Day: February 24, 2023

February 24, 1958 – “Get A Job” by The Silhouettes takes a position at #1. Multiple appearances by the Silhouettes on “American Bandstand” and “The Dick Clark Show” help the song land there. #ROCkabillyHop #GetAJob #Silhouettes #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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February 24, 1958 – Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen” is released. It peaked at #2 on the U.S. Hot 100 and #1 on the U.S. R&B charts. @ChuckBerry #ROCkabillyHop #ChuckBerry #SweetLittleSixteen #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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February 24, 1957 – Elvis Presley records “Loving You.” It reached #15 on the US country chart, #20 on the US pop chart, and #24 on the UK Singles Chart. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #TCB #theKing #LovingYou #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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February 24, 1957 – Buddy Holly travels to the Norman Petty Studio in Clovis, N.M., and records “I’m Looking For Someone To Love” and the hit version of “That’ll Be The Day.” Holly sings and plays lead guitar; Larry Welborn plays bass; Jerry Allison plays drums; and Niki Sullivan, Gary Tollett, and Ramona Tollett sing background vocals on “That’ll Be The Day.” @buddyholly #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #ImLookingForSomeoneToLove #ThatllBeTheDay #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll Source: @BuddyHollyCtr
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