Day: December 8, 2022

December 8, 1958 – “The Chipmunk Song” by David Seville And The Chipmunks entered the Billboard Top 40 chart on its way to a four-week stint at #1, selling 4.5 million copies in seven weeks. The record would go on to win three Grammy Awards: Best Comedy Performance, Best Children’s Recording, and Best Engineered Record (non-classical.) #ROCkabillyHop #ChipmunkSong #Chipmunks #DavidSeville #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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December 8, 1957 – The Platters appeared on CBS-TV’s “The Ed Sullivan Show” performing “Only You” and “Indiff’rent” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #EdSullivan @EdSullivanShow #OTD #RockNRoll #Platters #OnlyYou #Indiffrent
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