Cyril Davies All-Stars:L-R: Nicky Hopkins, Cyril Davies, Carlo Little, Rick Brown, Bernie Watson

Cyril Davies (1932 - January 7, 1964) was a British harmonica player and blues musician. He began his career in the early 1950s as part of an acoustic duo with Alexis Korner. In the early 1960s, they added bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Charlie Watts, becoming the electric band Blues Incorporated. Image File history File links Asprof. ... January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... A harmonica is a very common free reed musical wind instrument (also known, among other things, as a mouth organ, French harp,tin sandwhich, blues harp, simply harp, or Mississippi saxophone), having multiple, variably-tuned brass or bronze reeds, each secured at one end over an airway slot of like... The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. ... // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ... Alexis Korner (April 19, 1928 - January 1, 1984), was an English blues musician. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Jack Bruce (born May 14, 1943) is a British musician; a multi-instumentalist, composer, singer and, most importantly, a very influential electric bassist. ... Charles Robert Charlie Watts (born 2 June 1941, in Islington, London) is the drummer of The Rolling Stones. ...

In 1962, they opened a club called the Ealing Club in London. Many musicians came to the club and in their early careers playing with Blues Incorporated, including Rod Stewart, Keith Richards, Eric Burdon, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Ginger Baker. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rod Stewart - before he was a Celtic fan. ... Album photograph by Sante D’orazio Keith Richards (AKA Keith Richard - see Early Life below) (born 18 December 1943 in Dartford, Kent, England), is an English guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with The Rolling Stones, 1962. ... Eric Victor Burdon (born May 11, 1941, Walker-on-Tyne, Northumberland) was the lead singer of The Animals and later of War. ... Mick Jagger, seen here on Box of Pin Ups, 1964. ... Brian Jones, creater of The Rolling Stones. ... Peter Edward Ginger Baker (born August 19, 1939) born in Lewisham, London, is a British percussionist who gained fame as a member of Cream from 1966 until 1968 with Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton, and later joined Clapton and Steve Winwood in the 1969 group Blind Faith. ...

Following the dissolution of Blues Incorporated in 1963, Davies formed the Cyril Davies All-Stars and recorded four tracks for Pye Records (Country Line Special, Chicago Calling, Preaching the Blues, and Sweet Mary). The original line-up shown here was later subject to frequent changes, particularly after Cyril's untimely death, and a number of 'All-Stars' tracks with various line-ups, including Carlo Little, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Nicky Hopkins are found on different labels and anthologies - the name continuing for several years. Davies died in 1964 (frequently reported as of leukemia but some accounts suggest it was actually pleurisy) and the core band was taken over by Long John Baldry and formed the basis of the Hoochie Coochie Men. 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pye Records was a British record label. ... Carl ONeil Little, better known as Carlo Little, (born 17 December 1938, Wembley, Middlesex, died of lung cancer on 6 August 2005 in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear) was an influential rock and roll drummer based on the London club scene in the 1960s. ... Jimmy Page in concert with Led Zeppelin James Patrick Jimmy Page OBE, (born January 9, 1944 in Heston, Middlesex, England) is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential guitarists in rock and roll. ... The electric guitarist Jeff Beck (born June 24, 1944) is a British rock musician who played in a number of influential bands in the 1960s. ... Nicky Hopkins Nicky Hopkins (February 24, 1944 – September 6, 1994) was a British musician who featured on scores of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, playing piano and organ. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Leukemia (leukaemia in Commonwealth English) is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal proliferation of white blood cells (leukocytes). ... Pleurisy, also known as pleuritis, is an inflammation of the pleura, the lining of the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs, which can cause painful respiration and other symptoms. ... Long John Baldry, (January 12, 1941 – July 21, 2005) was a pioneering British blues musician. ...

Probably the best online account of Cyril Davies and the All-Stars can be found on the website of the late Carlo Little, one of the drummers with the band. Carlo Little: The R&B Years