April 24, 1963 – Peggy March makes her national television debut on NBC-TV’s “The Perry Como Show” singing “I Will Follow Him” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #IWillFollowHim #LittlePeggyMarch #PeggyMarch #OTD #RockNRoll
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Day: April 24, 2023
April 24, 1963 – Brenda Lee
April 24, 1963 – Eighteen-year-old Brenda Lee marries nineteen-year-old Ronnie Shacklett in Nashville. Shacklett is the son of Nashville City Councilman Earl Shacklett. The wedding takes place at Radnor Church of Christ and the couple will honeymoon in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #BrendaLee #JumpTheBroomstick #LittleMissDynamite #OTD #RockNRoll
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April 24, 1961 – Del Shannon
April 24, 1961 – “Runaway” by Del Shannon hit #1 in the US and made itself at home there for 4 weeks. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #DelShannon #Runaway #OTD #RockNRoll
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April 24, 1959 – Buddy Holly
April 24, 1959 – Buddy Holly’s “It Doesn’t Matter Anymore” (written by Paul Anka) goes to #1 for three weeks in the UK nearly three months after his death. It’s his only UK #1 and the first posthumous #1 hit in UK chart history. In the US it would reach #13 and was Holly’s last US top 20 hit. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #ItDoesntMatterAnymore #PaulAnka #OTD #RockNRoll
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