Day: January 20, 2022

January 20, 1959 – Buddy Holly, Tommy Allsup, Waylon Jennings and Carl Bunch leave New York and travel by train to Chicago to rendezvous with the other artists on the Winter Dance Party tour. From Chicago, the artists are scheduled to travel by bus on the tour route. Other performers include: Ritchie Valens, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, Dion and The Belmonts, and Frankie Sardo. Source: The Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave., Lubbock. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #WinterDanceParty #RocHop
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January 20, 1958 – Seventeen-year-old Ricky Nelson’s debut album, Ricky, hits #1 in America. @RickyNelsonRem #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop
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January 20, 1958 – Elvis Presley receives his draft notice in Memphis, Tennessee. It allows a sixty-day deferment for the King to finish his film King Creole. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #KingCreole #RocHop
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