Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


May 21 1920	Little Willie Anderson is born in West Memphis, Arkansas, USA. A respected Chicago harmonica player, Anderson will work with Little Walter, Muddy Waters and others. (1920)
May 21 1925	The Benson Orchestra Of Chicago records Because Of You the World Is Mine for Victor Records in Camden, New Jersey, USA. (1925)
May 21 1926	Albert Grossman is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He will find success as an entrepreneur and manager in the folk music scene, taking care of business for Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul And Mary, Janis Joplin and others throughout the sixties. (1926)
May 21 1941	Memphis Minnie records Me And My Chauffeur Blues in Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1941)
May 21 1941	Memphis Minnie records Me And My Chauffeur Blues in Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1941)
May 21 1947	Bill Champlin is born in Oakland, California, USA. He will become the founder/leader of San Francisco, California, USA, band The Sons Of Champlin, then go on to sing with Chicago. (1947)
May 21 1950	Griff Williams And His Orchestra play the first of 28 nights at The Trianon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1950)
May 21 1950	Jimmy Palmer And His Orchestra play the first night of four weeks at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1950)
May 21 1955	Chuck Berry records Maybellene as his first single, for Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The song is based on an old country tune, Ida Red. (1955)
May 21 1955	At Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Chuck Berry records his first Chess Records single, Maybellene, a re-written version of a country fiddle tune called Ida Red. (1955)
May 21 1955	Chuck Berry records Wee Wee Hours for Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA. This is the first track to be recorded for Berry's debut album, After School Session. (1955)
May 21 1961	Jerry Lee Lewis, Ben E. King, Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Mary Wells , Sugar Pie DeSanto and others play the third night in a week of concerts at The Regal, Chicago Illinois, USA. (1961)
May 21 1961	Jimmy Rogers plays the tenth night of two weeks in the Camellia house Lounge at The Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1961)
May 21 1962	Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers begin a two-week season at McKie's Disc Jockey Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1962)
May 21 1972	Jazz-rock fusion band The Mahavishnu Orchestra plays at The Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Seatrain and Alex Taylor. (1972)
May 21 1977	The Bay City Rollers play at The Arie Crown Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1977)
May 21 2011	Lucinda Williams plays the first of two nights at Park West, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (2011)
May 21 2012	On their first tour together in over twenty years, the surviving members of The Beach Boys play the first of two nights at The Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (2012)