Month: September 2022

September 15, 1933 – Pop singer Pat Barrett (of The Crew-Cuts) was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Crew-Cuts are known for the 1954 hit cover of “Sh-Boom,” originally recorded by The Chords. #ROCkabillyHop #CrewCuts #ShBoom #HappyBirthday #PatBarrett #RocHop #OTD
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September 14, 1963 – “American Bandstand” presents Dion singing “Donna the Prima Donna” and Major Lance performing “Monkey Time.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand @OfficialDion #DonnaThePrimaDonna #OTD
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September 14, 1955 – Little Richard recorded “Tutti Frutti” in New Orleans for Specialty Records. Originally “Tutti Frutti, Good Booty.” Dorothy LaBostrie, a lyricist at the label, rewrites it to take out the blatant sexual references. #ROCkabillyHop @littlerichard_ #LittleRichard #TuttiFrutti #RocHop #OTD
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September 14, 1947 – Jon “Bowzer” Bauman (of Sha Na Na) was born in Brooklyn, New York. #ROCkabillyHop #HappyBirthday #Bowzer #ShaNaNa @JonBowzerBauman #RocHop #OTD
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September 13, 1963 – Gene Vincent returns briefly from West Germany to appear on “GO, Man, Go” a London TV program. Backing him are the Hollies. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @ClaceVincent #GeneVincent #GoManGo #OTD
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September 13, 1959 – Bo Diddley’s single “Say Man” enters the US R&B charts. Recorded by Bo Diddley in 1958, the recording became his biggest US pop hit, reaching #20 on the Hot 100, and #3 on the R&B chart. It arose from a jam session between Diddley and his maracas player Jerome Green, and featured Diddley and Green trading insults in the style of the word game known as “The Dozens.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #SayMan @BoDiddley #BoDiddley #Billboard #Hot100 #OTD
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September 13, 1958 – Cliff Richard makes his TV debut, performing “Move It” on the UK show “Oh Boy!” #ROCkabillyHop @sircliff #CliffRichard #MoveIt #RocHop #OTD
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September 13, 1957 – The Everly Brothers sing “Wake Up Little Susie” on “American Bandstand.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand @EverlyBrosInt #EverlyBrothers #OTD
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September 13, 1957 – Mercury/Starday records sign songwriter J.P. “Jape” Richardson, a disk jockey at KTRM, Beaumont, Texas. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #JPRichardson #TheBigBopper #OTD
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September 12, 1931 – George Jones was born in Saratoga, Texas. He recorded rockabilly under the name Thumper Jones. In 1959, Jones had his first #1 on the Billboard Country chart with “White Lightnin’,” ironically a more authentic rock and roll sound than his half-hearted rockabilly cuts as “Thumper Jones.” #ROCkabillyHop #HappyBirthday #WhiteLightnin #GeorgeJones #ThePossum #RocHop #OTD #ThumperJones
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