Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


Jun 19 1923	Guitarist Robert 'Jabbo' Arrington is born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, His playing can be heard on Little Jimmy Dickens' A-Sleeping At The Foot Of The Bed and Hillbilly Fever, plus several recordings by Carl Smith. (1923)
Jun 19 1932	Ernest Ranglin is born in Manchester, Jamaica, West Indies. As a session guitarist his work at Studio One in Kingston, will help give birth to the ska genre. Blending jazz and reggae, he will be heard on on numerous classic Jamaican recordings, and will perform with artists including Jimmy Cliff, Monty Alexander, Prince Buster and The Skatalites.
Jun 19 1935	Tommy De Vito, singer/guitarist with The Four Seasons, is born in Montcvlair, New Jersey, USA. (1935)
Jun 19 1937	Pioneering blues singer and guitarist Robert Johnson records Stones In My Passway, I'm A Steady Rollin' Man and From Four Till Late in Dallas, Texas, USA, for Vocalion Records. (1937)
Jun 19 1956	Danny Chauncey, guitarist of southern-fried rock band .38 Special, is born in San Francisco, California. (1956)
Jun 19 1959	Having failed all his exams except art, guitarist George Harrison leaves school, planning to find a job to support him while playing with local Liverpool, UK, group The Quarrymen. He will find greater success as a member of The Beatles. (1959)
Jun 19 1960	Instrumental guitar band The Virtues play at The Vaudeville House on The Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. (1960)
Jun 19 1960	Luke Morley, guitarist of British metal band Thunder is born in Camberwell, London, UK. (1960)
Jun 19 1964	The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on lead guitar, play at The Marquee Club, Wardour Street, Soho, London, UK. (1964)
Jun 19 1987	Ben And Jerry's Ice Cream announces the launch of a new flavour, Cherry Garcia, named in honour of The Grateful Dead's guitarist Jerry Garcia. (1987)
Jun 19 2009	A private funeral service is held for Bob Bogle, guitarist with legendary instrumental rock band The Ventures, who died recently in Vancouver, Washington, aged 75 after battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma for several years. (2009)