Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


May 24 1929	Lonnie Johnson records It Feels So Good - Parts 3 and 4, in New York City, USA, for Okeh Records. (1929)
May 24 1955	Pioneering blues vocalist and OKeh Records artist, Sara Martin, known as 'the blues sensation from the west' dies of a stroke in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. (1955)
May 24 1955	Muddy Waters records Manish Boy for Chess Records, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1955)
May 24 1959	Dave 'Baby' Cortez, Bo Diddley, The Heartbeats, The Fiestas, The Cadillacs and Bobby Day play the third night in a week of shows at The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA. (1959)
May 24 1961	Jimmy Rogers plays the thirteenth night of two weeks in the Camellia house Lounge at The Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1961)
May 24 1962	Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated plays its regular Thursday night residency at The Marquee, London, UK. (1962)
May 24 1967	The Jimi Hendrix Experience appear on the Popside TV show, in Stockholm, Sweden. On his way to today's gig at the Tivoli Gardens, Hendrix asks a girl at the Stureplan for directions. Her name is Eva Sundqvist, and she will become his girlfriend. Later that day, the band is turned out of its hotel. (1967)
May 24 1968	The Paul Butterfield Blues Band plays the first of three nights at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by The Psychedelic Stooges and The MC5. (1968)
May 24 1968	Taj Mahal is recording Corinna and Jellyroll in Hollywood, California, USA, for Columbia Records. (1968)
May 24 1968	Big Brother And the Holding Company, including Janis Joplin, play the first of three nights at The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are H.P.Lovecraft and The Clara Ward Singers. (1968)
May 24 1969	Albert Collins plays the sixth of seven nights at The Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Charlie Musselwhite. (1969)
May 24 1969	Howlin? Wolf plays at The Flamingo Club, Soho, London, UK. (1969)
May 24 2004	B.B. King is awarded the Polar Music Prize by the King Of Sweden, at The Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe. (2004)