Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


Jun 19 1929	Blues piano sensation Roosevelt Sykes records 44 Blues, Boot That Thing and Henry Ford Blues at his first-ever recording session, in New York City, USA, for Okeh Records. (1929)
Jun 19 1929	Columbia Pictures releases a short film entitled Jail House Blues in the USA, featuring Mamie Smith performing The Jail House Blues and You Can’t Do It. (1929)
Jun 19 1930	Ambrose And his Orchestra, record Livin' In The Sunlight, Lovin' In The Moonlight, Sing A Little Theme Song, Exactly Like You and When The Little Red Roses Get The Blues For You, at the Small Queen's Hall, London, UK, for HMV Records. (1930)
Jun 19 1940	Blind Boy Fuller records twelve songs including Precious Lord and Bus Rider's Blues in Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1940)
Jun 19 1940	Blind Boy Fuller records When You Are Gone for OKeh Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1940)
Jun 19 1953	Ray Charles releases a new single, Mess Around, on Atlantic Records in the USA. The song, written by Atlantic records boss Ahmet Ertegun, is largely based on Cow Cow Blues by pioneering blues pianist Cow Cow Davenport. (1953)
Jun 19 1954	B.B. King plays at Springbrook Gardens, Lima, Ohio, USA. The ticket price is $1.75 in advance. (1954)
Jun 19 1956	Chuck Berry plays the second of six nights at the Rock And Roll Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. (1956)
Jun 19 1956	American music trade publication Billboard reports that doo-wop/r'n'b combo Sonny Til and the Orioles have been signed by Vee-Jay Records, who "will push the boys as a pop act." (1956)
Jun 19 1959	King Curtis releases a new single, Honeydripper, on Atco Records in the USA. (1959)
Jun 19 1961	Noel Stookey of folk trio Peter, Paul And Mary, shows Bob Dylan a newspaper story about a disastrous riverboat cruise. Dylan uses it as the basis of his song Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Disaster Blues. (1961)
Jun 19 1961	Noel Stookey of folk trio Peter, Paul And Mary, reads a newspaper story in The Gaslight Caf?, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. The story is about a Father's Day boat cruise up the Hudson River to Bear Mountain that had gone awry due to counterfeit tickets and overcrowding. He shows it to his young friend Bob Dylan, who uses it as the basis of his song Talkin? Bear Mountain Picnic Disaster Blues. (1961)
Jun 19 1963	The Rolling Stones play at Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, London, UK. (1963)
Jun 19 1963	The Animals continue with a two-month stint at The Star Club, Hamburg, Germany. (1963)
Jun 19 1964	Dion records Johnny B. Goode [written by Chuck Berry], High Heel Sneakers, Stones In My Passway and other tracks at Columbia Studio A, New York City, USA. (1964)
Jun 19 1964	Freddy King plays the first of three nights at The Hines Farm Blues Club, Swanton, Ohio, USA. (1964)
Jun 19 1964	The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on lead guitar, play at The Marquee Club, Wardour Street, Soho, London, UK. (1964)
Jun 19 1968	Kaleidoscope play the second of three nights at the New Orleans House, Berkeley, California, USA, supported by the A.B. Skye Blues Band. (1968)
Jun 19 2007	Brownbird Rudy Relic releases the album Anti-Stereo Acoustic Holler Blues, on Reltone Records in the USA. (2007)