Day: November 12, 2021

November 12, 1956 – Johnnie Ray was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Just Walking In The Rain.’ It stayed at No.1 for seven weeks making it this year’s Christmas No.1. Written in 1952 by Johnny Bragg and Robert Riley, two prisoners at Tennessee State Prison in Nashville, after a comment made by Bragg as the pair crossed the courtyard while it was raining. #ROCkabillyHop #JohnnieRay #JustWalkingInTheRain
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November 12, 1955 – Chuck Berry is named the most promising Rhythm & Blues artist in Chart Toppers’s annual DJ’s Poll. #ChuckBerry @ChuckBerry #ROCkabillyHop
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November 12, 1955 – Fats Domino is named the favorite Rhythm & Blues artist in Chart Toppers’s annual DJ’s Poll. #ROCkabillyHop #TheFatMan @RealFatsDomino #fatsdomino
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November 12, 1944 – Booker T. Jones (frontman for Booker T. & the MG’s) is born in Memphis, Tennessee. (The “T” stands for Taliaferro.) #ROCkabillyHop #BookerT #HappyBirthday
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November 12, 1934 – Clyde Allen “Al” Hendrix was born. Hendrix an American rockabilly singer and songwriter. He began performing in clubs around Bakersfield, California, and met Buck Owens at the legendary Blackboard Cafe. Hendrix and Owens played music together, often with Bill Woods and The Orange Blossom Playboys. #ROCkabillyHop #AlHendrix #HappyBirthday
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