Day: November 10, 2021

November 10, 1958 – Conway Twitty’s “It’s Only Make Believe” hits #1 in the US for the first of 2 weeks. Before this song hit, Twitty was recording rockabilly and rock and roll songs under his real name Harold Jenkins. #ROCkabillyHop @ConwayTwitty #ConwayTwitty #OnlyMakeBelieve
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November 10, 1961 – Elvis Presley was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘His Latest Flame/Little Sister.’ The singers ninth UK No.1. ‘His Latest Flame’ peaked at 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and ‘Little Sister’ peaked at 5. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #HisLatestFlame #LittleSister
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November 10, 1955 – Elvis Presley attended the fourth Country Music Disc Jockey Convention in Nashville Tennessee. Back at his hotel Mae Boren Axton (Hoyt Axton’s mother) played him a demo of a new song she had written with Tommy Durden called ‘Heartbreak Hotel’. Presley released the track as a single on January 27, 1956, his first on his new record label RCA Victor. The song gave him his his first No.1 one pop record. #ROCkabillyHop #HeartbreakHotel @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing
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