Month: September 2022

September 30, 1959 – The Everly Brothers are special guests on the season premiere of NBC-TV’s “The Perry Como Show” as it moves from Saturday to Wednesday nights. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #EverlyBrothers @EverlyBrosInt #PerryComoShow #OTD
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September 30, 1942 – R&B singer Frankie Lymon was born “Franklin Joseph Lymon” in Harlem, New York. Lymon is best known for the 1955 hit “Why Do Fools Fall In Love” with The Teenagers. #ROCkabillyHop #WhyDoFoolsFallInLove #HappyBirthday #FrankieLymon #Teenagers #OTD #RocHop
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September 29, 1960 – Chubby Checker sings “The Twist” on “American Bandstand.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand @chubby_checker #ChubbyChecker #twist #OTD
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September 29, 1959 – Little Anthony & The Imperials record “Shimmy Shimmy Koko Bop.” Anthony is quoted as saying the song is “stupid”. #ROCkabillyHop #LittleAnthony #ShimmyShimmyKoKoBop #OTD #RocHop
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September 29, 1956 – Bill Haley had five songs in the UK Top 30; “Rockin Through The Rye,” “Saints Rock n’ Roll,” “Rock Around the Clock,” “Razzle Dazzle,” and “See You Later Alligator.” #ROCkabillyHop @billhaleymusic #BillHaley #RockinThroughTheRye #SaintsRockNRoll #RockAroundTheClock #RazzleDazzle #SeeYouLaterAlligator #OTD #RocHop
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September 29, 1935 – Jerry Lee Lewis was born in 1935 to the poor farming family of Elmo and Mamie Lewis in Ferriday, Concordia Parish, in Eastern Louisiana. #ROCkabillyHop #HappyBirthday @jerryleelewis #JerryLeeLewis #TheKiller #OTD #RocHop
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September 29, 1921 – Franny Beecher, the lead guitarist for Bill Haley & His Comets from 1954 to 1962, was born “Francis Eugene Beecher” in Norristown, Pennsylvania. #ROCkabillyHop @billhaleymusic #BillHaley #HappyBirthday #FrannyBeecher #OTD #RocHop
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September 28, 1963 – The Ronettes appear and perform “Be My Baby” by videotape on “American Bandstand.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #Ronettes #BeMyBaby #OTD
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September 28, 1960 – Ricky Nelson sings “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby” as the new season of “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” begins. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @RickyNelsonRem #RickyNelson #YesSirThatsMyBaby #OzzieAndHarriet #OTD
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September 27, 1962 – Mary Wells sings “You Beat Me to the Punch” on “American Bandstand.” It made #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the R&B chart. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #MaryWells #YouBeatMeToThePunch #OTD
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