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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Month: February 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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February 20, 1993 – Buddy Holly and The Crickets
February 20, 1993 – More than 34 years after his death, Buddy Holly and The Crickets had the #1 album on the UK chart with the “Words of Love” compilation album. Holly reached the Top 10 of the UK album chart for five straight decades. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #WordsOfLove #RocHop
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February 20, 1967 – Elvis Presley
February 20, 1967 – Elvis Presley releases “How Great Thou Art,” it was his first non-soundtrack album recording of new material since 1962’s Pot Luck and his first album release not to include any soundtrack recordings since His Hand in Mine in 1960. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #HowGreatThouArt #RocHop
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February 20, 1958 – Buddy Holly and The Crickets
February 20, 1958 – Buddy Holly & The Crickets join The Big Gold Records Stars tour (informally known as The Florida Tour.) The tour also stars the Everly Brothers, Bill Haley and The Comets, Jerry Lee Lewis, and The Royalteens. Source: The Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave., Lubbock. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #EverlyBrothers @EverlyBrosInt #RocHop
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February 20, 1949 – Ricky Nelson
February 20, 1949 – Ricky Nelson joins the cast of his parents’ radio show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which will make the leap to television in 1952. #ROCkabillyHop #RickyNelson @RickyNelsonRem #OzzieAndHarriet @RickyNelsonRem #RocHop
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February 19, 1958 – Carl Perkins
February 19, 1958 – Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records to sign with the Columbia label as their first rockabilly artist. Their second would be Johnny Cash. #ROCkabillyHop #CarlPerkins @SunRecords #RocHop
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