Day: October 24, 2022

October 24, 1960 – Brenda Lee was at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week with “I Want to Be Wanted.” #ROCkabillyHop #IWantToBeWanted #BrendaLee #LittleMissDynamite #RocHop #Billboard #Hot100 #OTD #RockNRoll
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October 24, 1937 – Surf rocker Santo Farina (of Santo & Johnny) is born in Brooklyn, New York. Santo and Johnny are known best for their instrumental melody “Sleep Walk”, one of the biggest hits of the golden age of rock ‘n’ roll, which became a regional success and eventually scored the top of the Billboard pop chart when it was released nationally in 1959. #ROCkabillyHop #SantoAndJohnny #Sleepwalk #HappyBirthday #RocHop #Billboard #OTD #RockNRoll
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October 24, 1935 – Sanford Clark was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. An American country-rockabilly singer, and guitarist, Clark is best known for his 1956 hit “The Fool,” written by Lee Hazlewood. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #HappyBirthday #SanfordClark #TheFool #OTD #RockNRoll
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October 24, 1930 – J. P. Richardson (aka The Big Bopper) is born “Jiles Perry Richardson” in Sabine Pass, Texas. Richardson is known for the 1959 song “Chantilly Lace,” which reached #6 on the Billboard charts and spent 22 weeks on the national Top 40 and #4 on the Cash Box chart. It was the third most played song of 1958. #ROCkabillyHop #BigBopper #ChantillyLace #HappyBirthday #RocHop #Billboard #OTD #RockNRoll
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