Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 5 September
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
5 September
Musicians born and died on 5 September: 14 births, 11 deaths and 1 recording milestone from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born14
- 1907Sunnyland Slim (Albert Luandrew)Biographypiano, vocal · Vance, MSDied 17 March 1995 · Blues
- 1911Jimmy SpringsBiographyvocal · Mattoon, ILDied 4 October 1987 · R&B · Five Red Caps
- 1922A.D. "Zuzu" BollinBiographyguitar · Frisco, TXDied 19 October 1990 · Blues
- 1931Earl BrownBiographysaxophone · Elrado, ARBlues · R&B · Lowell Fulson
- 1931Richie PowellBiographypiano · New York, NYDied 26 June 1956 · Jazz · Clifford Brown
- 1931Walter FordBiographyvocalR&B · Rays
- 1933Otis "Candy" FinchBiographydrums · Detroit, MIDied 13 July 1982 · Jazz
- 1936Cornelius Boyson (Cornelius Boysaw Boyson)bass · Tunica, MSDied 9 July 1994 · Blues · Jimmy Dawkins
- 1936Willie WoodsBiographyguitarDied 27 May 1997 · Soul · Jr. Walker & All Stars
- 1943Joe "Speedo" FrazierBiographyvocal · New York, NYDied 1 April 2014 · R&B · Impalas
- 1943Winston WrightBiographykeyboards, organ, vocal · May Pen, JamaicaDied 18 March 1993 · Reggae · Ska · Supersonics, Dynamites, Treasure Isle
- 1947Charles "Bobo" ShawBiographydrums · Pope, MSDied 16 January 2017 · Jazz
- 1953Robbie LawsBiographyguitar · Portland, ORBlues · Urban All-Stars
Died11
- 1950Al KillianBiographytrumpet · Los Angeles, CABorn 15 October 1916 · aged 33 · Jazz · R&B · Jack McVea, T-Bone Walker
- 1969Josh WhiteBiographyguitar, vocal · Long Island, NYBorn 11 February 1914 · aged 55 · Blues
- 1977George BarnesBiographyguitar · Concord, CABorn 17 July 1921 · aged 56 · Jazz
- 1978Joe NegroniBiographyvocal · New York, NYBorn 9 September 1940 · aged 37 · R&B · Teenagers
- 1983Billy StormBiographyvocal · Los Angeles, CABorn 29 June 1938 · aged 45 · R&B · Valiants
- 1983F. Jay TrompeterDJ · Chicago, IL
- 1988Lawrence BrownBiographytrombone · Los Angeles, CABorn 3 August 1907 · aged 81 · Jazz · Duke Ellington
- 1994Louis MyersBiographyguitar, harmonica · Chicago, ILBorn 18 September 1929 · aged 64 · Blues
- 1995James "Pigmeat" Jarrettpiano · Cincinnati, OHBorn 8 December 1899 · aged 95 · Blues · Jazz
- 1999Katie Webster (Kathryn Jewell Thorne Webster)Biographypiano, vocalBorn 11 January 1936 · aged 63 · Blues · R&B · Goldband Rec's
- 2023Charles GayleBiographysaxophone · Brooklyn, NYBorn 28 February 1939 · aged 84 · Jazz
Events1
- 1964Don Covay’s ‘Mercy, Mercy’ (Atlantic) enters charts on the way to #35.