Month: November 2022

November 23, 1960 – Elvis Presley’s first post-Army film, “G.I. Blues” was officially released. It reached #2 on Variety’s weekly national box office chart and finished as the fourteenth biggest box office grossing film of the year. Presley plays a tank crewman with a singing career and dreams of running his own nightclub when he leaves the army. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #TCB #theKing #GIBlues #OTD #RockNRoll #RocHop
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November 22, 1967 – The Elvis Presley movie “Clambake” is released nationally and goes to #15 at the box office. The soundtrack album went to #40. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #TCB #theKing #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #Clambake
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November 22, 1961 – Elvis Presley’s film “Blue Hawaii” opens nationally to warm reviews. The film hit #18 on the box office charts in 1961 and #14 in 1962. It earns recognition as one of the Best Elvis movies and is the top-grossing film of his career thus far. Its characteristics of a non-cerebral plot, lavish scenery, lots of songs by Elvis, and lots of pretty girls become the basis for the “Presley formula” movies of the sixties. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #TCB #theKing #BlueHawaii #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 22, 1958 – The Big Bopper is among the guests appearing on ABC-TV’s “The Dick Clark Show.” He performs “Chantilly Lace” which was originally released as the B side to “The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor.” This was J.P. Richardson’s first release as “The Big Bopper.” DJs and the public preferred “Chantilly Lace” driving it to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the Cashbox chart. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll @DickClarkProd #DickClark #Billboard #Hot100
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November 21, 1962 – Elvis Presley’s 11th film, “Girls! Girls! Girls!” opens in US theaters and lands at #6 on the Variety chart and #31 for the year. The Soundtrack album goes to #3 and the single “Return to Sender” hits #2. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #TCB #theKing #GirlsGirlsGirls #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 21, 1960 – Neil Sedaka performs “Calendar Girl” on “American Bandstand.” “Calendar Girl” became Sedaka’s sixth hit in two years, but was also his first top-five record. The song peaked at #4 on the US Billboard and Cash Box charts and #1 on the Canadian and Japanese charts in 1961. In New Zealand, the song reached #7. The recording peaked at #8 in the UK, as well as making it into the top 5 in Australia. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 21, 1960 – Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs’ “Stay” hits #1 in America. One of the most famous falsetto songs ever recorded, it is later covered by The Four Seasons and Jackson Browne. Running just 1:38, it’s the shortest song ever to top the Hot 100. #ROCkabillyHop #MauriceWilliams #Zodiacs #Stay #OTD #RockNRoll #RocHop
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November 20, 1972 – Elton John releases “Crocodile Rock” in the US. An early example of 1950s nostalgia, it became his first U.S. #1 single, reaching the top spot the following February. #ROCkabillyHop #EltonJohn #CrocodileRock @eltonofficial #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 20, 1961 – Billboard reports on the stunning popularity of the “Twist” craze: Three separate films, starring Chubby Checker, Joey Dee and the Starlighters, and Dion, are scheduled for production, and New York television station WOR is airing hourly twist lessons of between one and five minutes, also featuring Checker. #ROCkabillyHop @chubby_checker @billboard #twist #ChubbyChecker #JoeyDee #Starlighters #Billboard #Hot100 @OfficialDion #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 20, 1957 – The Silhouettes release “Get A Job.” It would reach the #1 spot on the Billboard pop and R&B singles charts in February 1958. #ROCkabillyHop #OTD #RockNRoll #TheSilhouettes #GetAJob #Billboard #RocHop
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