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John Thomas Wrencher is born in Sunflower, Mississippi, USA. He will find success as blues harmonica player, singer and recording artist Big John Wrencher, aka One Arm John.
Mathis James Reed is born in Dunleith, Mississippi, USA. He will
find fame as blues singer/songwriter/guitarist and harmonica player
Jimmy Reed.
Charles Isiah Ross is born in Tunica, Mississippi, USA. He will grow up to record for Sun Records and others as a harmonica player under the name Dr Ross.
Herman Parker Jr is born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA. He will find success as blues vocalist and harmonica virtuoso Little Junior Parker
Blues harmonica player Jazz Gillum And His Jazz Boys record New "Sail On, Little Girl", Sweet Sweet Woman, Gillum's Windy Blues, Boar Hog Blues, Just Like Jesse James and Reefer Head Woman, for Bluebird Records at The Leland Hotel, Aurora, Illinois, USA. Guitar on this session is played by Big Bill Broonzy.
Chicago Sunny Boy (aka Joe Hill Louis) records Jack Pot and Western Union Man at Meteor Studio, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Blues harmonica star Little Walter Jacobs records Take Me Back in Chicago, Illinois, USA, for Chess Records.
Count Basie And His Orchestra plays at the CBS New Year's Eve Dancing Party in Birdland, New York City, USA.
Blues vocalist, harmonica player and recording artist Lester Butler is born in Virginia, USA.
Blues harmonica virtuoso Shakey Jake Harris records the album Mouth
Harp Blues for Bluesville Records, in
Van Gelder
Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Mahalia Jackson Show, a tv special starring Mahalia Jackson, is broadcast by Granada TV in the UK. The show, produced by Johnnie Hamp, also features Chris Barber's Jazz Band, Toots Thielemans, Julius Katchen and Leon Bibb.Harmonica-player Johnny Puleo and singer Betty Madigan are playing at The Holiday House, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
J.D. Short [harmonica, guitar, vocals] records So Much Wine, Train Bring My Baby Back, You Been Cheatin' Me and Fighting For Dear Old Uncle Sam, for Folkways Records in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated plays its regular Thursday night residency at The Marquee, London, UK.
Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated plays its regular Thursday night residency at The Marquee, London, UK.
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Koerner, Ray And Glover record the album Blues, Rags And Hollers for Audiophile Records in The Woman's Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, in a twelve-hour session starting at 10am.
From Me To You, the third single by The Beatles, enters the UK pop singles chart at No6. It will peak at No1 during a seventeen week stay.
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Little Stevie Wonder plays at The Airport Drive-In, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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The Great Train Robbery takes place near Cheddington, England, UK. The robbers stop a Glasgow to London mail train and escape with £2.6m in used bank notes - a record haul at the time. Heavy rock band Mountain will record the song The Great Train Robbery on their 1971 album Nantucket Sleighride.
In 1985, Paul Hardcastle will release a song, Just For Money, about the robbery.
In 2005, Alabama 3, will record a tribute to Bruce Reynolds, who masterminded the robbery, Have You Seen Bruce Richard Reynolds, which was previously recorded by Nigel Denver on his 1967 album Rebellion!. It's worth noting that Alabama 3 harmonica player, Nick Reynolds, is the son of Bruce Reynolds.
In 1985, Paul Hardcastle will release a song, Just For Money, about the robbery.
In 2005, Alabama 3, will record a tribute to Bruce Reynolds, who masterminded the robbery, Have You Seen Bruce Richard Reynolds, which was previously recorded by Nigel Denver on his 1967 album Rebellion!. It's worth noting that Alabama 3 harmonica player, Nick Reynolds, is the son of Bruce Reynolds.
Eric Von Schmidt records Crow Jane for Prestige Records in New York City, USA. The track will appear on his album The Folk Blues Of Eric Von Schmidt.
The Sonny Boy Williamson II plays at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, UK, supported by Alexis Korner. The show is a tribute to recently deceased British blues maestro Cyril Davies.
The Group, including guitarist Mike Bloomfield and harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite, records 43rd Street Blues, Rambling Blues, Drifting and Drifting, I'm in the Mood, Five Long Years, I Got Fooled, The First Year I Got Married, I Done Got Wise, Katie Mae and I Got You in the Palm of My Hand, at Mike Shea's Studio, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, Sleepy John Estes, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Sunnyland Slim, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Lightnin' Hopkins and others take part in the American Folk Blues FestivalHowlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, Sleepy John Estes, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Sunnyland Slim, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Lightnin
Bob Luman records Freedom Of Living, Love Worked A Miracle, Poor Boy Blues and Five Miles From Home with producer Wesley Rose in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Musicians on the session are guitarists Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton and Billy Sanford, steel guitarist Pete Drake, pianist Floyd Cramer, bassist Bobby Dyson, drummer Buddy Harman, harmonica player Charlie McCoy [harmonica] and The Anita Kerr Singers.
The Warlocks, later to become The Grateful Dead, record a demo of their song Can't Come Down for Autumn Records at Golden Gate Recorders, San Francisco, California, USA. Also recording tracks during the same session are Dino Valenti and Judy Mac.
Blues harmonica master Jazz Gillum is shot in the head during an argument, and is pronounced dead on arrival at Garfield Park Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The James Cotton Band and The Crumbs play the first of two nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.The Amboy Dukes [including the mad axeman Ted Nugent] play the first of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, as support to The New York Rock'n'Roll Ensemble. Also on the bill is blues harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite.
On his Hotter Than July Tour, Stevie Wonder plays the fifth of six [non-consecutive] nights at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe.Sunnyland Slim, Hubert Sumlin, Louisiana Red, Bowling Green John And Harmonica Phil Wiggins, Lurrie Bell, Carey Bell and Margie Evans play in the American Folk Blues Festival '81 at the Konzertaula, Kamen, Germany, Europe.
Stevie Wonder plays in his fifth annual Stevie Wonder House Full of Toys benefit show at the E2 nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, USA.The 19th Annual Chicago Blues Festival, a three day event, begins in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Acts appearing over the course of the event include Bo Diddley, David 'Honeyboy' Edwards and James Cotton.
Thom Yorke of Radiohead plays a set at The Latitude Festival in Henham Park, Southwold, UK, during which he includes a performance of one new song, The Present Tense.
Grammy Award-winning harmonica master James Cotton, blues-rocking guitarist/vocalist Tinsley Ellis and The Fabulous Thunderbirds featuring Kim Wilson and guitarists Jody Williams and Bob Margolin, appear in the Blues At The Crossroads II: Muddy And The Wolf concert in Benaroya Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA.
On their Acoustic Tour, Nine Below Zero play at Kingskerswell Parish Church, Devon, UK.On their Acoustic Tour, Nine Below Zero play at Henry Tudor House, Shrewsbury, UK.
On their Are We There Yet? - 40th Anniversary Tour, Nine Below Zero play at The Brook, Southampton, England, UK, Europe.1923 |
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