Day: January 8, 2022

January 8, 1993 – Shortly after midnight on what would have been Elvis’s 58th birthday, a 29-cent postage stamp with his image is officially dedicated at a Graceland ceremony. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #USPS
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January 8, 1960 – Eddie Cochran records “Three Steps To Heaven,” which turns out to be his final recording session and his only #1 hit single in the UK. @EddieCochran_ #ROCkabillyHop #ThreeStepsToHeaven
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January 8, 1958 – Buddy Holly and the Crickets joined The Everly Brothers, Eddie Cochran, Paul Anka, Jimmie Rodgers, Danny and the Juniors, and others on the America’s Greatest Teenage Recording Stars tour. The tour opens at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, NC. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets
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January 8, 1957 – Bill Haley & His Comets started the first ever ‘rock & roll tour’ of Australia, playing two sold out nights in Sydney. Freddie Bell and the Bell Boys opened the show, which also featured Big Joe Turner, LaVerne Baker, and The Platters, with the headlining Comets closing the show. #ROCkabillyHop @billhaleymusic #BillHaley
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January 8, 1935 – In Tupelo, Mississippi, shortly before dawn, in a two-room house built by her husband, Vernon Presley, and her brother-in-law, Gladys Presley gives birth to twin sons. The first, Jessie Garon, is born stillborn. The second, Elvis Aaron, is born alive and healthy. Elvis would be their only child. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #HappyBirthday
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