Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 9 September
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
9 September
Musicians born and died on 9 September: 19 births, 5 deaths and 4 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born19
- 1894Honore DutreyBiographytrombone · New Orleans, LADied 21 July 1935 · Blues · Jazz · Sippie Wallace
- 1901Joe Dobbinspiano · Brinkley, ARBlues · Chess/adelphi Rec’s
- 1906Hersal ThomasBiographypiano · Houston, TXDied 2 June 1926 · Blues
- 1907Memphis Ma RaineyBiographyvocal · Columbia, TNDied 27 March 1985 · Blues · Sun Rec’s
- 1913William Lewisorgan, piano · Gates, PA
- 1914Coy "Hot Shot" LoveDiscographyharmonica · Clarksdale, MSDied 4 June 1980 · Blues · Sun Rec’s
- 1926Jacob "Jake" CareyBiographyvocal · Pulaski, VADied 10 December 1997 · R&B · Flamingos
- 1927Elvin JonesBiographydrumsDied 18 May 2004 · Jazz
- 1927Johnny FieldsBiographyvocal · Lowndesboro, ALGospel · Five Blind Boys of Alabama
- 1935Edward Nicholsonpiano, trumpet · East St. Louis, IL
- 1936Walter Zuber ArmstrongBiographysaxophone · Tupelo, MSDied 1 March 1998 · Jazz
- 1940Joe NegroniBiographyvocal · New York, NYDied 5 September 1978 · R&B · Teenagers
- 1941Otis ReddingBiographycomposer, vocal · Dawson, GADied 10 December 1967 · Soul
- 1942Danny KalbBiographyguitar · Brooklyn, NYDied 19 November 2022 · Blues · Blues Project
- 1942Luther Simmons Jr.Biographyvocal · New York, NYDied 9 May 2016 · Soul · Main Ingredient, Poets
- 1945Dee Dee Sharp (Dione Larue Sharp)Biographyvocal · Philadelphia, PAR&B · Soul
- 1946Billy PrestonBiographyorgan, piano · Houston, TXDied 6 June 2006 · Jazz · Soul
Died5
- 1974Irvine C. Turnerukulele · Newwark, NJ
- 1979Wilbur WareBiographybass · Philadelphia, PABorn 8 September 1923 · aged 56 · Jazz
- 1983Sandra Tilley-MieseBiographyvocal · Las Vegas, NVBorn 6 May · Soul · Velvelettes
- 1986Robert "Dean" Nolanpiano · Detroit, MIBorn 25 January 1912 · aged 74 · Gospel · Eva Jessye
- 2020Ronald BellBiographysaxophone · U.S. Virgin IslandsBorn 1 November 1951 · aged 68 · Soul · Kool & Gang
Events4
- 1944Alan Freed begins as DJ on WINS N.Y.
- 1955Most important day of Clifton Chenier’s Specialty sessions - ‘Squeeze Box Boogie’, ‘I’m On My Way’.
- 1958‘Hop’ Wilson records ‘Rockin’ at the Coconut Top’ (Trey 1003), ‘Broke and Hungry’ (Goldband 1078) at ACA Studio, Houston Texas.
- 1966Les McCann lays down his influential take on Gene McDaniel’s ‘Compared To What’ at Bell Sound Studios, New York.