Birth of Alexis Korner (born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner
Birth of Alexis Korner (born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner)
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Alexis Korner Biography and Timeline
Follow Alexis Korner through 11 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Alexis Korner, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
11Distinct records
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1928–1984Years on this page
1928
1949
Chris Barbers Jazz Band
Joins Chris Barbers Jazz Band
1955
London Blues Barrelhouse Club
Forms the influential London Blues and Barrelhouse Club
1961
Blues Incorporated
The group includes, at various times, such influential musicians as Charlie Watts, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Long John Baldry, Graham Bond, Danny Thompson and Dick Heckstall-Smith. Korner and Davies form Blues Incorporated, initially a loose-knit group of musicians with a shared love of electric blues and R&B music
1967
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Korner interviews the Jimi Hendrix Experience for the BBC radio showTop Gear. Some of these tracks, including audio of Korner himself, appear on the Hendrix double-CD BBC Sessions, including Korner playing slide guitar on "(Im Your) Hoochie Coochie Man"
1969
New Church
While touring Scandinavia he first joined forces with guitarist and singer Peter Thorup, together forming the band New Church, who were one of the support bands at the Rolling Stones Free Concert in Hyde Park, London, on 5 July 1969
Rolling Stones Free Concert
While touring Scandinavia he first joined forces with guitarist and singer Peter Thorup, together forming the band New Church, who were one of the support bands at the Rolling Stones Free Concert in Hyde Park, London, on 5 July 1969
1970
Whole Lotta Love
CCS record a version of Whole Lotta Love later used as the Top of the Pops theme.
1973
Snape
Forms Snape, with Boz Burrell, Mel Collins, and Ian Wallace, previously together in King Crimson
1981
Rocket 88
Joins a "supergroup", Rocket 88, a project led by Ian Stewart based around boogie-woogie keyboard players, which featured a rhythm section comprising Jack Bruce and Charlie Watts
1984
Death of Alexis Korner
Death of Alexis Korner, a lifelong smoker, of lung cancer
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.