Month: June 2022

June 26, 1961 – “Quarter to Three” by Gary U.S. Bonds lands at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two weeks. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Billboard #Hot100
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June 26, 1961 – “Raindrops” by Dee Clark peaks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. “Raindrops” was the biggest of Clark’s ten singles to make the Hot 100, and his only song to break into the Top 10. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Billboard #Hot100
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June 25, 1960 – “The Dick Clark Show” is broadcasted from Treasure Island Naval Base near San Francisco. Guests are the Olympics singing “Big Boy Pete,” Jan and Dean performing “Baby Talk” and Dorsey Burnette performing “Hey Little One.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Olympics #BigBoyPete #JanAndDean #BabyTalk #DorseyBurnette #HeyLittleOne
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June 23, 1962 – “Playboy” by The Marvelettes peaks at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. “Playboy” was released as the third single by the Marvelettes and was their second top ten pop hit. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Billboard #Hot100 #Playboy #Marvelettes
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June 23, 1962 – “Palisades Park” by Freddy Cannon peaks at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Released by Swan Records as a B-side to “June, July, and August,” “Palisades Park” broke in when a Flint, Michigan radio DJ played it by mistake. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Billboard #Hot100 #PalisadesPark #FreddyCannon #BoomBoom
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June 23, 1962 – “Cindy’s Birthday” by Johnny Crawford peaks at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. Crawford hit the national spotlight as one of the original Mouseketeers. “Cindy’s Birthday” was the fourth of 16 singles he released, and also the one that hit the highest on the charts. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Billboard #Hot100 #CindysBirthday #JohnnyCrawford
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June 23, 1962 – “That’s Old Fashioned” by The Everly Brothers peaks at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. This song was their last top 10 hit in the United States. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Billboard #Hot100 @EverlyBrosInt #EverlyBrothers #ThatsOldFashioned
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June 23, 1937 – Niki Sullivan was born in South Gate, California. Sullivan was an American rock and roll guitar player. He was one of the four original members of Buddy Holly’s band, The Crickets. Though he lost interest within a year or two of his involvement, his guitar playing was an integral part of Holly’s early success. He performed on 27 of the 32 songs Holly recorded over his brief career. He co-wrote several songs. In 2012, Sullivan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Crickets by a special committee, aimed at correcting the mistake of not including the Crickets with Buddy Holly when he was first inducted in 1986. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #HappyBirthday #NikiSullivan
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June 22, 1963 – “Hello Stranger” by Barbara Lewis peaks at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Billboard #Hot100 #HelloStranger #BarbaraLewis
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June 22, 1961 – The Elvis movie “Wild in the Country,” co-starring Hope Lange, Millie Perkins, and Tuesday Weld, opens nationally to mixed reviews. Like “Flaming Star,” it is a melodrama with limited singing by Elvis, and not one of his most successful motion pictures. Also in June, the album “Something For Everybody” is shipped. It hits the charts in July, staying for 25 weeks and spending three of those weeks at #1. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #WildInTheCountry
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