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Alex Ford, who will find fame as Sonny Boy Williamson II, is born near Glendora, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, USA. In his youth he is also known as Aleck 'Rice' Miller.
John Lee Williamson, better known as blues harmonica star Sonny Boy Williamson (No1) is born in Jackson, Tennessee, USA.
Country-blues slide guitarist and harmonica player Frank Hutchison records The Last Scene of The Titanic, Worried Blues, All Night Long and other tracks for OKeh Records in St Louis, Missouri, USA.
Amos Wells is born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He will find fame as blues harmonica master Junior Wells.
Sleepy John Estes records Mailman Blues, Drop Down, Jailhouse Blues and other tracks for Decca Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Mike Turk is born in New York City, USA. He will find success as a jazz and blues harmonica player and recording artist.
Wayne Raney records Beatin' Round The Bush, I'm Really Needin' You, Undertakin' Daddy and When They Let The Hammer Down in King Studio, 1540 Brewster Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Sarah Vaughan plays the sixth night in a week of shows at The Apollo, Harlem, New York City, USA.
R'n'b singer/guitarist Lowell Fulson records Reconsider Baby, in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Blues harmonica star Little Walter Jacobs records Nobody But You and Everybody Needs Somebody 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.
Harmonica virtuoso Eddy Manson appears on tv's Ed Sullivan Show in the USA playing selections from his new LP The Fi Is Hi on Vik Records.The Subtle Tones play the fourth night of a week-long engagement at the 200 Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Their singer, Ann-Margret , will go on to become of of America's biggest stars of the 60s.
Muddy Waters, Little Walter and The "5" Royales play the third night of a week at The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
It is reported that Prestige Records has signed blues guitarist and harmonica player Eddie 'Blues Boy' Kirkland, from Detroit, Michigan, USA, to its Tru-Sound label.
Ruth
Brown performs Shake A Hand, on daily tv pop show American
Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
In London, UK, guitarist and harmonica player Brian Jones names his recently formed r'n'b band The Rolling Stones after the Muddy Waters' song Rollin' Stone Blues.
Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated plays its regular Thursday night residency at The Marquee, London, UK.
Delta blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player J.D. Short dies of a heart attack, aged 60, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
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The Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers, later to become Manfred Mann, play at The Marquee, London, England, UK, Europe.
Little Stevie Wonder plays at the Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
Sonny Boy Williamson II plays at the Star Club, Croydon, England, UK, Europe, backed by The Yardbirds.It is announced that Bob Dylan has been contracted to write a songbook for harmonica for the Music Publishers Holding Company of New York City, USA.
Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, Sleepy John Estes, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Sunnyland Slim, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Lightnin
TV rock show Where The Action Is, in the USA, features James Brown performing Try Me and Prisoner of Love; Nino Tempo And April Stevens performing Deep Purple and Swing Me.
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.
Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA reports that the folk music revival, spearheaded by Bob Dylan and others, appears to have sparked a boom in the sales of harmonicas. In 1963 virtually no American record retailers were stocking harmonicas but the latest estimates suggest that in 1965 almost 50% were. Harmonicas were also popular instruments among blues, soul and rock'n'roll musicians.
Country Joe And The Fish play at Pauley Ballroom, Berkeley, California, USA, supported by Charlie Musselwhite and Mad River.
The Cream, The James Cotton Blues Band, Jeremy And The Satyrs, and Blood Sweat And Tears play the second of three nights at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA. During these shows, Cream record the performances used on their live album Wheels Of Fire.
Kaleidoscope play at the Straight Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by James Cotton and It's a Beautiful Day.Magic Sam, Ike and Tina Turner, The Steve Miller Blues Band and Kaleidoscope play at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Charlie Musselwhite plays the last of five nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.When Muddy Waters plays with an all-star band including Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Donald "Duck" Dunn of Booker T And The MGs and Sam Lay at the Super Cosmic Joy-Scout Jamboree in Chicago, Illinois, USA, the show is recorded and some tracks will appear on the album Fathers And Sons.
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The People's Fair, a three day event, is taking place in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. Over the three days of the event, artists appearing include Buddy Rich, Taj Mahal, Ravi Shankar, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Paul Butterfield, Terry Reid, Steve Miller, The Amboy Dukes, Chuck Berry, The Siegel-Schwall Band, SRC, Crow, Brownsville Station, Sugar Loaf and more.
Stevie Wonder releases a new LP, Where I'm Coming From, on Motown Records in the USA. It will debut on the Billboard Pop Albums at No62, and on the Billboard R'n'B Albums Chart at No10.
Otis Clay plays at The Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. the show is a musical tribute to the Queen of Gospel, Mahalia Jackson and the pioneer of soul, Sam Cooke.
San Francisco based blues harmonica player and vocalist Phil Berkowitz plays at Biscuits And Blues, San Francisco, California, USA.
Mark Feltham and Dennis Greaves, best known as founder members of Nine Below Zero, play at The Town Hall, Selby, Yorkshire, UK.Mark Feltham and Dennis Greaves, best known as founder members of Nine Below Zero, release a new album, Duo, which sees the pair recording as a blues duo for the first time. 1897 |
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