Month: July 2022

July 28, 1954 – The Crew-Cuts’ cover of “Sh-Boom” hits #1 for the first of nine weeks in the US. #ROCkabillyHop #CrewCuts #ShBoom #RocHop
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July 27, 1962 – Linda Scott performs “Never In A Million Years” as this year’s final guest host on “American Bandstand.” Scott reached #15 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart and #56 on the Hot 100 with “Never In A Million Years.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #LindaScott #NeverInAMillionYears
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July 27, 1958 – Esso Oil (formerly Standard Oil, later Exxon), issues a report warning that listening to rock music in the car could waste gas because “the rhythm can cause a driver to unconsciously jiggle the gas pedal.” #ROCkabillyHop #ESSO #StandardOil #RocHop
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July 27, 1922 – Record producer Bob Thiele is born in New York City. Thiele was responsible for the release of The Crickets’ “That’ll Be the Day” on Brunswick Records, launching Buddy Holly’s recording career. #ROCkabillyHop @buddyholly #buddyholly #TheCrickets #ThatllBeTheDay #BrunswickRecords #RocHop
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July 26, 1963 – Jimmy Clanton closes out the guest hosting this week at “American Bandstand.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #JimmyClanton
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July 26, 1962 – Jimmy Dean hosts American Bandstand performing “Steel Men.” The song made #12 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart and #42 on the Hot 100. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #JimmyDean #SteelMen
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July 26, 1957 – Fats Domino appears on Alan Freed’s weekly ABC-TV show “Alan Freed’s Big Beat Party.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop
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July 25, 1963 – Brian Hyland is the “American Bandstand” guest host today. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #BrianHyland
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July 25, 1962 – Dion hosts American Bandstand and sings “Lovers Who Wander.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand @OfficialDion #LoversWhoWander
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July 24, 1987 – The movie La Bamba, a somewhat fictionalized biography of Latin rock star Ritchie Valens, opens in the US. It’s generally well-received, especially the soundtrack by Los Lobos. Lou Diamond Phillips stars as Valens, who died in the infamous plane crash that killed Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper; Marshall Crenshaw appears as Buddy Holly and Brian Setzer as Eddie Cochran. #ROCkabillyHop #LaBamba @buddyholly #buddyholly #TheCrickets #RitchieValens #TheBigBopper @LosLobosBand @briansetzer59 @LouDPhillips #RocHop
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