2004 Ray Charles, blues legend, Georgia on My Mind, dies at 73
2001 Kathleen Freeman, actress, Blues Brothers, dies at 82
1998 S P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67
1998 David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67
1998 Amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63
1998 Junior Wells, blues harpist, dies at 63
1997 Fenton Robinson, U.S. blues guitarist (Tennessee Woman), dies at 62
1997 Luther Allison, blues performer (Motown), dies of cancer at 57
1997 Keith Ferguson, blues guy, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, dies at 50
1997 Richard Berry, blues guy, Louie Louie, dies at 61
1996 Leonard Kuntstat, blues discographer, dies at 70
1996 Brownie McGhee, blues guitarist, dies at 81
1996 Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 80
1996 Wild Jimmy Spruill, blues guitarist, dies at 61
1995 Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist, dies at 81
1995 Vernell Townsend, blues/gospel singer, dies at 64
1995 Louis "Mr Bo" Collins, blues SInger, dies at 63
1995 Jesse Thomas, blues singer, dies at 84
1995 Floyd McDaniel, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 80
1995 Prez "Kidd" Kenneth, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 61
1995 Lonesome Sundown, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 66
1995 Joey Long, blues/cajun guitarist, dies at 62
1995 Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87
1995 Chiel Meijering's "St. Louis Blues," premieres in Arnhem
1995 Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 69
1995 Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist, dies at 82
1995 Earring George Mayweather, blues harmonica player, dies at 66
1995 Turner Fodrell, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 66
1995 Ted Hawkins, U.S. blues singer (Watch Your Step), dies at 58
1994 Louis Myers, blues guitarist /harmonica player, dies at 64
1994 Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, dies at 79
1994 Harry "Little" Caesar, blues singer and actor (City Heat), dies at 66
1994 Danny Overbea, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 68
1994 Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 59
1994 Larry Davis, blues Singer/Guitarist, dies at 57
1994 Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60
1994 Moses Rascoe, blues singer, dies at 77
1994 St. Louis Blues beat Ottawa Senators 11-1
1994 "Papa" John Creach, U.S. jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at 76
1994 Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer, dies at 47
1994 Kenneth "Buddy" Scott, blues guitarist/Singer, dies at 59
1994 John Wesley Funchess Littlejohn, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 62
1994 Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues Singer, dies at 64
1994 Silas Hogan, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 82
1993 Sun Ra, blues pianist/orchestra leader, dies of strokes at 79
1993 Art Hodes, Russ/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies
1993 John B "Dizzy" Gillespe, blues trumpeter, dies of cancer at 75
1992 Albert King, U.S. blues singer/guitarist (Crosscut Saw), dies at 71
1992 Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack
1992 Johnny Shines, Delta blues singer and guitarist, dies at 76
1992 Willie Dixon, blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man), dies at 76
1991 New Jersey Devils begin their 10th Anniversary with a 7-2 win over the Blues
1991 St. Louis Blues becomes 8th NHL team in Play-off to come back from a 3-1 deficit as they beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in game 7
1991 St. Louis Blues Brett Hull scores his 86th goal
1990 Kiel Martin, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 46
1990 Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitarist, dies in a helicopter crash at 35
1990 Rene Enriquez, actor (Hill St. Blues), dies of pancreatic cancer at 56
1990 Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36
1989 Alvin Ailey, U.S. choreographer (Blues Suite, Revelations), dies at 58
1988 New York Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs St. Louis Blues
1988 Ray Buchanan, U.S. blues gitarist, dies at about 48
1988 Trindad Silva, actor (Hill St. Blues), dies at 38 in an auto accident
1987 Bruins' Linseman and Blues' Doug Gilmore score goals, 2 seconds apart
1987 Blues Jays lose final 7 games allowing Tigers to win AL pennant
1986 Sippie Wallace, blues singer, dies at 88
1985 "Smuggler's Blues" by Glenn Frey peaks at #12
1985 39th Tony Awards: Biloxi Blues and Big River win
1985 Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues," premieres in New York City
1984 Blues took 27 shots against Islanders in 1 period
1984 Alberta Hunter, U.S. blues singer/composer, dies at 89
1984 Muddy Waters, blues singer/guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), dies at 68
1983 Michael Conrad, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58
1983 Muddy Waters, U.S. blues singer/guitarist (Mad Love), dies at 68
1983 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" and "Buckingham Blues" debut LP
1983 Sam Chatman, elder statesman of the blues, dies
1982 "Blues in the Night" closes at Rialto Theater New York City after 53 performances
1982 "Blues in the Night" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 53 performances
1981 [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of blues, dies at 88 of a heart attack
1981 Jonny Lang, blues musician
1981 "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV
1980 "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi premieres
1980 "Blues Brothers," premieres in Chicago
1980 "Blues Brothers" movie with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi opens
1978 Clifton Chenier, U.S. accordionist (Bayou Blues), dies at 53
1977 Toronto Blues Jays 1st game, they beat Chicago 9-5
1976 Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great, dies at 80
1976 Chester Arthur Burnett, U.S. blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65
1975 T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64
1974 Pavol Demitra, Dubnica Slo, NHL right wing, Ottawa Senators, Blues
1974 Lightning Slim, blues singer (Nothing But the Devil), dies at 61
1974 1st quadrophonic studio in U.K. is open by Moody Blues
1974 Duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75
1973 Rupert Crosse, actor (Too Late Blues), dies of cancer at 45
1972 Moody Blues release "Nights in White Satin"
1972 Jimmy Rushing, U.S. blues singer, dies at 68
1970 Des'ree, rhythm and blues singer
1970 Ringo Starr released his "Beaccups of Blues" album
1970 Ringo releases his "Beaucoups of Blues" album
1970 Juano Hernandez, actor (St. Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74
1970 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep St. Louis Blues in 4 games
1969 Blues artist Muddy Waters involved in a car crash that kills 3
1969 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep St. Louis Blues in 4 games
1968 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep St. Louis Blues in 4 games
1967 Langston Hughes, poet/translator (Weary Blues), dies on 65th birthday
1965 Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player, dies at 65
1964 Brett Hull, born in Belleville, Ontario, NHL right wing, St. Louis Blues, USA
1964 James Baldwin's "Blues for Mr. Charlie," premieres in New York City
1963 Mel Stottlemyre, Jr., pitcher, Toronto Blues Jays
1963 Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack
1962 Matthew Broderick, born in New York City, actor, WarGames, Biloxi Blues
1961 Casey Siemaszko, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Biloxi Blues, 3 O'Clock High
1960 Matt Mulhern, Philadelphia, actor, Biloxi Blues
1959 Albert King, actor, BB King and Friends, Blues Alive
1958 Mike Scott, Scottish rocker, Blues Inc, Waterboys-Rainbow Warrior
1958 "Summertime Blues" by Eddie Cochran peaks at #8
1958 William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy, U.S. blues singer and guitarist, dies at 65
1958 William C. Handy, U.S. conductor and composer (St. Louis Blues), dies at 84
1957 Spike Lee, born in Atlanta, director, Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X
1956 Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues," single goes #1 for 10 weeks
1955 Reba McEntire, born in McAlester, Oklahoma, country singer, Can't Even Get the Blues
1954 Ken Olin, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Hill St. Blues, Michael-30 Something
1953 Willy "Mink" Deville, [Borsay], U.S. blues/rock singer, Hey! Joe
1953 Robert Cray, Columbus, Georgia, blues singer and songwriter, 1987 Grammy
1953 Alan Rubin, music figure, Blues Brothers
1952 Tim Finn, rocker, Split Enz, Crowded House, Puberty Blues
1952 Nora Dunn, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedienne, SNL, Miami Blues, Working Girl
1951 Ed Marinaro, born in New York City, actor, Joe-Hill St. Blues, Sonny-Laverne and Shirley
1950 Ed Marinaro, actor on Hill Street Blues
1949 Leadbelly, [Huddie William Ledbetter], blues singer, dies at 64
1949 Paul J Mares, U.S. jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 49
1949 Oscar Benton, Dutch blues vocalist and guitarist, Ze is Zoals Jij
1949 Derek Holt, rocker, Climax Blues Band
1949 John Belushi, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian/actor, SNL, Blues Brothers
1948 Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, guitarist, Steely Dan-Deacon Blues
1948 Ellen McIlwaine, born in Nashville, blues singer, Honky Tonky Angel
1948 Taurean Blacque, actor, Hill Street Blues
1948 Sonny Boy Williamson, [John Lee], blues player, dies at 34
1947 Betty Thomas, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Lucy Baines-Hill Street Blues
1947 Ry[land] Cooder, born in Louisiana, blues guitarist, Crossroads
1947 Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer
1946 Keith Ferguson, blues guy, Fabulous Thunderbirds
1946 Joe Spano, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Henry Goldblume-Hill St. Blues
1946 Michael Warren, born in Indiana, actor, Bobby Hill-Hill Street Blues
1945 Michael Nouri, Washington D.C., actor, Beacon Hill, Bay City Blues
1945 Stefan Grossman, born in New York City, country blues singer, Yazoo Basin Boogie
1944 Denny Laine, [Brian Hines], rock guitarist, Moody Blues, Wings
1944 Dennis Franz, Maywood, Illinois, actor, Buntz-Hill Street Blues, New YorkPD Blue
1944 Mike Post, composer, Rockford Files, Hill St. Blues, Magnum PI
1944 Kiel Martin, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues
1944 Diana Ross, born in Detroit, Supremes, Lady Sings Blues, Mahogany
1944 Charley Musselwhite, blues musician, Stand Back, Louisiana Fog
1943 Steven Bochco, prod, Hill St. Blues, LA Law, St. Elsewhere, New YorkPD Blue
1943 Veronica Hamel, Philadelphia, actress, Joyce-Hill St. Blues, 79 Park Ave
1943 John Paul Hammond, New York City, blues singer, So Many Roads
1943 Mike Bloomfield, born in Chicago, Illinois, blues guitarist/singer, Analine
1943 Charles Haid, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Andy Renko-Hill St. Blues, Altered States
1943 Bruce Weitz, Norwalk, Connecticut, actor, Hill St. Blues, Death of a Centerfold
1943 Geogre Benson, jazz/blues guitarist, Breezin', This Masquerade
1943 Leona Williams, singer and songwriter, Ladies Get the Blues
1942 Paul Butterfield, born in Chicago, blues musician, Better Days
1942 Mike Pinder, Birmingham England, rocker, Moody Blues
1941 Johnny Kendall, [Johan Donkerkaat], Dutch blues singer
1941 Long John Baldry, England, blues vocalist, Don't try to Lay No Boogie
1941 Robert Hicks, rocker, Paul Butterfield Blues Band
1940 Richard Pryor, Illinois, comedian/actor, Lady Sings the Blues, Stir Crazy
1940 Clint Warwick, born in Birmingham England, bassist, Moody Blues,
1940 Taurean Blacque, actor, Neal Washington-Hill Street Blues
1940 Daniel J. Travanti, born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, actor, Frank Furillo on Hill St. Blues
1940 Larry Clinton and his Orchestra record "Limehouse Blues"
1939 Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues", U.S. blues singer/composer, dies at 53
1939 Barbara Bosson, Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, actr, Fay-Hill St. Blues, Hooperman
1939 Colin Cooper, rocker, Climax Blues Band
1938 Bill Withers, Slab Fork, West Virginia, rhythm and blues singer, Lean on Me
1937 Johnny "Clyde" Copeland, U.S. blues guitarist/singer, Lion's Den
1937 Barbara Babcock, born in Pasadena, California, actr, Dr. Quinn, Dallas, Hill St. Blues
1936 Larry Davis, blues singer/guitarist
1936 George "Buddy" Guy, U.S. blues guitarist, Stone Crazy
1936 Kenneth Loach, TV director (Singing the Blues in Red), dies
1935 Koko Taylor, [Cora Walton], U.S. vocalist, Queen of the Blues
1935 James Cotton, blues vocalist
1935 Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler, blues singer/guitarist
1935 Kenneth "Buddy" Scott, blues guitarist/Singer
1934 Amos "Junior" Wells, born in Memphis, Tennessee, blues singer, In My Younger Days
1934 Freddie King, Gilmer, Texas, blues singer, Hideaway
1934 Ben Piazza, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, actor, Blues Brothers, Ben Casey, Dallas
1934 Wild Jimmy Spruill, blues guitarist
1934 Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar
1934 Shirley Scott, swing/blues organist, with Stanley Turrentine
1934 James B Sikking, California, actor, Hill St. Blues, Star Trek 3, Doogie Howser
1933 Prez "Kidd" Kenneth, blues singer/guitarist
1933 Rene Enriquez, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Ray Calletano-Hill Street Blues
1933 Willie Walker, U.S. jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36
1932 Louis "Mr Bo" Collins, blues SInger
1931 Mike Nichols, [Peschowsky], director, Catch 22, Biloxi Blues
1930 Robert Prosky, Philadelphia, actor, Christine, Sgt Jablonski-Hill St. Blues
1930 Bobby "Blue" Bland, Rosemark, Tennessee, blues singer, Call on the Drummer
1930 Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues singer
1929 Louis Myers, blues guitarist /harmonica player
1928 Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made
1928 Louis Armstrong makes 78 recording of "West End blues"
1928 Lonesome Sundown, blues singer/guitarist
1928 James "Jimmy" Johnson, U.S. gospel/blues singer/guitarist
1928 Earring George Mayweather, blues Harmonica Player
1928 Eddie Kirkland, Jamaican/US blues guitarist, Have Mercy
1928 Alexis Korner, born in Paris, musician, Blues Inc-Bootleg Him
1928 Antione "Fats" Domino, NO, Louisiana, rhythm and blues pianist, Blueberry Hill
1927 Neil Simon, Bronx, playwright, Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Biloxi Blues
1926 Big Mama Thornton, blues singer, Ball and Chain, Stronger than Dirt
1926 Emile Francis, NHL player/coach/GM, Rangers, Blues, Whalers
1926 Harry "Little" Caesar, blues singer and actor, City Heat, Homer and Eddie
1926 Danny Overbea, blues singer/guitarist
1925 Harry Guardino, New York City, actor, Monty Nash, Perry Mason, Hill St. Blues
1925 Maxwell Street Jimmy Charles Davis Thomas, blues musician
1925 B[lues] B[oy] King, Itta Bena Mississippi, blues singer, Thrill is Gone
1925 Jimmy Reed, born in Mississippi, blues singer, Soulin', Big Boss Man
1925 Clifton Chenier, born in Opelousas, Louisiana, blues singer, Bayou Blues
1925 Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer
1924 "Jelly-Roll Blues," is recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton
1924 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Vinton, Louisiana, blues singer, Mary is Fine
1923 Albert King, born in Mississippi, blues singer/guitarist, Bad Look Blues
1922 Jack Kerouac, Beat writer, On the Road, Mexico Blues
1921 Michael Conrad, Washington Hgts, New York, actor, Delvecchio, Hill St. Blues
1921 Junior Parker, born in Arkansas, blues vocalist/songwriter, Mystery Train
1919 Than Wyenn, New York City, actor, Pete Kelly's Blues
1918 Joe Williams, Cordele, Georgia, jazz singer, Everyday I have the Blues
1917 John Lee Hooker, born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, blues guitarist, Canned Heat
1917 Moses Rascoe, blues Singer
1915 Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee, blues singer/guitarist
1915 Floyd McDaniel, blues singer/guitarist
1915 Willie Dixon, born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, bassist, Walkin' the Blues
1915 Willy Dixon, blues artist, Mellow Down Easy
1914 Brownie McGhee, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, blues guitarist
1914 Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, Mississippi
1914 T Handy publishes "St. Louis Blues"
1914 Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist
1914 Sonny Boy Williamson, [John Lee], blues musician, Down and Out Blues
1912 W C Handy publishes "Memphis Blues" 1st Blues Song, 1912
1912 Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist
1912 Lightnin' [Sam] Hopkins, born in Texas, blues stylist, Ball of Twine
1911 Silas Hogan, blues singer/guitarist
1911 Joe Turner, KC, blues singer, Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle and Roll
1911 Robert Johnson, blues singer, King of Delta Blues Singer
1911 Jesse Thomas, blues singer
1910 Howlin' Wolf, [Chester Arthur Burnett], harmonica, Big City Blues
1910 T-Bone Walker, Linden, Texas, blues guitarist, Funky Town, Well Done
1907 Sunnyland Albert Luandrew Slim, blues pianist
1905 1st published blues composition forms sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues
1904 U.S. blues singer Gertrude Pridgett marries comic William Rainey
1903 Jimmy Rushing, U.S. blues singer
1902 Eddie James "Son" House, folk blues musician, Delta Blues
1902 Langston Hughes, poet/translator, Weary Blues
1901 Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1
1901 1st AL game, Chicago beats Cleveland Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out
1900 Paul J Mares, U.S., jazz trumpetist/composer, Farewell blues
1899 Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player
1896 Gary Davis, born in Laurens, South Carolina, blues/folk guitarist, A Little More Faith
1896 Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great
1895 Mance Lipscomb, born in Texas, blues musician, Texas Sharecropper
1895 Alberta Hunter, blues singer and composer, Downhearted Blues
1894 Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith, Empress of Blues, over 200 songs
1893 "Big Bill" Broonzy, born in Mississippi, blues singer/guitarist, Blues by Broonzy
1893 [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of the blues
1888 Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist, Rock Island Line
1886 Ma Rainey, [Gertrude Pridgett], "Mother of the Blues", U.S. blues singer
1873 W[illiam] C[hristopher] Handy, Alabama, jazz star, St. Louis Blues
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