BLUES WORLD presents:

eRIC's Blues Dates: March 19


Born on this Day
NameDescriptionYearPlace
COLEMAN, ORNETTEasax 1930 FORT WORTH, TX
DIXON, WYLIEv/songw/WYLIE & SIMTEC 1936 COLUMBUS, MS
HARDING, BUSTERp/arr 1917 ONTARIO
HENDERSON, BILLv/VEE JAY REC 1930 CHICAGO, IL
HENRY, CLARENCE "FROG MAN"p 1937 ALGIERS, LA
JACKSON, WALTERv/OKEH REC 1938 PENSACOLA, FL
LEBLANC, ERIC S.BLUES-L MEMBER 1946 ST. JOHNS, NB
LUKE, ROBINv/SUSIE DARLIN' 1942 LOS ANGELES, CA
MABLEY, JACKIE "MOMS"v/comedy 1897 BREVARD, NC
MCFERRIN, BOBBY SR.v/gospel 1921 MARIANNA, AR
MITCHELL, WALTER LITTLEhca/JVB REC 1919 NEW ORLEANS, LA
PAUL, CLARENCEarr/prod/songw/MOTOWN 1928 WINSTON SALEM, NC
POINTER, RUTHof THE POINTER SISTERS 1946 OAKLAND, CA
RUSSELL, CURLYb 1917 NEW YORK CITY, NY
RUST, BRIANauthor/discographer 1922 LONDON, UK
TRISTANO, LENNIEp 1919 CHICAGO, IL
VANBUREN, JAMESp 1935 ARROW ROCK, MO

Died on this Day

NameDescriptionYearPlaceAge
GRAY, L. MICHAELv/gospel 1988 NEWARK, NJ 35
HART, CLYDEp/TINY GRIMES 1945 NEW YORK CITY, NY 35
HOUSTON, BEEg/ARHOOLIE REC 1991 LOS ANGELES, CA 52
PAYTON, LENNYg/arr 1989 PHILADELPHIA, PA 67
RASFELD, MIKEstudio engineer 1989 CHICAGO, IL --
SMITH, TONYowner: CHARISMA/GENESIS REC 1987 JERSEY IS., UK 53
TAMPA REDg/p/kazoo/songw 1981 CHICAGO, IL 77
THAIN, GARYb/KEEF HARTLEY 1976 27