robert Nighthawk (Robert Lee McCollum Nighthawk)Biographyguitar, vocal · Helena, ARDied 5 November 1967 · Blues
- 1912Gordon Parks Sr.Biographycomposer · Fort Scott, KSDied 7 March 2006 · Soul
- 1914Billy HadnottBiographybass · Port Arthur, TXDied 1 December 1999 · R&B · Lowell Fulson, Nellie Lutcher
- 1915Brownie McGheeBiographyguitar · Knoxville, TNDied 16 February 1996 · Blues · R&B · Sonny Terry
- 1917Edna Gallmon "Madame" CookeBiographyvocal · Columbia, SCDied 4 September 1967 · Gospel
- 1929Dick ClarkBiographyDJ · Mount Vernon, NYDied 18 April 2012 · R&B · Soul
- 1932Earl JohnsonBiographyvocal · New York, NYBlues · Jive Bombers
- 1937Jimmy BowenBiographybass, producer, vocal · Santa Rita, NMJazz
- 1937Luther IngramBiographycomposer, vocal · Jackson, TNDied 19 March 2007 · Soul
- 1943James Jay "J.J." BarnesBiographyvocal · Detroit, MIDied 10 December 2022 · Soul
- 1945Johnny Mbizo DyaniBiographybass · East London, South AfricaDied 24 October 1986 · Jazz
- 1949Jimmy London (Trevor Anthony Shaw)Biographycomposer, vocal · Saint Catherine Parish, JamaicaReggae · Inspirations, Joe Gibbs, Impact Records, Trojan Rec’s
- 1951Lafayette "Shorty" GilbertBiographybass · Lena, MSBlues · Eddie Shaw
- 1953June PointerBiographyvocal · Oakland, CADied 11 April 2006 · Soul · Pointer Sisters
- 1953Shuggie OtisBiographyguitar · Los Angeles, CABlues · R&B
Died10
- 1956Jean SchwartzBiographycomposer · Sherman Oaks, CABorn 4 November 1878 · aged 78 · Jazz · R&B · Louis Jordan
- 1964Don RedmanBiographyarranger, saxophone · New York, NYBorn 29 July 1900 · aged 64 · Jazz
- 1986Chicken Georgedrums, guitar · Memphis, TNBlues
- 1988Charlie RouseBiographysaxophone · Seattle, WABorn 6 April 1924 · aged 64 · Jazz · Eddie "cleanhead" Vinson, Thelonios Monk
- 1994Connie KayBiographydrums, percussionBorn 27 April 1927 · aged 67 · Jazz · Modern Jazz Quartet
- 1999Charlie ByrdBiographyguitar · Annapolis, MDBorn 16 September 1925 · aged 74 · Cancer · Jazz
- 1999Don "Sugarcane" HarrisBiographyguitar, violin, vocal · Los Angeles, CABorn 18 June 1938 · aged 61 · Pulmonary disease · Blues · R&B · Don & Dewey, Squires
- 2011J. BlackfootBiographyvocal · Germantown, TNBorn 20 November 1946 · aged 65 · Pancreatic cancer · Soul · Soul Children
- 2011John "Blackfoot" ColbertBiographyvocal · Germantown, TNBorn 20 November 1946 · aged 65 · Pancreatic cancer · Soul · Soul Children
- 2024Steve AlaimoBiographybass, composer, guitar, producer, vocalBorn 12 June 1939 · aged 85 · R&B · Soul
Events1
- 1966Bobby Bland records 'Shoes' (Duke 426), 'Sad Feeling' in Chicago.