Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


Jun 20 1916	The Six Brown Brothers record Bull Frog Blues (In Foxtrot Time) for Victor Records in Camden, New Jersey, USA. (1916)
Jun 20 1929	Blind Blake records Hookworm Blues, Poker Woman Blues, Doing A Stretch, Fightin' the Jug and Slippery Rag in Richmond, Indiana, USA, for Paramount Records. (1929)
Jun 20 1933	Leslie Johnson is born in Torras, Louisiana, USA, He will find fame as blues harp player Lazy Lester. (1933)
Jun 20 1935	Major blues star Big Bill Broonzy records C And A Blues for The American Record Company [ARC] in Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1935)
Jun 20 1956	Chuck Berry plays the third of six nights at the Rock And Roll Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. (1956)
Jun 20 1957	Blues harmonica star Little Walter Jacobs records I Had My Fun in Chicago, Illinois, USA, for Chess Records. (1957)
Jun 20 1957	Sonny Boy Williamson II, Elmore James, Magic Sam, The Dells, Billy 'The Kid' Emerson and jazz crooner Johnny Hartman and his band play at The Rena Theatre [previously known as The Lawndale Theatre] , Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1957)
Jun 20 1961	Recruit RA19693532, James Marshall Hendrix [later to find fame as Jimi Hendrix] has an official US Army photograph taken at Fort Ord, California, USA. (1961)
Jun 20 1961	Fats Domino records You Win Again and Your Cheatin' Heart at Cosimo Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Both songs are written by Hank Williams. (1961)
Jun 20 1963	The Rolling Stones play at The Scene Club, Ham Yard, London, UK. (1963)
Jun 20 1963	The Animals continue with a two-month stint at The Star Club, Hamburg, Germany. (1963)
Jun 20 1964	Freddy King plays the second of three nights at The Hines Farm Blues Club, Swanton, Ohio, USA. (1964)
Jun 20 1964	Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones reveals in a press interview, "I give The Stones about another two years. I'm saving for the future. I bank all my royalties for a start." (1964)
Jun 20 1964	The Yardbirds, featuring Eric Clapton on lead guitar, play at the Osterley Rugby Club, Osterley, London, UK. (1964)
Jun 20 1964	Johnny Rivers performs the Chuck Berry composition Memphis on weekly US tv pop show American Bandstand. (1964)
Jun 20 1968	Kaleidoscope play the last of three nights at the New Orleans House, Berkeley, California, USA, supported by the A.B. Skye Blues Band. (1968)
Jun 20 2000	B.B. King opens his new B.B. King blues club in Times Square, New York City, USA. (2000)
Jun 20 2013	Blues guitarist Stephen Dale Petit plays at The 100 Club, London, UK. (2013)