Day: August 15, 2022

August 15, 1960 – Elvis Presley started a five-week run at #1 on the US singles chart with ‘It’s Now Or Never’, also #1 in the UK. The song which was based on the Italian song, ‘O Sole Mio’, gave Presley his first post-army #1. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #ItsNowOrNever
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August 15, 1958 – Buddy Holly and Maria Elena Santiago are married at the Holley home in Lubbock. Parents L.O. and Ella Holley, brothers Larry and Travis, sister Patricia and the spouses of his brothers and sister are in attendance along with J.I. and Peggy Sue Allison and Joe B. Mauldin. Holly’s record, “Now We’re One,” is played at the ceremony. The Hollys and the Allisons honeymoon for two weeks in Acapulco, Mexico. Source: The Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave., Lubbock. @BuddyHolly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #BuddyHolly #TheCrickets #NowWereOne
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August 15, 1930 – R&B singer/saxophonist Jackie Brenston is born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Brenston sang lead on Ike Turner’s “Rocket 88.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Rocket88 #IkeTurner #JackieBrenston #HappyBirthday
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