Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


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	Daith? Sproule is born in Derry, Northern Ireland. He will find success as a guitarist and singer of traditional Irish music, best-known as a member of the folk supergroup Altan. (1950)
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 guitarists including Albert Collins and Johnny Winter. (1950)
May 23 1953	Elvis Presley wins a guitar when he comes second in the amateur singing contest at the First Annual Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Festival in Meridian, Mississippi, USA. (1953)
May 23 1958	Twangy guitarist Duane Eddy releases a new single, Rebel Rouser, on Dolton Records in the USA. It will be his first Top 10 hit, reaching No6 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA. Duane Eddy will go on to become the most successful Rock'n'Roll instrumentalist of all time, with over 100 million records sold. (1958)
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	Deep In The Heart Of Texas by Duane Eddy enters the UK pop singles chart, where it will peak at No19 during a four week stay. (1962)
May 23 1962	Chet Atkins records Amazing Grace, Farther Along, Lonesome Valley, In The Garden, When They Ring The Golden Bells and Just A Closer Walk With Thee at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. (1962)
May 23 1964	Heinz And The Wild Ones play at St George's Hall, Hinckley, UK. Guitarist in the band is Ritchie Blackmore, later to find fame in Deep Purple. (1964)
May 23 1969	Led Zeppelin, Pacific Gas And Electric and The Illinois Speed Press, play the first of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1969)
May 23 1972	Stevie Wonder is in Electric Lady Studios, New York City, USA, working on his album Talking Book. This is the first of three days on which guitarist Jeff Beck is also in the studio. Over the three days, the pair work together on the songs Superstition, Maybe Your Baby and Looking For Another Pure Love. (1972)
May 23 1994	Revered jazz guitarist Joe Pass dies aged 65 from liver cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA. (1994)
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)