Month: November 2021

November 26, 1972 – Chuck Berry was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘My Ding a-Ling’, his only UK No.1. The song was originally recorded by Dave Bartholomew in 1952. Berry’s version was from a concert recorded at the Locarno ballroom in Coventry, England, on February 3, 1972. Boston radio station WMEX disc jockey Jim Connors was credited with a gold record for discovering the song and pushing it to No.1 over the airwaves and amongst his peers in the United States. #ROCkabillyHop #ChuckBerry @ChuckBerry #MyDingALing
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November 26, 1955 – Bill Haley’s “Rock Around The Clock” becomes the first rock and roll record to hit #1 in the UK, thanks to its inclusion in the movie Blackboard Jungle. #ROCkabillyHop @billhaleymusic #BillHaley #RockAroundTheClock #BlackboardJungle
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November 26, 1939 – Doo-wop singer Dave White (of Danny and the Juniors) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Co-wrote the group’s “At the Hop” and Lesley Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me.” #ROCkabillyHop #DannyTndTheJuniors #AtTheHop #HappyBirthday
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November 25, 1961 – The Everly Brothers report for duty at Camp Pendleton in southern California after joining the Marine Corps Reserves. By enlisting together, the brothers ensure that they won’t be drafted – and separated. #ROCkabillyHop #EverlyBrothers #USMC
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November 25, 1959 – Jack Scott records “What In The World’s Come Over You.” It reached #2 in Australia, #5 on the U.S. pop chart, #7 on the U.S. R&B chart, and #11 on the UK Singles Chart in 1960. The song ranked #14 on Billboard magazine’s Top 100 singles of 1960. #ROCkabillyHop #JackScott #WhatInTheWorld
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November 24, 1939 – Carl Bunch was born in Big Spring, Texas. Buddy Holly invited Bunch, Tommy Allsup, and Waylon Jennings to be his backing band for the “Winter Dance Party” tour in 1959. Holly’s band also backed other acts on the tour, including Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson. When Bunch had to be left behind in Wisconsin, hospitalized for frostbite he experienced after the tour bus heater failed, Holly and Valens took turns in the drummer’s seat playing behind the various acts. He attended Buddy Holly-related events during the 2000s, signing autographs as “The Frostbitten Cricket”. @BuddyHolly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop @OfficialWaylon #TheCrickets #FrostbittenCricket #CarlBunch #HappyBirthday
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November 24, 1931 – Tommy Allsup was born Thomas Douglas Allsup in Owasso, Oklahoma. Co-wrote The Ventures’ “Guitar Twist.” Allsup was playing guitar on tour with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson when he lost a fateful coin toss with Valens for a seat on the plane that crashed, killing Valens, Holly, Richardson, and pilot Roger Peterson on February 3, 1959. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #HappyBirthday
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November 24, 1924 – Werly Fairburn was born in New Orleans, LA. Fairburn was an American country and rockabilly singer, songwriter, and Owner of the Milestone Records label. His 1956 single “Everybody’s Rockin'” is considered a rockabilly classic. #ROCkabillyHop #WerlyFairburn #EverybodysRockin #HappyBirthday
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November 23, 1960 – Elvis Presley’s first post-Army film, G.I. Blues, is officially released. It reached number 2 on Variety’s weekly national box office chart and finished the year as the fourteenth biggest box office grossing film of the year. Presley plays a tank crewman with a singing career and dreams of running his own nightclub when he leaves the army. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #GIBlues
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November 22, 1961 – Elvis Presley’s film “Blue Hawaii” opens nationally to warm reviews. The film hits #18 on the box office charts for 1961 and #14 for 1962. It earns recognition as one of the Best Elvis movies, and is top-grossing film of his career thus far. Its characteristics of a non-cerebral plot, lavish scenery, lots of songs by Elvis, and lots of pretty girls, become the basis for the “Presley formula” movies of the sixties. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #BlueHawaii
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