Month: March 2023

March 8, 1962 – Rick Nelson sings “Young World” on “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.” The song was released as a single the same year on Imperial Records. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @RickyNelsonRem #RickyNelson #OzzieAndHarriet #YoungWorld #OTD #RockNRoll
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March 7, 1968 – Elvis Presley records “Wonderful World,” “Edge Of Reality,” and “A Little Less Conversation” for the “Live A Little Love A Little” movie soundtrack. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #WonderfulWorld #EdgeOfReality #ALittleLessConversation #LiveALittleLoveALittle #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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March 7, 1962 – Clyde McPhatter sang “Lover Please” on American Bandstand. His final top-10 hit; it peaked at #7 on the U.S. pop chart. Overseas, it reached #6 in Norway. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #ClydeMcPhatter #LoverPlease @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #OTD #RockNRoll
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March 7, 1956 – Carl Perkins hits the US R&B chart with Blue Suede Shoes, the first Country and Western hit to make the R&B chart. #ROCkabillyHop #CarlPerkins #BlueSuedeShoes #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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March 6, 1958 – The Everly Brothers recorded “All I Have To Do Is Dream.” It first reached #1 on the “Most Played by Jockeys” and “Top 100” charts on May 19, 1958, and remained there for five and three weeks, respectively. #ROCkabillyHop #EverlyBrothers #DreamDreamDream #AllIHaveToDoIsDream @EverlyBrosInt #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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March 6, 1982 – Today’s issue of Billboard breaks the news that Dick Clark has donated the American Bandstand podium to the Smithsonian Institution. #ROCkabillyHop @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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March 6, 1964 – The Elvis Presley film “Kissin’ Cousins” opens nationally. One of the poorest quality films of his career, it still quickly hits #11 at the box office, then quickly falls. The soundtrack album hits #6. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #KissinCousins #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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March 6, 1939 – Jerry Naylor was born “Jerry Naylor Jackson” in Stephenville, Texas. Naylor was an American country and rock and roll artist, broadcaster, inspirational speaker, and the lead singer of The Crickets from 1961 to 1964. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #HappyBirthday #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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March 5, 2007 – “Blue Suede Shoes” by Carl Perkins was chosen for preservation by the US Library of Congress. It was entered into the National Recordings Registry, which preserves historic works for future generations. #ROCkabillyHop #CarlPerkins #BlueSuedeShoes #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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March 5, 1962 – The Marvelettes sing “Twistin’ Postman” on The Ed Sullivan Show. With a heavily accented blues beat, it would ultimately reach #34 on the Pop charts and #13 on the R&B charts, failing to perform as well as their first song, the #1 hit “Please Mister Postman.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #EdSullivan @EdSullivanShow #Marvelettes #TwistinPostman #OTD #RockNRoll
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