Timeline Tuesday 16 August 1938

Events on Tuesday 16 August 1938 3

• 1911 – 1938 Robert Johnson (1911-1938) Died 16 August 1938, aged 27 Robert Johnson was a Mississippi Delta blues singer and guitarist. His handful of recordings deeply influenced rock and blues, and he became the subject of the legend that he sold his soul at a crossroads.
• 1938 Robert Johnson dies near Greenwood, Mississippi Aged 27 Dies at 27, reputedly poisoned.
• 1938 – 2016 The 27 Club Artists who died at 27 Musicians and artists who died at the age of 27 — Robert Johnson, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and others. A coincidence that became a legend.