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| 1928 | Birth |  |
| 19th April Paris Birth of Alexis Korner (born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner) |
| 1949 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | |
| Joins Chris Barber's Jazz Band |
| 1955 | London Blues and Barrelhouse Club | |
| Forms the influential London Blues and Barrelhouse Club |
| 1961 | Blues Incorporated | |
| Korner and Davies form Blues Incorporated, initially a loose-knit group of musicians with a shared love of electric blues and R&B music |
| 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 |
| 1970 | Collective Consciousness Society | |
| Korner and Thorup form a big band ensemble, CCS. - short for The Collective Consciousness Society - which had several hit singles produced by Mickie Most, including a version of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love", theme for BBC's Top of the Pops |
| 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 | |
| 1st Jan Death of Alexis Korner, a lifelong smoker, of lung cancer |
