Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 19 October
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
19 October
Musicians born and died on 19 October: 18 births, 16 deaths and 1 recording milestone from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born18
- 1889Art Uncle SatherleyBiographyarranger, producer · Bristol, EnglandDied 10 February 1986 · Blues · Country
- 1903Hans Jan LengsfelderBiographycomposer · Vienna, AustriaDied 6 February 1979 · Jazz · Perdido
- 1907Nat D. "Professor" WilliamsBiographyDJ · Memphis, TNDied 27 October 1983 · Blues · R&B · Soul · Wdia
- 1910John Mills Jr.Biographyarranger, guitar, vocal · Piqua, OHDied 23 January 1936 · Jazz · Mills Brothers
- 1911Dr. Feelgood/ Piano Red (William Lee Perryman Piano Red)Biographypiano, vocal · Hampton, GADied 25 July 1985 · R&B
- 1922Tommy "Mad Dog" JonesBiographysaxophone · Chicago, ILDied 25 October 1993 · Blues · Jazz · R&B
- 1925Marie Adams (Ollie Marie Givens Adams)Biographyvocal · Linden, TXDied 23 February 1998 · R&B
- 1931Robert PlunkettBiographydrums · Benton, MSDied 3 May 2004 · Blues · Eddie Shaw
- 1931William James "Billy" GaylesBiographydrums · Silkeston, MODied 8 April 1993 · R&B · Ike Turner, King Rec’s
- 1933James Dent "Jimmy" DotsonBiographybass, drums, guitar · Ethel, LADied 26 March 2017 · Blues · Flyright Rec’s, Zynn
- 1940Larry ChanceBiographyvocal · Bronx, NYDied 6 September 2023 · R&B · Earls
- 1944George McCraeBiographyproducer, vocal · West Palm Beach, FLDied 24 January 1986 · Soul
- 1944Peter Tosh (Winston Hubert McIntosh Tosh)Biographycomposer, vocal · Westmoreland, JamaicaDied 11 September 1987 · Reggae · Wailers, Wailing Wailers
- 1945Sharon ReddBiographyvocal · Norfolk, VADied 1 May 1992 · R&B · Soul
- 1947Wilbert HartBiographyvocal · Philadelphia, PASoul · Delfonics
- 1948Patrick SimmonsBiographyguitar · Aberdeen, WAFolk · Rock & Roll
Died16
- 1967Billy BanksBiographyvocal · Tokyo, JapanJazz
- 1967Henderson ChambersBiographytrombone · New York, NYBorn 1 May 1908 · aged 59 · Jazz · R&B · Tiny Bradshaw
- 1969William LangfordBiographyvocal · Winston-Salem, NCBorn 27 July 1910 · aged 59 · Gospel · Golden Gate Quartet
- 1982Jesse PowellBiographyband-leader, saxophone · New York, NYBorn 27 February 1924 · aged 58 · Jazz · R&B
- 1984Tom "Shy Guy" DouglasBiographyharmonica, piano · Nashville, TNBorn 8 November 1917 · aged 66 · Blues
- 1986Moses AschBiographylabel-owner · New York, NYBorn 2 December 1905 · aged 80 · Blues · Folkways Rec’s
- 1989Eric DixonBiographysaxophone · New York, NYBorn 28 March 1930 · aged 59 · Jazz · Count Basie
- 1990A.D. "Zuzu" BollinBiographyguitar · Dallas, TXBorn 5 September 1922 · aged 68 · Blues
- 1991Jack LauderdaleBiographylabel-owner · Los Angeles, CABorn 28 January 1922 · aged 69 · Blues · Jazz · R&B · Swingtime Rec’s
- 1993Robert "Little" WeaverBiographyguitar · St. Louis, MOBorn 15 June 1933 · aged 60 · Blues · Big Bad Smitty
- 1995Don CherryBiographyclarinet, piano, vocal · Malaga, SpainBorn 18 November 1936 · aged 58 · Liver cancer · Jazz
- 2000Garth "Tyrone" EvansBiographyvocal · New York, NYReggae · Ska · Paragons, Techniques
- 2000Hortense EllisBiographyvocal · Kingston, JamaicaBorn 18 April 1941 · aged 59 · Stomach infection · Reggae · Ska
- 2025Anthony JacksonBiographybass · Staten Island, NYBorn 23 June 1952 · aged 73 · Parkinson’s disease · Soul · Billy Paul, O'Jays
Events1
- 1955John Lee Hooker records ‘Dimples’ (Vee Jay) with Jimmy Reed.