Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


Jun 18 1929	Kansas Joe McCoy [vocal and guitar] records When The Levee Breaks with Memphis Minnie [guitar] for Columbia Records in the USA. (1929)
Jun 18 1954	Danny Cedrone, the session guitarist who played the scintillating solo on Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley and His Comets, dies when he falls down a flight of stairs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. (1954)
Jun 18 1956	In Liverpool, UK, Paul McCartney receives a trumpet for his birthday, which he will later swap for his first guitar. He will find fame as a member of The Beatles. (1956)
Jun 18 1964	The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on guitar, play at The Cavern, Liverpool, UK. Support act is Jimmy Powell and the Five Dimensions. (1964)
Jun 18 1971	Skid Row play at Poperama, Devizes. Their guitarist is Gary Moore who will go on to join Thin Lizzy and will also enjoy a successful solo career. (1971)
Jun 18 2011	Deep Purple play with an Orchestra at Ravinia Festival, Ravinia Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (2011)
Jun 18 2011	Leslie West, best-known as guitarist for Mountain, is admitted to hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA, after his right leg begins to swell and his foot turns septic. (2011)
Jun 18 2011	Slash attends The Beastly Ball fundraising event at Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles, California, USA. (2011)
Jun 18 2013	Teenage blues guitar prodigy Quinn Sullivan releases his debut album, Getting There, in the USA. (2013)