Month: February 2023

February 25, 1998 – Bo Diddley received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys. This was his first Grammy award the second was for the song “Bo Diddley” awarded in 1999. He also wrote and recorded initially “Love is Strange” which Micky and Sylvia received a Grammy for in 2004. #ROCkabillyHop @BoDiddley #BoDiddley #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #Grammy
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February 25, 1956 – Elvis Presley had his first national hit when “I Forgot To Remember To Forget” went to #1 on the Billboard Country & Western chart. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #TCB #theKing #IForgotToRememberToForget #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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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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February 23, 1993 – Little Richard receives a Lifetime Achievement Grammy award. Prior to this, he had not received a grammy as the award was created in 1958 and rock and roll was not given much consideration for the first decade of the award. #OTD #RockNRoll #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @LittleRichard_ #LittleRichard
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February 23, 1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis makes a guest appearance on the “Big D Jamboree” broadcast from the Dallas Sportatorium. @jerryleelewis #JerryLeeLewis #TheKiller #OTD #RockNRoll #BigDJamboree #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop
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February 22, 1985 – Carl Perkins plays a nightclub bouncer in the John Landis-directed film “Into The Night.” It is Perkins’ only film role as an actor. #ROCkabillyHop #CarlPerkins #IntoTheNight #JohnLandis #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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February 22, 1962 – Elvis Presley was at #1 on the UK singles chart with “Rock-A-Hula Baby / Can’t Help Falling In Love.” The tracks were from his latest film ‘Blue Hawaii’ and became Presley’s tenth UK #1. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #TCB #theKing #RockAHulaBaby #CantHelpFallingInLove #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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