NOVEMBER 16 IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'N ROLL...

William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was a blues composer and musician. He was widely known as the "Father of the Blues".
Handy remains among the most influential of American songwriters. Though he was one of many musicians who played the distinctively American form of music known as the blues,  he is credited with giving it its contemporary form. While Handy was not the first to publish music in the blues form, he took the blues from a regional music style with a limited audience to one of the dominant national forces in American music.
Before I get into ANYTHING else about this day in the Evolution of Rock 'n Roll, I gotta give tribute to W.C. Handy. born on this date in 1873. and brought BLUES (and thereby Rock 'n Roll!) into the mainstream...Here's one of his contemporaries--Eubie Banks--doing a right on point rendition of Handy's Memphis Blues...

THIS CAT INVENTED MODERN BLUES!!!

But LOTS more happened on this day in THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'N ROLL some more Blues, as a matter of fact...

In 1931 Hubert Sumlin was born in Mississippi. He worked as a guitarist with Howlin' Wolf from '55 until '76 when Wolf passed, then had a solo career of his own. Check this out and then get more from You Tube...




Movin' right along on the November 16 EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'N ROLL...
One of Janis Joplin's heroes was born on this date:

November 16, 1933: Singer Garnet Mimms is born in Ashland, West Virginia, USA. As leader of The Enchanters he will score a series of early 60s R'n'B chart hits in the USA

Austin, Texas' Wesley Curley Clark--That's W.C Clark!--was born on this date in 1939. He'll be playing at Key's Lounge in Fort Worth  this weekend (11-19-11)--I'LL BE THERE!!!

Remember  "In The Still Of The Night" by the Five Satins? They played the Civic Auditrorium in Honolulu on November 16, 1957. Dig this Five Satins' jam--It's MY favorite...



Here's an interesting fact about this date; After Brenda Lee had turned down a chance to record  what became the Patsy Cline MONSTER "I Fall To Pieces," Patsy's recording reached #12 the following summer... 




And finally. in 2001, Palm Springs, CA installs a life size statue of their hero Sonny Bono--Yep, On November 16, 2001...