Month: June 2022

June 11, 1962 – James Brown and the Famous Flames perform “Night Train” and “Shout and Shimmy” on “American Bandstand.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #JamesBrown #FamousFlames #NightTrain #ShoutAndShimmy
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June 10, 1956 – American singer and actor Pat Boone was at #1 on the UK singles chart for five weeks with “I’ll Be Home.” Boone scored over 30 UK Top 40 hit singles during the ’50s and early ’60s and was the second-biggest charting artist behind only Elvis Presley. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #PatBoone #IllBeHome
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June 9, 1962 – Elvis starts recording music for his 17th film, “Girl Happy,” which co-stars Shelley Fabares and former Miss America, Mary Ann Mobley. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #GirlHappy #RocHop
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June 9, 1962 – “Lovers Who Wander” by Dion peaks at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Billboard #Hot100 @OfficialDion #LoversWhoWander
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June 9, 1958 – Sheb Wooley’s “The Purple People Eater” hit # 1 on both Billboard’s “Best Sellers in Stores” and “Top 100” charts for 6 weeks. “The Purple People Eater” tells how a strange creature (described as a “one-eyed, one-horned, flying, purple people eater”) descends to Earth because it wants to be in a rock ‘n’ roll band. The premise of the song came from a joke told by the child of a friend of Wooley’s; Wooley finished composing it within an hour. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Billboard #ShebWooley #PurplePeopleEater
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June 8, 1963 – “Da Doo Ron Ron” by The Crystals peaks at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Nearly a decade and a half later, Shaun Cassidy covered the song and took it to #1. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Billboard #Hot100 #DaDooRonRon #Crystals
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June 8, 1959 – “Dream Lover” by Bobby Darin peaks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. In addition to Darin’s vocals, the song features Neil Sedaka on piano. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Billboard #Hot100 #BobbyDarin #DreamLover @bobby_darin2
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June 6, 1964 – “Chapel of Love” by The Dixie Cups peaks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Billboard #Hot100 #ChapelOfLove #DixieCups
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June 6, 1962 – Rick Nelson sings “Gypsy Woman” on his parent’s show “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Gypsy Woman @RickyNelsonRem #RickyNelson
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June 5, 1961 – “Running Scared” by Roy Orbison hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached #9 in the UK Singles Chart. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Billboard #Hot100 @ROYORBISON @Royorbisonjr #RoyOrbison #RunningScared
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