Day: December 12, 2022

December 12, 1960 – Dante and the Evergreens perform their cover of “Alley Oop” on “American Bandstand.” Also appearing is Jo Ann Campbell. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #OTD #RockNRoll #DickClark #AmericanBandstand
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December 12, 1959 – Gene Vincent appears on the weekly television show “Boy Meets Girls” in London. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @ClaceVincent #GeneVincent #OTD #RockNRoll #BoyMeetsGirls
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December 12, 1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis married his second cousin, Myra Gale Brown, in Hernando, Mississippi. She’s the daughter of J.W. Brown, his bass player, and cousin. Myra is 13 years old, though she claims in the marriage license to be 20. @jerryleelewis #ROCkabillyHop #JerryLeeLewis #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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December 12, 1955 – Bill Haley and His Comets recorded “See You Later, Alligator.” It would become Haley’s third and final million-selling single, topping out at #6 on both the Billboard and Cash Box singles charts and #7 on the UK and the Netherlands singles charts. #ROCkabillyHop @billhaleymusic #BillHaley #SeeYouLaterAlligator #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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December 12, 1954 – The Crew Cuts performed “Sh-Boom” on “Ed Sullivan’s Toast of the Town.” The Crew Cuts’ cover of this song originally by The Chords spent nine weeks at #1 between Billboard’s Best Sellers in Stores, Most Played by Jockeys, and Most Played in Jukeboxes charts. #OTD #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @EdSullivanShow #EdSullivan #CrewCuts #ShBoom #ToastOfTheTown
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