Day: January 6, 2023

January 6, 1958 – “Great Balls of Fire” by Jerry Lee Lewis hits #2, where it stays for four weeks before dropping down. It is held out of the top spot all four weeks by “At The Hop” by Danny & the Juniors. @JerryLeeLewis #ROCkabillyHop #GreatBallsOfFire #OTD #RockNRoll #RocHop
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January 6, 1958 – “At The Hop” by Danny and the Juniors hits #1 for the first of seven weeks. The song was released in the fall of 1957 and would become one of the top-selling singles of 1958. #ROCkabillyHop #AtTheHop #DannyAndTheJuniors #OTD #RockNRoll #RocHop
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January 6, 1957 – Elvis Presley makes his third and final appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Careful camera work ensures that “Elvis the Pelvis” is only seen from the waist up! #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis @EdSullivanShow #theKing #TCB #OTD #RockNRoll #RocHop
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January 6, 1929 – Wilbert Harrison was born “Wilbert Huntington Harrison” in Charlotte, North Carolina. Harrison is known for the 1959 US #1 single “Kansas City” which was released on Fury Records while he was under contract to Savoy Records. Litigation kept him from releasing any follow-up songs while “Kansas City” was still hot. It would be ten years before he scored another hit with “Let’s Work Together” which would also be a hit for Canned Heat and for Bryan Ferry. #OTD #RockNRoll #ROCkabillyHop #HappyBirthday #WilbertHarrison #KansasCity
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