Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 20 October
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
20 October
Musicians born and died on 20 October: 9 births, 7 deaths and 2 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born9
- 1890Jelly Roll Morton (Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton)Biographypiano · New Orleans, LADied 10 July 1941 · Jazz
- 1890Jelly Roll Morton (Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe)Biographypiano, vocal · New Orleans, LADied 10 July 1941 · Jazz
- 1901Adelaide HallBiographyvocal · Brooklyn, NYDied 7 November 1993 · Jazz
- 1906John Dudley "Johnny" MooreBiographyguitar · Austin, TXDied 6 January 1969 · R&B · Three Blazers
- 1907Carl KressBiographyguitar · Newark, NJDied 10 June 1965 · Blues · Jazz · Eddie Lang
- 1910Charlie FuquaBiographyvocal · Martinsburg, WVDied 21 December 1971 · Jazz · Ink Spots
- 1931George Johnson (drums)drums · MassachusettsDied 29 December 1985 · R&B · Bill Doggett, Willis Jackson
- 1934Eddie HarrisBiographysaxophone, vocal · Chicago, ILDied 5 November 1996 · Jazz
- 1943Bugs HendersonBiographyguitar · Palm Springs, CADied 9 March 2012 · Blues
Died7
- 1913Pork MillerBiographybanjo · Richmond, VABorn 2 August 1844 · aged 69 · Folk · Gospel · Old South Quartet
- 1949Sam "Cryin'" CollinsBiographyguitar · Chicago, ILBorn 11 August 1887 · aged 62 · Blues · Gennett Rec’s
- 1968Elder Solomon Lightfoot MichauxBiographyevangelist · Washington, DCBorn 7 November 1884 · aged 83 · Gospel
- 1984Albert "Budd" JohnsonBiographysaxophone · Kansas City, MOBorn 14 December 1910 · aged 73 · Jazz · R&B · Benny Green Band, Earl Hines Band, Fletcher Henderson Band, Louis Armstrong Band
- 1995Raymond Rasberrypiano · Los Angeles, CABorn 10 March 1930 · aged 65 · Gospel · Rasberry Singers
- 2023Gene GoodmanBiographylabel-ownerBorn 3 August 1910 · aged 113 · Arc Music
- 2024Barbara Dane (Barbara Jean Spillman Dane)Biographyvocal · Oakland, CABorn 12 May 1927 · aged 97 · Heart failure · Blues · Folk · Jazz
Events2
- 1944Lavern Baker records ‘Tomorrow Night’, ‘Tweedlee Dee’ (#4) (Atlantic).
- 1966Cannonball Adderley records the seminal Soul-Jazz groove 'Mercy, Mercy, Mercy' for Capitol Records Los Angeles.