February 13, 2002 – Rockabilly and Country music great Waylon Jennings died in his sleep of diabetic complications at the age of 64, in Chandler, Arizona. #ROCkabillyHop @OfficialWaylon #WaylonJennings #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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Day: February 12, 2023
February 14, 1959 – Frankie Avalon
February 14, 1959 – Frankie Avalon performs “Venus” on “The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show.” Avalon’s first #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, it also reached #10 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Sides chart. #OTD #RockNRoll #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark
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February 12, 1961 – The Miracles
February 12, 1961 – The Miracles’ “Shop Around” becomes Motown’s first million-selling single. Written by Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy, it scored #1 on both the Billboard R&B chart and the Cashbox Top 100 Pop chart as well as #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. #OTD #RockNRoll #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #SmokeyRobinson #Miracles #ShopAround
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February 12, 1956 – “Screamin'” Jay Hawkins
February 12, 1956 – “Screamin'” Jay Hawkins records “I Put A Spell On You” which he had recorded the year before as a refined love song. According to Hawkins, the producer “brought in ribs and chicken and got everybody drunk, and we came out with this weird version … I don’t even remember making the record.” Despite its popularity, the single never charted. #ROCkabillyHop #ScreaminJayHawkins #IPutASpellOnYou #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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