BLUES BIRTHDAYS
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JANUARY BLUES BIRTHDAYS1-Frank Stokes (1888), Johnny Young (1918) 2-Arthur Prysock (1929), Little Smokey Smothers (1939) 4-Slim Gaillard (1916), Arthur Conley (1946) 5-Johnny Adams (1932) 6-Wilbert Harrison (1929), Shirley Brown (1947), Kim Wilson (1951) 8-Shirley Bassey (1937), Elvis Presley (1935), Tampa Red (1904) 9-Ishmon Bracey (1901), Big Al Downing (1940), Katie Webster (1939) 10-Eddy Clearwater (1935), Sam Chatmon (1897), Buddy Johnson (1915) 11-Clarence “Pinetop” Smith (1904), Slim Harpo (1924) 12-Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904), Jay McShann (1909), George Duke (1946), Long John Baldry (1941) 14-Allen Toussaint (1938) 15-Earl Hooker (1930) 16-Barbara Lynn (1942), Lester Davenport (1932), Robert Wilkins (1896) 18-David Ruffin (1941) 19-Henry Gray (1925) 20-Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter (1889), Luther Tucker (1936), John Campbell (1952) 21-Snooks Eaglin (1936), Richie Havens (1941) 22-Hammie Nixon (1908), Sam Cooke (1935), Billy “The Kid” Emerson (1938) 24-Aaron Neville (1941), Johnny B. Moore (1950) 25-Sleepy John Estes (1899), Etta James (1939) 26-Huey “Piano” Smith (1934), Eartha Kitt (1928) 27-Andrew “Smokey” Hogg (1914), Elmore James (1918), Bobby “Blue” Bland (1930), Hot Lips Page (1908) 28-Cash McCall (1941) 29-Eddie Taylor (1923) 30-Ruth Brown (1928) 31-Roosevelt Sykes (1906), Chuck Willis (1928), Paul deLay (1952), Charlie Musselwhite (1944) FEBRUARY BLUES BIRTHDAYS1-Leroy Foster (1923), James P. Johnson (1894), Sonny Landreth (1951) 2-Walter Jacobs Vinson (1901), William “Pa” Rainey (1904) 3-Johnny “Guitar” Watson (1935) 4-Speedy Ashford (1910) 5-Will “Son Brimmer” Shade (1898) 6-Bob Marley (1945) 7-Earl Kng (1934), King Curtis (1934), Eubie Blake (1883) 8-Alonzo “Lonnie” Johnson (1889), Floyd Dixon (1929), Eddie “Guitar” Burns (1928) 9-Johnny Heartsman (1937) 10-Alton Jay “Rockin’ Dopsie” Rubin (1932), TV Slim (1916) 11-Josh White (1908), Phillip Walker (1937), Little Johnny Taylor (1943), Otis Clay (1942) 12-Pink Anderson(1900), Gene McDaniels (1935), Big John Wrencher (1923) 13-John Lee Henley (1919) 14-“Magic Sam” Maghett (1937), John Henry Perry Bradford (1893), Maceo Parker (1943), Clarence “Blowfly” Reid (1945) 15-James “Kokomo” Arnold (1901) 17-Lou Ann Barton (1954), Noble Watts (1926) 16-Bill Doggett (1916) 18-Irma Thomas (1941) 19-Earl Bell (1914), Sammy Myers (1936), William “Smokey” Robinson (1940) 20-Jimmy “Papa” Yancey (1898), Nancy Wilson (1937) 21-Francis “Scrapper” Blackwell (1903), Nina Simone (1933) 22-Bill Jackson (1906), “Ernie K-Doe” Kador (1936) 23-Johnny Winter (1944) 24-Elmon “Driftin’ Slim” Mickle (1919), Freddie Robinson (1939) 25-Ida Cox (1896), Andrew Brown (1937) 26-Antoine “Fats” Domino (1928), Bob “Bear” Hite (1945) 27-Bobby Foster (1942) MARCH BLUES BIRTHDAYS1-Walter Davis (1912), Harry Belafonte (1927) 2-Rory Gallagher (1949) 3-John Primer (1945) 4-Bobby Womack (1944), Willie Johnson (1923) 5-J.B. Lenoir (1929), Peg Leg Howell (1888), Tommy Tucker (1933) 6-Walter “Furry” Lewis (1899), Wes Montgomery (1925) 7-Jesse Fuller (1896) 8-Bob Brozman (1954) 9-Georgia White (1903), Laura Lee (1945), Lloyd Price (1933) 10-Dave Alexander (1938), Ronnie Earl (1953) 13-Otis “Lightnin’ Slim” Hicks (1913) 14-Robert Pete Williams (1914) 15-Bertha “Chippie” Hill (1905), Lightnin’ Hopkins (1912), Clarence Green (1929), Sly Stone (1944), Ry Cooder (1947) 16-Yank Rachell (1910), Son Bonds (1909) 17-Nat “King” Cole (1917) 18-Charley Pride (1938), WIlson Pickett (1941), Big Daddy Kinsey (1927) 19-Clarence “Frogman” Henry (1937), Jackie “Moms” Mabley (1894), Ornette Coleman (1930), Walter Jackson (1938), Sam Myers (1936) 20-Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915), Frank Edwards (1909), Marcia Ball (1949), Sam Lay (1935), Eddie Shaw (1937), Jimmie Vaughan (1951) 21-Bo Carter (1893), Eddie “Son” House (1902), Otis Spann (1930), Smokey Smothers (1929) 22-Weldon “Juke Boy” Bonner (1932), Iverson “Louisiana Red” Minter (1936) 23-Stick McGhee (1918), Chaka Khan (1953) 24-Pete Johnson (1904) 25-Aretha Franklin (1942), Curley Weaver (1906) 26-Rufus Thomas (1917 27-Leroy Carr (1905), Robert “Junior” Lockwood (1915), Johnny Clyde Copeland (1937) 28-“Cripple” Clarence Lofton (1887) 29-William Clarke (1951), Willie Clayton (1955), Sue Foley (1968), Camille Howard (1914) 30-John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson (1914) 31-Big Maceo Merriweather (1905), Lowell Fulson (1921), Lizzie Miles (1895) APRIL BLUES BIRTHDAYS1-Alberta Hunter (1895), Lucille Bogan (1897), Amos Milburn (1927), Gil Scott-Heron (1949), Carl Martin (1906) 2-Marvin Gaye (1939), J.T. Brown (1918) 3-Jimmy McGriff (1936) 4-Cecil Gant (1913), Muddy Waters (1913), Hugh Masakela (1939), Major Lance (1944) 5-Larry McCray (1960) 6-Big Walter Horton (1917) 7-Billie Holiday (1915), Bo Collins (1932) 8-Tommy McClennan (1908), Robert Lowery (1931) 9-Mance Lipscomb (1895), Paul Robeson (1898) 10-John Brim (1922), Roscoe Gordon (1928), Ray Agee (1930) 11-Luther “Guitar Jr.” Johnson (1939) 12-Hound Dog Taylor (1917), Shakey Jake Harris (1921) 13-Al Green (1946), Peabo Bryson (1951) 15-Bessie Smith (1895), Frank Frost (1936) 16-Johnny Littlejohn (1931), Artie “Blues Boy” White (1937) 17-Clifford Gibson (1901), Jimmy Nelson (1928), Byther Smith (1933) 18-Eurreal “Little Brother” Montgomery (1906), Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown (1924) 19-Alexis Korner (1928) 20-Johnny Fuller (1929) 21-Clara Ward (1924) 22-Charles Mingus (1922), George “Harmonica” Smith (1924), Bullmoose Jackson (1919) 23-Charles “Cow Cow” Davenport (1894) 25-Earl Bostic (1913), Ella Fitzgerald (1918), Albert King (1923) 26-Gertrude “Ma” Rainey (1886), Johnny Shines (1915), J.B. Hutto (1926) 27-Ann Peebles (1947), Hop Wilson (1921) 29-Duke Ellington (1899), Big Jay McNeely (1927), Otis Rush (1934), Frankie Lee (1941) 30-Rev. Gary Davis (1896), Homesick James (1910), Mabel Scott (1915), Frankie Lee Sims (1917), Jimmy Lee Robinson (1931) MAY BLUES BIRTHDAYS1-Big Maybelle Smith (1924), Little Walter Jacobs (1930), Ada Brown (1890) 2-Connie Mack Booker (1929) 3-Freddie Roulette (1939), James Brown (1928) 4-Dave Dickerson (1913), Tyrone Davis (1938) 5-Blind Willie Mctell (1901), Johnnie Taylor (1938) 6-Eddie C. Campbell (1939) 7-Amos “Bumble Bee Slim” Easton (1905) 8-Robert Johnson (1911) 9-Henry Ford Thompson (1938)), Dave Prater (1937), A.C. Reed (1926) 10-Ted Bogan (1910), Larry Williams (1935), Greg Piccolo (1951) 11-Kansas Joe McCoy (1905), King Oliver (1885) 12-Barbara Dane (1927), Guy Davis (1952) 13-Mary Wells (1943), Stevie Wonder (1950) 14- Sidney Bechet (1897), Grady Gaines (1934) 15-Johnny Williams (1906), L.C. “Good Rockin” Robinson (1915), Larry Johnson (1938) 16-Cleveland Chenier (1921), Betty Carter (1930) 17-Tiny Powell (1922), Henry “Taj Mahal” Fredericks (1942) 18-Little Son Joe Lawlars (1900), Big Joe Turner (1911), Sara Martin (1884) 20-Jaybird Coleman (1920) 21-Fats Waller (1904), Little Willie Anderson (1920), Dave Specter (1963), Lee “Shot” Williams (1938), Billy Wright (1932) 22-Sun Ra (1914) 24-John Lee (1915) 25-Willie Thomas (1912), Miles Davis (1926) 26-Mamie Smith (1883) 27-Brother John Sellers (1924), Junior Parker (1932) 28-T-Bone Walker (1910), Gladys Knight (1944) 29-Ron Levy (1951) JUNE BLUES BIRTHDAYS1 – Lafayette Leake (1919) 3- Jimmy Rogers (1924), Memphis Minnie (1897), Curtis Mayfield (1942) 8-James Harman (1946) 9-Johnny Ace (1929), Jackie Wilson (1934), Skip James (1902) 10-Howlin’ Wolf (1910) 12-Lyn Collins (1948), Kenny Wayne Shepherd (1977), “Harmonica George” Robinson (1934) 13-James Carr (1942) 18- Sara Martin (1884), Don “Sugarcane” Harris (1938) 19-Jerry McCain (1930) 20-Lazy Lester (1933), Louis “Kid Thomas” Watts (1934) 20-Helen Humes (1913) 24-Ransom Knowling (1912), Lester Williams (1920) 25-Clifton Chenier (1925), Eddie Floyd (1935) 26-Big Bill Broonzy (1893) 28-David “Honeyboy” Edwards (1915) 29-Frank Kirkland (1927) JULY BLUES BIRTHDAYS1- Thomas A. Dorsey (1899), Willie Dixon (1915), James Cotton (1935), Syl Johnson (1939) 4-Champion Jack Dupree (1910) 5-Smiley Lewis (1913) 7-Pinetop Perkins (1913) 8-Louis Jordan (1908), Johnnie Johnson (1924) 10-Casey Bill Weldon (1909), Barrelhouse Chuck (1958), Blind Boy Fuller (1907), Charlie Baty (1953) 11-Blind Lemon Jefferson (1897) 14-Claude & Clifford Trenier (1919) 15-Washboard Sam (1910), Willie Cobbs (1940), Millie Jackson (1944) 16-Denise LaSalle (1939) 17-Peppermint Harris (1925) 18-Screamin Jay Hawkins (1929), Martha Reeves (1941), Lonnie Mack (1941) 19-Buster Benton (1932) 21-Floyd Jones (1917) 22-Chuck Jackson (1937), George Clinton (1940) 28-Mike Bloomfield (1943), Junior Kimbrough (1930), Ikey Robinson (1904) 29-Charlie Christian (1916) 30-Buddy Guy (1936) 31-Roy Milton (1907) AUGUST BLUES BIRTHDAYS1- Robert Cray (1953) 2-Big Walter Price (1917) 3-Mercy Dee Walton (1915) 4-Louis Armstrong (1901) 6-Willie Brown (1900), Lem Johnson (1906), Willie Nix (1922), Jesse Wilkins, Jr. (1933) 7-Magic Slim (1937), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936) 8-Joe Tex (1933), Jimmy Witherspoon (1923) 9-Robert Shaw (1908) 10-Ronnie Spector (1945), Grego Anderson (1968) 11-Sam Collins (1887) 12-Percy Mayfield (1920), Roy Gaines (1934) 13-Jimmy McCracklin (1921), Son Seals (1942) 14-Larry Graham (1946) 15-Buster Brown (1911), Oscar Peterson (1925), Jackie Brenston (1930), Bobby Byrd (1934) 16-Eddie Kirkland (1928), Melvin “Lil’ Son” Jackson (1915) 17-Luther Allison (1939), Albert Washington (1935) 18-Jimmy Witherspoon (1923), Curtis Jones (1906) 19-Earl Gaines (1935) 20-Issac Hayes (1942), Jack Teagarden (1905) 21-Count Basie (1904) 22-John Lee Hooker (1920), Debbie Davies (1952), Henry “Son” Sims (1890) 24-Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (1905), Wynonie Harris (1915) 26-Jimmy Rushing (1902) 27-Lester Young (1909) 28-Jimmie Bell (1910) 29-Charlie Parker (1920), Dinah Washington (1924) 30-Luther “Snake Boy” Johnson (1934) 31-Todd Rhodes (1900), Joanna Connor (1962) SEPTEMBER BLUES BIRTHDAYS1- Archie Bell (1944) 2-Joe Simon (1943) 3-Memphis Slim(1915), Freddie King (1934) 4-Meade “Lux” Lewis (1905) 5-Sunnyland Slim (1907) 6-Buddy Bolden (1877), Jimmy Reed (1925) 7-Little Milton Campbell (1934), Latimore (1939) 8-Harmonica Fats (1927), Guitar Shorty (1939) 9-Otis Redding (1941) 10-Roy Brown (1925) 11-Barbeque Bob (1902) 12-Alger “Texas” Alexander (1900), Barry White (1944), Gus Cannon (1885) 13-Charles Brown (1922) 15-Silas Hogan (1911), Snooky Pryor (1921) 16-B.B. King (1925), Little Willie Littlefield (1931), BIlly Boy Arnold (1935) 18-Louis Myers (1929) 19-Brook Benton (1931), Freda Payne (1945) 22-Bobby Radcliff (1951) 23-Albert Ammons (1907), John Coltrane (1926), Ray Charles (1930), Fenton Robinson (1935), Ben E. King (1938), Tiny Bradshaw (1905), MIghty Joe Young (1927) 24-Z.Z. Hill (1935), Willie Kent (1936), Tarheel Slim (1924) 25-Roosevelt “Booba” Barnes (1936) 29-Houston Stackhouse (1910), Koko Taylor (1935), Chick Willis (1934) 30-Johnny Mathis (1935), Frankie Lymon (1942) OCTOBER BLUES BIRTHDAYS1- George “Wild Child” Butler (1936), Donny Hathaway (1945), Cub Koda (1948) 3-Albert Collins (1932), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954), Chubby Checker (1941), Billy Branch (1951) 5-Roy Book Binder (1941) 6-Aaron “Little Sonny” Willis (1932), Sammy Price (1908) 9-O.V. Wright (1939) 10-Ivory Joe Hunter (1914), Harry “Sweets” Edison (1915) 11-Thelonius Monk (1917), Art Blakey (1919) 12-Nappy Brown (1929), Sam Moore (1935) 13-Art Tatum (1910), Shirley Caesar (1938) 14-Jimmy Liggins (1924), Son Thomas (1924), Kenny Neal (1957) 15-Victoria Spivey (1906), Robert Ward (1938) 16-Sugarpie Desanto(1935), Big Joe Williams (1903) 18-Chuck Berry 19-William “Piano Red” Perryman (1911) 20-Jelly Roll Morton (1885) 21-Dizzy Gillespie (1917), Elvin Bishop (1942), Doctor Ross (1925) 23-Rufus “Speckled Red” Perryman (1892), Boozoo Chavis (1930) 24-Sonny Terry (1911), Willie Mabon (1925), Jimmy Dawkins (1936) 26-Mahalia Jackson (1911), Detroit Junior (1931), Bootsy Collins (1951) 27-Henry Townsend (1909), Benny Turner (1939) 30-Tommy Ridgely (1925) 31-Ethel Waters (1896), Illinois Jacquet (1922) NOVEMBER BLUES BIRTHDAYS1- Beulah “Sippie” Wallace (1898), Little Johnny Jones (1924) 3-Earl “Speedo” Carroll (1937), Sonny Rhodes (1940) 4-Willie Love (1906), Delbert McClinton (1940), James Peterson (1937) 5-Ike Turner (1931) 6-Joe Carter (1927), Maurice John Vaughn (1952) 8-Arnold “Gatemouth” Moore (1913), Bonnie Raitt (1949) 10-Mojo Buford (1929), James Davis (1938), Big Chief Ellis (1914), Hip Linkchain (1936) 11-LaVern Baker (1929), Mose Allison (1927) 12-Bukka White (1906), Booker T. Jones (1944) 13-Louisa “Blue Lu” Barker (1913), John Hammond, Jr. (1942) 14-Carey Bell (1936), Valerie Wellington (1959) 15-Clyde McPhatter (1933), Little Willie John (1937), Anson Funderburgh (1954) 16-W.C. Handy (1873), Hubert Sumlin (1931), Francis Clay (1923) 17-Tab Benoit (1967) 18-Hank Ballard (1936) 21-Coleman Hawkins (1904), Lloyd Glen (1909), Dr. John (1940) 22-Alex Moore (1899), Angela Strehli (1945) 23-Betty Everett (1939), R.L. Burnside (1926) 24-Scott Joplin (1868) 25-Eddie Boyd (1914), Etta Jones (1928), Jimmy Johnson (1928) 26-Tina Turner (1939) 27-Jimi Hendrix (1942) 29-John Mayall (1933) 30-Robert Nighthawk (1909), Brownie McGhee (1915) DECEMBER BLUES BIRTHDAYS1- Billy Paul (1934), Lou Rawls (1935) 4-Larry Davis (1936) 5-Alec “Rice” Miller, Sonny Boy Williamson II (1899), Rev. James Cleveland (1931), “Little Richard” Penniman (1935) 7-Blind John Davis (1913) 8-Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925), Jimmy Smith (1925), Jerry Butler (1939) 9-Junior Wells (1934) 10-Guitar Slim (1926) 11-Big Mama Thorton (1926) 12-Joe Williams (1918), Lonesome Sundown (1928) 13-Lucky Peterson (1964) 15-Tampa Red (1903), Andrew Odom (1936) 17-Sy Oliver (1910), James Booker (1939), Paul Butterfield (1942) 18-Pee Wee Crayton (1914), Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson (1917), Lonnie Brooks (1933), Peg Leg Sam (1911) 19-“Professor Longhair”, Henry Byrd (1918) 20-Cousin Joe Pleasant (1907) 21-Peetie Wheatstraw (1901), Carla Thomas (1942), Harmonica Slim (1934) 22-Lil Green (1919) 23-Little Esther Phillips (1935) 24-Lee Dorsey (1924) 25-Cab Calloway (1907), Joe Louis Walker (1949) 27-Matt “Guitar” Murphy (1929), Tracy Nelson (1947) 28-Roebuck “Pops” Staples (1915), Johnny Otis (1921) 30-Bo Diddley (1928) 31-Odetta (1930)
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