Month: March 2022

March 13, 1969 – Elvis Presley’s movie “Charro!” opens. The film was a hit, but it was not received as well as Presley’s previous films. Fans were put off by the lack of songs, and critics were generally unimpressed with the film as a whole. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #Charro #RocHop
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March 13, 1956 – Elvis’ first album was released by RCA in the USA. Selling over a million, it will become his first Gold Album. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #RocHop
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March 13, 1933 – Mike Stoller of the Leiber & Stoller writing team (“Hound Dog,” “Jailhouse Rock”) was born on Long Island, N.Y. #ROCkabillyHop #LeiberStoller #HoundDog #JailhouseRock #HappyBirthday #RocHop
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March 12, 1961 – Elvis Presley records “I’m Coming Home,” “Gently,” “In Your Arms,” “Give Me The Right,” “I Feel So Bad,” “It’s A Sin,” “I Want You With Me,” “There’s Always Me” for the “Something for Everybody” album. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #ImComingHome #Gently #InYourArms #GiveMeTheRight #IFeelSoBad #ItsASin #IWantYouWithMe #TheresAlwaysMe #SomethingForEverybody #RocHop
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March 12, 1917 – Leonard Chess, co-founder of Chess Records, is born Lejzor Shmuel Czyż in Motal, Poland. #ROCkabillyHop #ChessRecords #LeonardChess #RocHop
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March 11, 1964 – Elvis Presley premieres his fourteenth movie, “Kissin’ Cousins.” The film featured Presley playing two roles: an Air Force officer, with dark hair, and his look-alike hillbilly distant cousin, with blond hair. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #KissinCousins #RocHop
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March 11, 1958 – Following a performance in Birmingham, England, a review reads: “Buddy Holly, leader of the group, is a studious-looking young man who totes his electric guitar like a sawn-off shot-gun and carries around a giant-sized amplifier which even made the Town Hall organ pipes flinch. Mr. Holly is 70 per cent of the act. He plays and sings with brash exuberance, and adds a few Presley-like wiggles which had the teenage audience squealing with delight. The rest of the group consists of a bass player whose ability was lost in the noise and a drummer who plays with sledge-hammer precision.” Source: The Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave., Lubbock. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #RocHop
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March 10, 1959 – Elvis Presley released “I Need Your Love Tonight/A Fool Such as I,” with advance orders of one million. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #INeedYourLoveTonight #AFoolSuchAsI #RocHop
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March 10, 1958 – Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen” hits #1 on the US R&B chart. @ChuckBerry #ROCkabillyHop #SweetLittleSixteen #ChuckBerry #RocHop
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March 22, 1960 – “The Playmates” appear on “American Bandstand” and sing “Beep Beep.” This #4 US novelty hit became a perennial favorite on radio request shows on both sides of the Atlantic – the song had to be re-recorded for the UK to cut out the mention of commercial car brands so that the record could be played by the BBC. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #Playmates #BeepBeep
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