Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


May 23 1926	Blues pianist and songwriter Arthur Gunter, composer of hits including Baby Let's Play House, is born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. (1926)
May 23 1928	Clarence Williams' Washboard Five record Red River Blues and Shake It Down for OKeh Records in New York City, USA. (1928),
May 23 1928	Kalama's Quartet record St. Louis Blues and Hula Blues for OKeh Records in New York City, USA. (1928)
May 23 1950	Dick Shurman is born in Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA. He will find success as a record producer working mainly in the blues field, with artists including Albert Collins and Johnny Winter. (1950)
May 23 1959	Kansas City by Wilbert Harrison reaches No1 in the Cashbox pop singles chart in the USA. (1959)
May 23 1959	The Count Basie Orchestra, with Billy Eckstine on vocals, records Lonesome Lover Blues, Jelly Jelly and other tracks in New York City, USA. (1959)
May 23 1959	Dave 'Baby' Cortez, Bo Diddley, The Heartbeats, The Fiestas, The Cadillacs and Bobby Day play the second night in a week of shows at The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA. (1959)
May 23 1961	Jimmy Rogers plays the twelfth night of two weeks in the Camellia house Lounge at The Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1961)
May 23 1962	John Lee Hooker spends the last of ten days recording his album Free Beer And Chicken for ABC Records in the USA. (1974)
May 23 1964	Blues guitarist and singer John Wesley Macon, aka Mr. Shortstuff, records I Want To Love, No Special Woman and other tracks for his Spivey Records debut album Introducing Mr. Shortstuff, in New York City, USA. Big Joe Williams is also present at the session and contributes some guitar and vocals. (1964)
May 23 1964	Big Walter Horton records Easy, Have A Good Time, Mean Mistreater, In The Mood, West Side Blues, Louise, Tin Pan Alley and This Is It [Walter's Boogie] for The Swedish Broadcasting Company at the bar of Sutherland Hotel, 4569 South Drexel Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA. At the same session, Paul Butterfield records Everything's Gonna Be Alright, Poor Boy, Got My Mojo Working, Last Night, Loaded and One Room Country Shack. (1964)
May 23 1965	Lalo Schifrin records Blues A Go Go, Roulette Rhumba and other tracks in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Verve Records. (1965)
May 23 1965	The Yardbirds play in the Top Ten Club at The Palais, Dundee, Scotland. (1965)
May 23 1966	The Small Faces play at the Top Rank, Southampton, UK. (1966)
May 23 1966	When blues and jazz singer Jimmy Witherspoon plays at The Bull's Head, Barnes, London, UK, the show is recorded and will be released by Fontana Records as the album 'Spoon Sings And Swings. (1966)
May 23 1967	The Cream, with Eric Clapton on guitar, play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, UK, supported by Family. (1967)
May 23 1967	The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at the Bongo Club, Malmo, Sweden, Europe. (1967)
May 23 1969	Albert Collins plays the fifth of seven nights at The Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Charlie Musselwhite. (1969)
May 23 1975	Country-blues guitarist and songwriter Lane Hardin dies in Los Angeles, California, USA. (1975)
May 23 1982	The Hoodoo Rhythm Devils play at The Lucky Lion, Oakland, California, USA. (1982)
May 23 1985	Lloyd Glenn dies of a heart attack, aged 75, at his home in Los Angeles, California, USA. A popular session pianist, working with Kid Ory and Big Joe Turner, Glenn was also a fine musical arranger. His solo career featured several US r'n'b hits in the early 50s. (1985)
May 23 1997	Blues pianist and singer Lovie Lee dies aged 88 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1997)
May 23 2006	Clifford Antone dies aged 56 at his home in Austin, Texas, USA. Antone was the founder of a well-known Austin blues club and record label, as well as a mentor to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan and numerous other musicians. (2006)
May 23 2013	Jimmie Vaughan plays at Yoshi's, Oakland, California, USA. (2013)
May 23 2013	Blues and jazz vocalist Kevin Mahogany plays at The Philharmonic Concert Hall, Cherkassy, Ukraine, Eastern Europe. (2013)