Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 10 October
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
10 October
Musicians born and died on 10 October: 20 births, 10 deaths and 3 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born20
- 1899Georgia Peach (Clara Hudman)Biographyvocal · Atlanta, GADied 31 December 1966 · Gospel
- 1904Sam "Spo Dee Dee O Dee" TheardBiographycomposer, vocal · New Orleans, LADied 7 December 1982 · R&B
- 1908Johnny GreenBiographycomposer · New York, NYDied 15 May 1989 · Jazz
- 1909Paul Mason HowardBiographyzither · Burr Oak, MIBlues · Jazz · Leadbelly
- 1910Milt "Tippy" LarkinBiographytrombone, trumpet · Navasota, TXDied 31 August 1996 · Jazz
- 1914Ivory Joe HunterBiographyband-leader, composer, DJ, piano, vocal · Kirbyville, TXDied 8 November 1974 · Blues · R&B · Johnny Moore's Three Blazes
- 1915Don PierceBiographylabel-owner · Ballard, WADied 3 April 2005 · Hollywood Rec’s
- 1915Harry "Sweets" EdisonBiographytrumpet · Columbus, OHDied 27 July 1999 · Jazz · Count Basie
- 1917Thelonious MonkBiographycomposer, piano · Edgecombe Cty, NCDied 17 February 1982 · Jazz
- 1918George RhodesBiographyarranger, piano · IndianaDied 25 December 1985 · Jazz · R&B · Joe Thomas, Ravens
- 1921Monk MontgomeryBiographybass · Indianapolis, INDied 20 May 1982 · Jazz · El. B
- 1923Wade WaltonBiographyguitar, harmonica, vocal · Lombardy, MSDied 10 January 2000 · Blues · Arhoolie Rec’s
- 1923“Fats” HeardBiographydrums · Cleveland, OHDied 5 December 1987 · Jazz · Lionel Hampton
- 1926Oscar Brown Jr.Biographycomposer, vocal · Chicago, ILDied 29 May 2005 · Jazz
- 1929Ed BlackwellBiographydrums · New Orleans, LADied 7 October 1992 · Jazz
- 1943Jerry "Count" Jackson (Jerry Lacroix Jackson)Biographyvocal · Alexandria, LADied 7 May 2014 · R&B · Soul · Boogie Kings
- 1946Ben VereenBiographyvocal · Miami, FL
- 1946Willard White (Willard Wentworth White)Biographyvocal · Kingston, JamaicaFolk · Jamaican Folk Singers
- 1948Charles BrimmerBiographyvocal · New Orleans, LASoul
- 1948Cyril NevilleBiographypercussion · New Orleans, LASoul · Neville Brothers
Died10
- 1958Kid Sox WilsonBiographyvocal · Cape May Court House, NJBorn 1 October 1893 · aged 65 · Blues · Jazz
- 1960June Lawrence ColeBiographybass · New York, NYJazz
- 1984Joe Johnson (CBS Trumpeteers)Biographyvocal · Baltimore, MDBorn 15 October 1914 · aged 69 · Cbs Trumpeteers
- 1991Mac ThompsonBiographybass · Chicago, ILBorn 28 January 1934 · aged 57 · Blues · Magic Sam
- 1993Ellis Johnsonarranger, vocal · Richmond, VAGospel · Harmonizing Four
- 2008Alton EllisBiographyvocal · London, EnglandBorn 1 September 1938 · aged 70 · Cancer · Reggae · Ska · Alton & Eddy
- 2009Sonny Bradshaw (Cecil Bradshaw)Biographyband-leader, clarinet, DJ, piano, promoter, saxophone, trombone, trumpet · London, EnglandBorn 28 March 1926 · aged 83 · Jazz · Reggae · Sonny Bradshaw Seven, Jamaican Big Band
- 2010Solomon BurkeBiographyvocal · Haarlemmermeer, NetherlandsBorn 21 March 1940 · aged 70 · Natural causes · Soul
- 2014Little Whittguitar · Tuscaloosa, ALBorn 19 January 1932 · aged 82 · Blues · Big Bo
- 2022Anita KerrBiographyarranger, band-leader, composer, conductor, piano, producer, vocal · Geneva, SwitzerlandBorn 13 October 1927 · aged 94 · Country · Jazz · Anita Kerr Singers
Events3
- 1952Eddie Boyd records '24 Hours' (Chess 1533).
- 1953Jerry McCain records for Jackson, MS’s Trumpet Records - ‘East of the Sun’, ‘Wine-O-Wine.
- 1964Rufus Thomas’ ‘Jump Back’ (Stax) enters the Hot 100 on the way to #49.