Day: October 3, 2022

October 3, 1960 – Ike and Tina Turner make their national debut on “American Bandstand” singing “A Fool in Love.”  It was the debut single by Ike & Tina Turner, making its way to #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the R&B chart. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #AFoolInLove #OTD #IkeTurner #TinaTurner #Billboard #Hot100 #OTD
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October 3, 1960 – Bobby Darin appeared on the “Bob Hope Buick Show” on NBC. Bob’s other guests were Patti Page and Joan Crawford. On the show, Bobby sang “Artificial Flowers,” “Lazy River,” “Two Different Worlds” (with Patti Page), and a medley with Bob of “Thanks for the Memory/Mack the Knife/Two Sleepy People.” Bob, Bobby, and Patti also performed in a comedy sketch set in a nightclub on the Hong Kong waterfront. Source: BobbyDarin.net #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @bobby_darin2 #BobbyDarin #BobHope #OTD https://amzn.to/3I2Xwf5

October 3, 1945 – Elvis Presley sang “Old Shep” at age ten for his first public performance, a singing contest at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show. Dressed as a cowboy, he stood on a chair to reach the microphone. He came in fifth place, winning $5 and a free ticket to the fair rides. At sixteen years of age, in 1951, he again performed it for a talent show at L. C. Humes High School, where he was a student, winning an encore for his performance. Elvis’ cover version was released in 1956. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #OldShep #RocHop #OTD
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October 3, 1941 – Chubby Checker was born “Ernest Evans” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Checker is known for the 1960 US #1 and UK #14 single “The Twist,” and the 1962 UK #2 single “Let’s Twist Again.” “The Twist” is the only song to go to #1 on the US singles charts twice. Once in 1960 and again in 1962. #ROCkabillyHop #OTD @chubby_checker #twist #HappyBirthday #RocHop @OfficialChubbyChecker
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October 3, 1938 – Eddie Cochran was born “Ray Edward Cochran” in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Cochran’s songs, such as “Twenty Flight Rock”, “Summertime Blues”, “C’mon Everybody”, and “Somethin’ Else”, captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s. #ROCkabillyHop #HappyBirthday #EddieCochran #TwentyFlightRock #SummertimeBlues #CmonEverybody #SomethinElse #RocHop #OTD
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