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Events on Friday 15 August 1958 3
1903 – 1958Big Bill BroonzyBlues singer and guitaristA founding figure of Chicago blues in the 1930s who later brought folk blues to Europe and inspired the British blues boom.
1958Big Bill Broonzy dies in ChicagoAged 55Dies of cancer.
1958Buddy Holly marries Maria Elena SantiagoNew YorkMarried weeks after meeting her.