Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 16 September
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
16 September
Musicians born and died on 16 September: 20 births, 12 deaths and 1 recording milestone from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born20
- 1903Barrelhouse Buck (Buck McFarland)Biographypiano · Alton, ILDied 8 April 1962 · Blues
- 1903Joe VenutiBiographyviolin · Philadelphia, PADied 14 August 1978 · Jazz
- 1912James MaysBlues
- 1913Florence GreenbergBiographylabel-owner · New York, NYDied 2 November 1995 · R&B · Soul · Scepter/wand Rec’s
- 1914Kelly MartinBiographydrums · Lake City, CAJazz
- 1921Jon HendricksBiographycomposer, vocal · Newark, OHDied 22 November 2017 · Jazz
- 1925Charlie ByrdBiographyguitar · Suffolk, VADied 30 November 1999 · Jazz
- 1925Jack HammerBiographycomposer · New Orleans, LADied 8 April 2016 · Soul · Otis Blackwell
- 1925Riley Ben "B.B." KingBiographyguitar, vocal · Itta Bena, MSDied 14 May 2015 · Blues · R&B
- 1931Richard PayneBiographybass · New Orleans, LADied 17 May 2000 · Jazz · R&B
- 1931“Little” Willie LittlefieldBiographypiano, vocal · El Campo, TXDied 23 June 2013 · Blues · R&B
- 1934Richard BlandonBiographyvocal · Montgomery, ALDied 30 December 1991 · R&B · Dubs
- 1935William "Billy Boy" ArnoldBiographyharmonica, vocal · Chicago, ILBlues
- 1939Louise HarrisBiographyvocal · New York, NYR&B · Hearts
- 1940Hamiet BluiettBiographysaxophone · St. Louis, MODied 4 October 2018 · Jazz
- 1944Betty KellyBiographyvocal · Attalla, ALSoul · Martha Reeves & Vandellas
- 1944Bongo Herman (Herman Constantine Davis)Biographydrums, percussion, vocal · Kingston, JamaicaReggae · Derrick Harriott, Abyssinians, Itals, Roots Radics
- 1944Winston GrennanBiographydrums · St. Thomas, JamaicaDied 27 October 2000 · Reggae · Ska · Caribbeats, Tommy McCook & Supersonics
- 1951Stuart Lane Nortonharmonica · Oak Bluffs, MACooler Kings
- 1953Earl KlughBiographyguitar · Detroit, MIJazz
Died12
- 1964Ernest "Bass" HillBiographybass · New York, NYBorn 14 March 1900 · aged 64 · Jazz · Sammy Price
- 1972Edgar V. BlanchardBiographyband-leader, guitar · New Orleans, LABorn 17 August 1924 · aged 48 · R&B
- 1986Louise ParkerBiographyvocal · Wynnewood, PABorn 23 July 1926 · aged 60 · Gospel · Hall Johnson Choir
- 1988Doc Washboardwashboard · Brooklyn, NYBorn 8 September 1911 · aged 77 · Blues
- 1988Washboard Docwashboard · Brooklyn, NYBorn 8 September 1911 · aged 77 · Blues · Spivey Rec’s
- 1994Thomas Jefferson KayeBiographyproducer · Warwick, NYBorn 3 February 1940 · aged 54 · Blood infection · Gospel · R&B · Soul · Maxine Brown, Shirelles
- 1996Edward C. "Mr. Ed" WernerDJ · Memphis, TN
- 2008Norman WhitfieldBiographyarranger, producer · Los Angeles County, CABorn 12 May 1940 · aged 68 · Soul · Motown Rec’s
- 2011Willie "Big Eye" SmithBiographydrums · Chicago, ILBorn 19 January 1936 · aged 75 · Stroke · Blues
- 2013Jimmy PonderBiographyguitar · Pittsburgh, PABorn 10 May 1946 · aged 67 · Lung cancer · Jazz
- 2018“Big” Jay McNeelyBiographysaxophone · Moreno Valley, CABorn 29 April 1927 · aged 91 · Prostate cancer · R&B Interview on Mohair Slim →
- 2020Stanley CrouchBiographydrums · New York, NYBorn 14 December 1945 · aged 74 · Unspecified illness · Jazz
Events1
- 1947Eddie Boyd records ‘Rosa Lee Swing’ (Victor) in Chicago.