Month: August 2022

August 5, 1958 – The Coasters perform their latest hit “Yakety Yak” on “American Bandstand.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #Coasters #YaketyYak
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August 5, 1957 – “American Bandstand” goes national when it airs for the first time on ABC. Hosted by Dick Clark throughout its national run, the show remains on network TV until 1987. The first song the kids dance to this day is “That’ll Be The Day” by Buddy Holly. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #ThatllBeTheDay @BuddyHolly @BuddyHollyCtr #BuddyHolly #TheCrickets  @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand
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August 4, 1959 – Ricky Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool” hit #1 in the US for 2 weeks. It was the first number-one song on Billboard magazine’s then-new Hot 100 chart. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #RickyNelson @RickyNelsonRem #PoorLittleFool #Billboard #Hot100
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August 4, 1958 – Bobby Darin has his first hit as “Splish Splash” reaches #3 on the U.S. pop singles chart. The song is later used on Sesame Street as a way to encourage kids to get in the tub. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #BobbyDarin #SplishSplash
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August 4, 1957 – The Everly Brothers perform “Wake Up Little Susie” on the “Ed Sullivan Show.” It is one of the more controversial songs ever played on the show, as there are some questions as to what Susie and her date were doing before she fell asleep. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #EverlyBrothers #WakeUpLittleSusie #EdSullivan @EdSullivanShow
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August 3, 1960 – Jan and Dean perform “We Go Together” on “American Bandstand.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #JanAndDean #WeGoTogether
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August 2, 1962 – Aretha Franklin makes her national television debut on “American Bandstand” and sings “Try a Little Tenderness.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #ArethaFranklin #TryALittleTenderness
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August 2, 1956 – This month’s issue of Look magazine reports that Elvis Presley is now receiving 3,000 fan letters a week. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #ReturnToSender
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August 1, 1960 – Elvis begins filming in Hollywood for his next movie, “Flaming Star,” a more dramatic film with almost no singing. Critics agreed that Presley gave one of his best acting performances as the mixed-blood “Pacer Burton.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #FlamingStar
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August 1, 1959 – Bill Haley and His Comets perform “Rock Around the Clock” on “The Dick Clark Show.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark @BillHaleyMusic #BillHaley #RockAroundTheClock
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