On this day: April 30, 1983

Blues legend McKinley Morganfield, better known as Muddy Waters passed away on April 30, 1983 at the age of 68. Waters died of a heart attack in his hometown of Chicago where he had moved over 40 year ago to work in a paper mill.

Waters made his first commercial recording in 1946 and was singed to the Aristocrat label, later Chess Records. Waters worked with many of the top names in blues throughout the 1950's including; Willie Dixon, Little Walter Jacobs, Otis Spann, Buddy Guy and more.

Perhaps what Waters is most famous for today is something most people don't even realize. Both the Rolling Stones, and Rolling Stone Magazine took their names from a line in one of Waters' songs.

Other notable events for April 30:
-Manchester group Herman's Hermits, led by actor Peter Noone, began their first US tour on April 30, 1965 supported by the Zombies. Both groups enjoyed greater chart success in the US than thier native Britian
-Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album was absent from the US charts for the first time on April 30, 1988 after an incredible 725 weeks, just three weeks short of 14 years
-The Dirty Dancing soundtrack topped the UK album charts, while More Dirty Dancing was also in the top 3 of the chart