On this day in 1928, Bessie Smith recorded 6 songs, including “Washwoman’s Blues”, in New York City for Columbia Records.

On this day in 1979, B.B. King celebrated his 30th year in show business at a special celebration held at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.

Today’s episode features the one and only B.B. King

On this day in Blues history is published every day in video format on Bluesland (on Facebook) and on BlueSky