Month: October 2021

October 27, 1957 – The Crickets started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with “That’ll Be The Day.” It was also a No.3 hit in the US where it went on to sell over a million. The song was inspired by a trip to the movies by Holly, Jerry Allison and Sonny Curtis in June 1956. The John Wayne film The Searchers was playing and Wayne’s frequently-used, world-weary catchphrase, “That’ll Be The Day” inspired the young musicians. #ROCkabillyHop #BuddyHolly @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ThatllBeTheDay #TheCrickets
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October 26, 1958 – Bill Haley and his Comets played the first rock ‘n’ roll concert in Germany. Over 7,000 rock ‘n’ roll fans turned the show into a riot. By the time police clear the Berlin Sportpalast, where the concert is held, five policemen and six audience members are seriously injured. @billhaleymusic #BillHaley #ROCkabillyHop
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October 24, 1960 – Brenda Lee “I Want to Be Wanted” was #1 in the US for 1 week #ROCkabillyHop #IWantToBeWanted #BrendaLee #LittleMissDynamite
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October 24, 1937 – Surf rocker Santo Farina (of Santo & Johnny) is born in Brooklyn, New York. #ROCkabillyHop #SantoAndJohnny #Sleepwalk #HappyBirthday
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October 24, 1930 – J. P. Richardson (aka The Big Bopper) is born Jiles Perry Richardson in Sabine Pass, Texas. #ROCkabillyHop #BigBopper #ChantillyLace #HappyBirthday
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October 23, 1961 – Dion’s “Runaround Sue” hits #1 for the first of two weeks. Dion pulled the name Sue out of thin air, but when he later married a woman named Sue, she told everyone it was about her – even though she knew it wasn’t. #ROCkabillyHop #Dion #RunaroundSue
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October 23, 1954 – “That’s All Right” b/w “Blue Moon of Kentucky” hits the Top Ten in the Nashville and New Orleans markets, representing the first hit for Elvis outside of Memphis. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #ThatsAllRight #BlueMoonOfKentucky
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October 23, 1937 – Johnny Carroll Born John Lewis Carrell (Carrell was printed incorrectly as Carroll on the record label), Carroll began recording for Decca Records in the middle of the 1950s. He released several singles, none of which saw significant success, though they are now critically acclaimed. His records were eclipsed by the success of other rockabilly and early rock & roll musicians such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash. #ROCkabillyHop #HappyBirthday #JohnnyCarroll
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October 22, 1961 – Chubby Checker performs a medley of “The Twist” and “Let’s Twist Again” on TV’s Ed Sullivan Show, sparking chart revivals for both tunes (“The Twist” even returns to #1). #ROCkabillyHop @chubby_checker #ChubbyChecker #TheTwist #LetsTwistAgain
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October 22, 1942 – Bobby Fuller, known for his hit cover of The Crickets’ “I Fought The Law” with his group The Bobby Fuller Four, is born in Baytown, Texas, but raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. #ROCkabillyHop #BobbyFuller #IFoughtTheLaw #TheCrickets #HappyBirthday
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