February 22, 2002 – Little Richard gets the NAACP Image Award. The flamboyant singer put his efforts into preaching in his later years. #ROCkabillyHop @LittleRichard_ #LittleRichard @NAACP #RocHop
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Day: February 22, 2022
February 22, 1985 – Carl Perkins
February 22, 1985 – Carl Perkins plays a nightclub bouncer in the John Landis-directed film Into The Night. It is Perkins’ only film role as an actor. #ROCkabillyHop #CarlPerkins #IntoTheNight #JohnLandis #RocHop
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February 22, 1962 – Elvis Presley
February 22, 1962 – Elvis Presley was at #1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Rock-A-Hula Baby / Can’t Help Falling In Love.’ The tracks were from his latest film ‘Blue Hawaii’ and became Presley’s tenth UK #1. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #RockAHulaBaby #CantHelpFallingInLove #RocHop
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February 22, 1956 – Elvis Presley
February 22, 1956 – Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel” enters the charts. It was written by Tommy Durden and Mae Boren Axton (Hoyt Axton’s mother.) Ironically, Mae Boren Axton demoed the song for Elvis in his hotel room at the November 1955 at a country music convention in Nashville. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #HeartbreakHotel #RocHop
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February 22, 1944 – Mick Green
February 22, 1944 – Rock and roll guitarist Mick Green (of Johnny Kidd & the Pirates) is born in Matlock, Derbyshire, England. #ROCkabillyHop #ShakinAllOver #RocHop
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