August 29, 1964 – Roy Orbison releases “Oh, Pretty Woman” which would spend three weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the second and final single by Orbison to top the US charts. #ROCkabillyHop #Billboard #Hot100 @ROYORBISON @Royorbisonjr #RoyOrbison #PrettyWoman #RocHop
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Day: August 29, 2022
August 29, 1962 – Elvis Presley
August 29, 1962 – Elvis Presley’s tenth movie, “Kid Galahad” opens nationally and does relatively well with a brief stay in the top 10 on the box office chart. It features the King as an amateur boxer with Charles Bronson co-staring. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #KidGalahad #RocHop
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August 29, 1958 – Alan Freed
August 29, 1958 – The first of Alan Freed’s Big Beat revues is held at Brooklyn, New York’s Fox Theatre, featuring Chuck Berry, Bill Haley and his Comets, Frankie Avalon, The Elegants, Bobby Freeman, and Jimmy Clanton. #ROCkabillyHop #AlanFreed #ChuckBerry #BillHaley #FrankieAvalon #Elegants #BobbyFreeman #JimmyClanton
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