Day: December 7, 2021

December 7, 1956 – Rock! Rock! Rock!, one of the earliest Rock and Roll movies, opens in theaters. The film features the popular disc jockey Alan Freed along with Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers and LaVern Baker. #ROCkabillyHop @ChuckBerry #AlanFreed
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December 7, 1955 – At Nesman Recording Studio in Wichita Falls, Buddy Holley, Don Guess and J.I. Allison record “Love Me”, “Don’t Come Back Knockin’”, “Moonlight Baby”, and “I Guess I Was Just A Fool” which are submitted on acetate to Decca. Source: The Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave., Lubbock. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets
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December 7, 1924 – Rockabilly singer-songwriter Boyd Bennett is born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Known for the 1955 hit “Seventeen.” #ROCkabillyHop #BoydBennett #HappyBirthday
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