April 23, 1960 – Paul Anka headlines “The Dick Clark Show” performing “I Miss You So.” Also appearing are Billy Bland, and Billy and Lilly. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #IMissYouSo #PaulAnka #TheDickClarkShow @dickclarkprod #DickClark #OTD #RockNRoll
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Day: April 23, 2023
April 23, 1956 – Elvis Presley
April 23, 1956 – Elvis Presley, with Scotty Moore and Bill Black, begins a disastrous concert stint at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas at the insistence of Colonel Tom Parker. The audience, miles removed from Elvis’s teen fanbase, is completely indifferent to him, and his contract is soon torn up. However, while there, Presley witnesses a band called Freddie Bell and the Bellboys doing a wild rave-up version of Big Mama Thorton’s blues hit “Hound Dog.” He soon works it into the live act. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #TCB #HoundDog #FreddieBell #OTD #RockNRoll
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April 23, 1956 – Gene Vincent
April 23, 1956 – Capitol records auditions for “the next Elvis Presley.” Out of more than 200 auditions, they signed 21-year-old Gene Vincent from Norfolk, Virginia. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @CLaceVIncent #GeneVincent #TheNextElvis #OTD #RockNRoll
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