Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 17 October
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
17 October
Musicians born and died on 17 October: 12 births, 4 deaths and 1 recording milestone from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born12
- 1900Jimmy HarrisonBiographytrombone · Louisville, KYDied 23 July 1931 · Blues · Jazz · Bessie Smith
- 1901Lee CollinsBiographytrumpet · New Orleans, LADied 3 July 1960 · Jazz
- 1901Leslie ThompsonBiographytrumpet · Kingston, JamaicaDied 26 December 1987 · Jazz
- 1909William Randolph "Cozy" ColeBiographydrums · East Orange, NJDied 29 January 1981 · Jazz
- 1914Steve Gibsonguitar, vocal · Lynchburg, VAJazz · Five Red Caps
- 1923Barney KesselBiographyguitar · Muskogee, OKDied 6 May 2004 · Jazz
- 1925Ted JarrettBiographycomposer, piano, producer · Nashville, TNDied 21 March 2009 · R&B · Soul · Gene Allison
- 1929Tina MayfieldBiographypromoter · Stamps, ARDied 14 December 2006 · R&B · Percy Mayfield
- 1934Emmanuel "Rico" RodriguezBiographytrombone · Havana, CubaDied 4 September 2015 · Reggae · Ska
- 1936Monk Higgins (Milton Bland Higgins)Biographyarranger, producer, saxophone · Menifee, ARDied 3 July 1986 · Soul
- 1939Bernie PearlBiographyDJ, guitar, producer · Los Angeles, CAR&B · Harmonica Fats
- 1945Holly MaxwellBiographyvocal · Chicago, ILSoul
Died4
- 1962Rubberlegs Williamsvocal · New York, NYBorn 14 July 1907 · aged 55 · Blues · Jazz
- 1984Alberta HunterBiographyvocal · Roosevelt Island, NYBorn 1 April 1895 · aged 89 · Blues
- 2008Levi StubbsBiographyvocal · Detroit, MIBorn 6 June 1936 · aged 72 · R&B · Soul · Four Tops
- 2017Howard CarrollBiographyguitar · Philadelphia, PABorn 27 April 1925 · aged 92 · Gospel · Dixie Hummingbirds
Events1
- 1964The Velvettes’ ‘Needle In A Haystack’, on Motown subsidiary V.I.P., enters the charts.