Blues Calendar
Birth and death dates of early blues artists and some notable gospel artists, jazz artists and civil rights activists.
Check out your birth date to see who was born or died on your day. Follow the links for more details about the artists.
Note: This is a new section and more details will be added over time.
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| 1 | Frank Stokes b. 1888 in Shelby County, Tennessee, in the vicinity of Whitehaven, located two miles north of the Mississippi state line. Singer, guitarist, songwriter in the Delta blues & country blues styles. |
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| Ed Bell d. 1960 in Greenville, AL. Singer, guitarist, songwriter in the Piedmont blues & country blues styles. |
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| 2 | Rubin “Rube” Lacey b. 1901 in Pelahatchie, Mississippi. Guitarist, singer, songwriter in the country blues style. |
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| 3 | Blind Leroy Garnett d. 1933 in Chicago, IL. Guitarist and songwriter in the booogie-woogie and ragtime styles. |
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| 8 | Tampa Red b. 1904 in Hudson Woodbridge in Smithville, Georgia. Guitarist in the Chicago blues, Hokum styles. |
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| 9 | Ishmon Bracey b. 1901 in the small town of Byram, Mississippi. Guitarist in the Delta blues, country blues styles. |
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| 10 | Howlin’ Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett) d. 1976 in Hines, Illinois aged 65. Vocalist, guitarist and harp player in the Chicago blues style. |
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| Sam Chatmon b. 1897 in Boltmon, MS Delta blues guitarist and singer |
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| 12 | Mississippi Fred McDowell b 1904 in Rossville, Tennessee. Guitarist in the hill country blues style. |
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| Blind Gussie Nesbitt b. 1910 in Spartenburg, NC. | ||
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| 15 | Martin Luther King Jr. b. 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968. |
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| Junior Wells (Amos Wells Blakemore Jr.) d. 1998 in Chicago, Illinois. Vocalist and harp player in the Chicago blues style. |
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| Blind Joel Taggert d. 1961 in Chicago, IL. Country blues and gospel singer. |
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| 16 | Robert Wilkins b. 1896 in Hernando, Mississippi. Guitarist in the country blues style. |
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| Rev. Edward W Clayborn d. 1978 in Pittsburgh, PA Blues gospel singer. |
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| 20 | Lead Belly (Huddie Leadbetter) b. 1889 near Mooringsport, Louisiana. Musician and songrwiter in the country blues, folk and songster styles. |
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| 22 | Blind Willie Johnson d. 1897 in Beaumont, Texas. Gospel blues singer, guitarist and evangelist. |
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| 23 | Georgia Tom Dorsey (Thomas A. Dorsey) d. 1993 aged 93. Known as “the father of black gospel music”, earlier in his life he was a leading blues pianist known simply as Georgia Tom. |
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| 24 | Dan Sane b. 1904 in Michigan, MS Memphis blues and country blues guitarist. |
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| 25 | Sleepy John Estes (John Adams Estes) b. 1899 in Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee. Guitarist, songwriter and vocalist in the country blues style. |
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| 27 | Elmore James (Elmore Brooks) b. 1918 in Richland, Holmes County, Mississippi. Guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader. He was known as “King of the Slide Guitar” and was noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice. |
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| 28 | Jaybird Coleman (Burl C. “Jaybird” Coleman) d. 1950 aged 53. Harmonica player, vocalist, and guitarist. |
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| 29 | Willie Dixon (William James Dixon) d. 1992 aged 76. Musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer.He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he is perhaps best known as one of the most prolific songwriters of his time. |
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| 30 | Lightnin’ Hopkins (Samuel John “Lightnin'” Hopkins) d. 1982 aged 69. Singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist: “the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act”. |
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| Mance Lipscomb d. 1976 near Navasota, Texas, aged 80. Singer, guitarist and songster |
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| 31 | Roosevelt Sykes (“The Honeydripper”) b. 1906 in Elmar, Arkansas. Pianist and singer mainly in the boogie-woogie style. |
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| 2 | Walter Vinson b. 1901 in Bolton, MS Memphis blues guitarist singer and songwriter. |
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| Sam Chatmon (Vivian Chatmon) d. 1983 in Hollondale, MS Delta blues guitarist and singer. |
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| 3 | Frankie “Half-Pint” Jaxon (Frank Devera Jackson) b. 1895 in Montgomery, AL Vaudeville singer, stage designer and comedian. |
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| 4 | Rosa Parks (Rosa Louise McCauley Parks) b. 1913 in Tuskagee, AL Civil Rights activist, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. |
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| 5 | Will Shade (Willian Shade J.) b. 1898 in Memphis, TN Memphis blues musician and leader of Memphis Jug band. |
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| 8 | Lonnie Johnson (Alonzo ” Lonnie” Johnson) b. c. 1890’s in New Orleans, LA Blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and songwriter. |
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| 12 | Ishmon Bracey d. 1970 in Jackson, MS Delta blues singer and guitarist. |
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| 15 | Little Walter (Marion Walter Jacobs) d. 1968 in Chicago, IL Blues musician , singer and songwriter. |
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| Kokomo Arnold (James “Kokomo” Arnold) b. 1901 in Lovejoy’s Station, GA Blues musician , played left hand slide guitar. |
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| 18 | Dan Sane d. 1956 in Memphis, TN Memphis blues and country blues guitarist and songwriter. |
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| 20 | Frederick Douglass (Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) d. 1895 in Washington DC. Social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer and statesman. |
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| 21 | Francis “Scrapper” Blackwell (Francis Hillman “Scrapper” Blackwell) b. 1904 in Indianapolis, IN Blues guitarist and singer. |
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| 25 | Ida Cox (Ida M. Prather) b. 1896 in Toccoa, GA Singer and vaudeville performer. |
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| 26 | Bukka White (Booker T. Washington “Bukka” White) d. 1977 in Memphis, TN Delta blues guitarist and singer. |
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| 2 | Papa George LIghtfoot b. 1924 in Natchez, MS Blues singer and harp player. |
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| 6 | Furry Lewis b. 1893 in Greenwood, MS Country blues guitarist and singer. |
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| 7 | Little Hat Jones d. 1981 in Naples, TX Texas blues musician. |
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| 10 | Blind Joe Reynolds d. in Monroe, LA Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. |
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| Harriet Tubman (Araminta Harriet Ross, aka “Moses”) d. 1913 in Auburn, NY Abolitionist and political activist. Superhero of the Underground Railroad ! |
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| 13 | Lightnin’ Slim (Otis Verries Hicks) b. 1913 in St. Louis, MO Louisiana blues musician. |
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| 15 | Lightnin’ Hopkins (Samuel John “Lightnin'” Hopkins) b. 1912 in Centerville, TX Country blues singer/songwriter, gutarist and occasional pianist. |
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| 16 | Son Bonds (Abraham John Bond Jr.) b. 1909 in Brownsville, TN Countyry blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. |
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| T-Bone Walker (Aaron Thibeaux “T-bone” Walker) d. 1975 in Los Angeles, CA Blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. |
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| 17 | Sunnyland Slim (Albert Luandrew) d. 1995 in Chicago, IL Blues pianist. |
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| 19 | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker) d. 1981 in Chicago, IL Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. |
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| 21 | Son House (Eddie James “Son” House) b. 1902 in Riverton, MS Delta blues singer/songwriter and guitarist. |
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| 22 | Juke Boy Bonner (Weldon H. Philip Bonner) b. 1932 in Bellville, TX Blues singer, harmonica player and guitarist. |
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| 25 | Curley Weaver (Curley James Weaver) b. 1905 in Covington, GA Blues singer and guitarist. |
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| 27 | Robert Lockwood Jr. b. 1915 in Turkey Station, AR Delta blues guitarist. |
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| Leroy Carr b. in Nashville, TN Blues singer, songwriter and pianist. |
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| 28 | W .C. Handy (Wiliam Christopher Handy) d. 1956 in Harlem , NY Composer, publisher and musician. |
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| 30 | Sonny Boy Williamson I (John Lee Curtis “Sonny Boy” Williamson) b. 1914 in Jackson, TN Blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter |
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| 1 | Alberta Hunter b. 1895 in Memphis, TN Jazz and blues singer and songwriter. |
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| Lucile Bogan (aka Bessie Jackson) b. 1897 in Amory, MS Clasic female blues singer and songwriter. |
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| 4 | Martin Luther King Jr. d. 1968 in Memphis, TN Christian minister and the most prominent Civil Rights activist. |
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| Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) b. 1913 in either Rolling Fork or Jug’s Corner), MS. Blues singer/songwiter, cited as the ‘Father of modern Chicago Blues’. | Wiki | |
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| 6 | Big Walter Hornton b. 1917 in Horn Lake, MS Blues harmonica Player. |
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| 7 | Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan) b. 1915 in Philadelphia, PA Influential jazz singer. |
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| 12 | Daddy Stovepipe (Johnny Watson) b. 1867 in Mobile, AL Blues singer, harmonica player and guitarist. |
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| 15 | Bessie Smith b. 1894 in Chattanooga, TN Blues singer nicknamed “Empress of The Blues”. |
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| 16 | Texas Alexander (Alger “Texas” Alexander) d. 1954 in Richards, TX Texas blues singer. |
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| 17 | Clifford Gibson b. 1901 in Louisville, KY Blues singer and guitarist. |
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| 18 | Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown b. 1924 in Vinton, LA Multi-genre, multi-instumentalist. |
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| 20 | Garfield Akers (James Garfield Echols) b. 1907 in Senatobia, MS Blues singer and guitarist. |
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| Johnny Shines (John Ned “Johnny” Shines) d. 1992 in Tuscaloosa, AL Blues singer and guitarist. |
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| 22 | Walter Vinson d. 1975 in Chicago, IL Blues guitarist, singer/songwriter. |
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| 25 | Albert King (Albert Nelson) b. 1923 in Indianola, MS Blues guitarist ans singer. |
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| Johnny Shines (John Ned “Johnny” Shines) b. 1915 in Frayser, TN Blues singer and guitarist. |
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| 26 | Gertrude “Ma” Rainey (Gertude Pridgett) b. 1886 in Columbus, GA Blues singer known as the “Mother of the Blues”. |
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| Count Basie (William James “Count” Basie) d. in 1984 in Hollywood, FL Jazz pianist, organist, band leader and composer. |
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| 28 | Charley Patton d. 1934 near Indianola, MS Delta blues musician known as the “Father of Delta Blues”. |
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| 29 | Otis Rush b. 1935 in Philadelphia, MS Blues guitarist, singer/songwriter. |
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| Leroy Carr d. 1935 in Indianapolis, IN Blues singer/songwriter and pianist. |
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| 30 | Reverend Gary Davis (Gary D. Davis) b. 1896 in Laurens Co., SC Blues and gospel singer, guitarist, banjo player and harmonica player. |
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| Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) d. 1983 in Westmont, IL Blues singer/songwiter, cited as the ‘Father of modern Chicago Blues’. |
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| 1 | Little Walter (Marion Walter Jacobs) b. 1930 in Marksville, LA Blues harmonica player, singer/songwriter. |
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| 5 | Reverend Gary Davis (Gary D. Davis) d. 1972 in Hammonton, NJ Blues and gospel singer, proficient on banjo, guitar and harmonica. |
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| Blind Wille McTell (William Samuel McTier) b. 1901 in Thomson, GA Piedmont and ragtime singer and guitarist. |
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| 7 | Bumble Bee Slim (Admirl Amos Easton) b. 1905 in Brunswick, GA Piedmont singer and guitarist. |
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| 8 | Robert Johnson (Robert Leroy Johnson) b. 1911 in Hazlehurst, MS Delta blues singer/songwriter and guitarist. |
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| 11 | Kansas Joe McCoy (Wilbur “Kansas Joe” McCoy) b. 1905 in Raymond, MS Delta blues singer/songwriter and guitarist. |
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| 14 | B.B. King (Riley B. King) d. in Las Vegas, NV Blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. |
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| 20 | Jaybird Coleman (Burl C. “Jaybird” Coleman) b. 1895 in Gainsville, AL Country blues singer, harmonica player and guitarist. |
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| 24 | Elmore James d. 1963 in Chicago, IL Blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader. |
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| Duke Ellington (Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington ) d. 1974 in New York, NY Jazz pianinst, band leader and composer. |
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| Robert Wilkins (Robert Timothy Wilkins) d. 1987 in Memphis, TN Country blues singer and guitarist. |
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| 28 | T-Bone Walker (Aaron Thibeaux “T-Bone” Walker) b. in Linden, TX Blues singer/songwriter and guitarist. |
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| 1 | Sonny Boy Williamson I (John Lee Curtis “Sonny Boy” Williamson)d. 1948 in chicago, IL Blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. |
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| 3 | Memphis Minnie (Lizzie Douglas) b. 1897 in Algiers, LA Country blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, described as “the most popular female country blues singer of all time” |
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| 5 | Lil McClintock b. 1883 in SC Country blues songster and guitarist. |
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| Sleepy John Estes (John Adam Estes) d. 1977 in Brownsville, TN Blues guitarist, songwriter and poet. |
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| 9 | Skip James (Nehemiah Curtis “Skip” James) b. 1902 in Bentonia, MS Blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. |
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| 10 | Howlin’ Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett) b. 1910 in West Point, MS Chicago blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player. |
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| 15 | Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Jane Fitzgerald) d. 1996 in Beverly Hills, CA Jazz singer, referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. |
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| 16 | Lonnie Johnson (Alonzo “Lonnie” Johnson) d. 1970 in Toronto, Canada Blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and songwriter. |
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| 17 | Leola B. Wilson (Coot Grant) b. 1893 in Birmingham, AL Classic female blues, country blues, and vaudeville singer and songwriter. |
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| 21 | John Lee Hooker d. 2001 in Los Altos, CA Blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. |
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| 26 | Big Bill Broonzy (Lee Conley Bradley) b. 1903 in Jefferson County, AR Blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. |
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| 30 | Garfield Akers (James Garfield Echols) d. 1961 in Memphis, TN Blues singer and guitarist. |
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| Bo Carter (Armenter Chatmon) b. 1892 in Bolton, MS Blues musician and songwriter |
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Georgia Tom Dorsey (Thomas A. Dorsey) b. 1899 in Villa Rica, GA |
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| Willie Dixon b. 1915 in Vicksburg, MS Blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. |
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| 3 | Mississippi John Hurt b. 1893 in Teoc, MS Country blues singer and guitarist. |
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| Mississippi Fred McDowell d. 1972 in Memphis, TN Hill country blues singer and guitarist. |
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| 5 | Smiley Lewis b. 1913 in Dequincy, LA New Orleans R&B singer and guitarist. |
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| 6 | Louis Armstrong d. 1971 in New york, NY Trumpeter, composer, vocalist, and actor who was among the most influential figures in jazz. |
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| 10 | Casie Bill Weldon b. 1909 in Pine Buff, AR Country blues musician. |
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| 14 | Reverend J. M. Gates b. 1884 in Hogansville, GA Preacher who recorded sermons and gospel songs extensively between the mid-1920s and 1940s. |
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| 15 | Washboard Sam (Robert Clifford Brown) b. 1910 in Walnut Ridge, AR Blues musician and singer. |
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| 16 | Ruth Mary Willis b. 1905 in Coweta C., GA Blues singer |
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| 17 | Roosevelt Sykes d. 1983 in New Orleans, LA Blues musician, also known as “The Honeydripper”. |
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| Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan) d. 1959 in New York, NY Jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. |
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| 20 | Irene Scruggs d. 1981 in Germany Piedmont blues and country blues singer. |
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| 27 | Lightnin’ Slim (Otis Verries Hicks) d. 1974 in Detroit, MI Louisiana blues musician. |
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| 30 | Buddy Guy b. 1936 in Lottsworth, LA Chicago blues guitarist and singer. |
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| 4 | Louis Armstrong b. 1901 in New Orleans, LA Trumpeter, composer, vocalist, and actor who was among the most influential figures in jazz. |
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| 6 | Memphis Minnie d. 1973 in Memphis, TN | Wiki |
| Willie Brown b. 1900 in Clarksdale, MS | Wiki | |
| Blind Leroy Garnett b. 1897 in Indianapolis, IN Guitarist and songwriter in the booogie-woogie and ragtime styles. |
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| 10 | Lucile Bogan (aka Bessie Jackson) d. 1948 in Los Angeles, CA Classic female blues singer and songwriter. |
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| 11 | Sam Collins b. 1887 in LA | Wiki |
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| 14 | Reverend J.M. Gates d. 1945 in Atlants, GA | Wiki |
| 15 | Big Bill Broonzy d. 1958 in Chicago, IL | Wiki |
| 16 | Robert Johnson d. 1938 near Greenwood, MS Delta blues singer/songwriter and guitarist. |
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| Blind Joel Taggart b. 1938 in Abbeville County, SC | Wiki | |
| 17 | Hammie Nixon d. 1984 in Jackson, TN | Wiki |
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| 19 | Blind Willie McTell d. 1959 in Milledgeville, GA | Wiki |
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| 21 | Count Basie b. in 1904 in Red Bank, NJ | Wiki |
| 22 | John Lee Hooker b. in Clarksdale, MS | Wiki |
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| 25 | Charlie Burse b. in Decatur, AL | Wiki |
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| 29 | Jimmy Reed d. 1975 in Oakland, CA | Wiki |
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| 31 | Son Bonds d. 1947 in Dyesrburg, TN | Wiki |
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| 5 | Sunnyland Slim b. 1907 in Vance, MS Blues pianist. |
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| 6 | Jimmy Reed b. 1925 in Dunleith, MS | Wiki |
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| 10 | Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown d. 2005 in Orange, TX | Wiki |
| 11 | Barbeque Bob b. 1902 in Walnut Grove, GA | Wiki |
| 12 | Gus Cannon b. 1883 in Red Banks, MS | Wiki |
| Texas Alexander b. 1900 in Jewett, TX | Wiki | |
| Frank Stokes d. 1955 in Memphis, TN Singer, guitarist, songwriter in the Delta blues & country blues styles. |
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| 14 | Furry Lewis d. 1981 in Memphis, TN Country blues guitarist and singer. |
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| 16 | B.B. King b. 1925 in Itta Bena, MS | Wiki |
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| 18 | Blind Willie Johnson d. 1945 in Beaumont, TX | Wiki |
| Will Shade d. 1966 in Memphis, TN | Wiki | |
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| 20 | Curley Weaver d. 1962 in Almon, GA | Wiki |
| 21 | Bo Carter d. 1964 in Memphis, TN | Wiki |
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| 26 | Bessie Smith d. 1937 in Clarksdale, MS | Wiki |
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| Date | October | More Info |
| 1 | Albert Collins b. 1932 in Leona, TX | Wiki |
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| 3 | Skip James d. 1969 in Philadelphia, PA | Wiki |
| Victoria Spivey d. 1975 in New York, NY | Wiki | |
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| 5 | Little Hat Jones b. 1899 in Bowie County, TX | Wiki |
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| 7 | Smiley Lewis d. 1966 in New Orleans, LA | Wiki |
| France “Scrapper” Blackwell d. 1962 in Indianapolis, IN | Wiki | |
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| 15 | Victoria Spivey b. 1906 in Houston, TX | Wiki |
| Gus Cannon d. 1979 in Memphis, TN | Wiki | |
| 16 | Joe Williams b. 1903 in Okitibbeha Co., MS | Wiki |
| 17 | Alberta Hunter d. 1984 in New York, NY | Wiki |
| 18 | Johnnie “Geechie” Temple b. 1906 in Canton, MS | Wiki |
| 19 | Son House d. 1988 in Detroit, MI | Wiki |
| 20 | Sam Collins d. 1949 in Chicago, IL | Wiki |
| 21 | Jaydee Short d. 1962 in St Louis, MO | Wiki |
| Barbeque Bob d. 1931 in Lithonia, GA | Wiki | |
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| 26 | Blind Lemon Jefferson b. 1894 in Wortham, TX | Wiki |
| Hattie McDaniel d. 1952 in Woodland Hills, CA | Wiki | |
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| Date | November | More Info |
| 1 | Tommy Johnson d. 1956 in Crystal Springs, MS | Wiki |
| Daddy Stovepipe d. 1963 in Chicago, IL | Wiki | |
| 2 | Mississippi John Hurt d. 1966 in Grenada, MS | Wiki |
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| 5 | Robert Nighthawk d. 1967 in Helena, AR | Wiki |
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| 8 | Kokomo Arnold d. 1968 in Chicago. IL | Wiki |
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| 10 | Ida Cox d. 1967 in Knoxville, TN | Wiki |
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| 12 | Bukka White (Booker T. Washington “Bukka” White) b. 1906 in Houston, MS | Wiki |
| 13 | Washboard Sam d. 1966 in Chicago, IL | Wiki |
| 14 | Blind Gussie Nesbitt d. 1995 in Salisbury, NC | Wiki |
| Ruby Lacy d. 1969 in Corcoran, CA | Wiki | |
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| 16 | W.C. Handy b. 1873 in Florence, AL | Wiki |
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| 19 | Charlie Kyle d. 1934 in Fort Worth, TX | Wiki |
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| 21 | Robert Lockwood Jr. d. 2006 in cleveland, OH | Wiki |
| 22 | William Moore d. 1951 in Warrenton, VA | Wiki |
| Johnnie Geechie Temple d. 1968 in Jackson, MS | Wiki | |
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| 24 | Albert Collins d. 1993 in Las Vegas, NV | Wiki |
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| 28 | Papa George Lightfoot d. 1971 in Natchez, MS | Wiki |
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| 30 | Robert Nighthawk b. 1909 in Helena, AR | Wiki |
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| 1 | Blind Blake d. 1934 in Milwaukee, WI | Wiki |
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| 6 | Lead Belly (Huddie Leadbetter) d. 1949 in New York, NY Musician and songrwiter in the country blues, folk and songster styles. |
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| 7 | Irene Scruggs b. 1901 in MS | Wiki |
| 8 | Big Walter Horton d. 1981 in Chicago, IL | Wiki |
| 9 | Junior Wells b. 1934 in Memphis, TN | Wiki |
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| 17 | Joe Williams d. 1982 in Macon, MS | Wiki |
| 18 | Jim jackson d. 1933 in Memphis, TN | Wiki |
| 19 | Blind Lemon Jefferson d. 1929 in Chicago, IL | Wiki |
| 20 | Charlie Burse d. 1965 in Memphis, TN | Wiki |
| 21 | Albert King d. 1992 in Memphis, TN | Wiki |
| 22 | Gertrude “Ma” Rainey (Gertrude Pridgett) d. 1939 in Columbus, GA Blues singer known as the “Mother of the Blues”. |
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| 23 | Willie Brown d. in Tunica, MS | Wiki |
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| 25 | Frank Brasswell b. in Greenville, NC | Wiki |
| 26 | Jaydee Short b. in Port Gibson, MS | Wiki |
| Leola B. Wilson d. in Riverside Co., CA | Wiki | |
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| 28 | Freddie Spruell b. 1893 in Lake Providence, LA | Wiki |
| Freddie King d. 1976 in Dallas, TX | Wiki | |
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| 30 | Willie Brown d. 1952 in Tunica, MS | Wiki |
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