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Plaque

Ealing Club

Erection date: 17/3/2012

Inscription

The Ealing Club, 17 March 1962, Alexis Korner & Cyril Davies began British rhythm & blues on this site.
Plaque funded by Ealing's music fans.

The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts was present at the unveiling, exactly 50 years after the first blues night at the club.

Site: Ealing Club (1 memorial)

W5, The Broadway, 42a, The Red Room

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Ealing Club

Subjects commemorated i

Cyril Davies

Musician. Born on 23 January 1932 at St Mildred's, 15 Hawthorn Drive, Willowb...

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Alexis Korner

Musician. Born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner in Paris. His family moved to B...

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The Ealing Club

It originally opened in January 1959 as the 'Ealing Jazz Club', changing its ...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Ealing Club

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Ealing 's Music Fans

A general group of people. 

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Charlie Watts

Drummer. Born on 2 June 1941 as Charles Robert Watts in University Hospital. ...

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