Alexis Korner Musical artist

Alexis Korner (19 April 1928 – 1 January 1984) was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a founding father of British blues". A major influence on the sound of the British music scene in the 1960s, Korner was instrumental in bringing together various English blues musicians.

Personal facts

Alexis Korner
Alias (AKA)Father of British Blues
Birth dateApril 19, 1928
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1984
Place of death
City of Westminster

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Musical artist

Career started1945
Career ended1984
associated musical artist
Blues Incorporated
Collective Consciousness Society
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Blues
Blues rock
instrument
Fender Telecaster
Tiple
record label
Liberty Records
Warner Bros. Records
Columbia Records
77 Records
Decca Records
Polydor Records
Fontana Records
Transatlantic Records
Charisma Records
Tempo Records (UK)
Rak Records
Brain Records

Alexis Korner on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.britishmusicexperience.com/?PageID=98
  2. http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/radio1/alexis_korner_page.htm
  3. https://vimeo.com/62745824