20.01.1888.
Influential
Blues, gospel and folk singer of first generation, and player of guitar, piano,
mandolin, harmonica, violin, and accordion, Leadbelly was born Huddie William
Ledbetter on the Jeter Plantation near Mooringsport, Louisiana.
20.01.1922.
Piney
Brown was born in Birmingham, Alabama.
20.01.1936.
Blues
pianist Erwin Helfer was born in Chicago, Illinois.
20.01.1937.
Saxophonist
of Blues and jazz, Erskine Oglesby was born.
20.01.1949.
Albert
Ammons played at President Harry S. Truman's inauguration.
20.01.1952.
American
Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter John Campbell was born in Shreveport,
Louisiana.
20.01.1956.
Reverend
Gary Davis' Harlem Street Sprituals were recorded by Kenneth F.
Goldstein. Recordings appeared at Riverside Records' American Street Songs
LP.
20.01.1973.
Jerry
Lee Lewis made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry.
20.01.1989.
Blues
pianist Whistlin’ Alex Moore died of a heart attack in Dallas, Texas at the age
of 89.
20.01.1996.
American
Blues guitarist and singer, who played guitar in Willie Dixon's Blues
All-Stars, Buster Benton died from the effects of diabetes in Chicago, Illinois
at the age of 63.
20.01.1998.
Cannonball
Records released Cadillac Blues, an album by Johnnie Bassett and The
Blues Insurgents, nominated for 1999 W.C. Handy Blues Awards in Traditional
Blues Album Of The Year category.
20.01.2002.
Blues
musician in the Piedmont style, John Jackson died of liver cancer in Fairfax
Station, Virginia at the age of 77.
20.01.2004.
A
Tribute To Reverend Gary Davis titled "If I Had My Way: Blues, Gospel
& Ragtime of Reverend Gary Davis" was held at Kaufman Center, Merkin
Hall (part of Lincoln Center) in New York City as part of the New York Guitar
Festival with performances by Jorma Kaukonen, Roy Book Binder and Ernie
Hawkins.
20.01.2007.
Eric
Clapton performed his first-ever concert in China at Shanghai's Grand Stage.
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