Author: Keith Saturn

July 1, 1989 – The film biography Great Balls of Fire, with Dennis Quaid in the role of Jerry Lee Lewis, opens across the U.S. @jerryleelewis #ROCkabillyHop #GreatBallsOfFire #DennisQuaid @DennisQuaid #RocHop
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July 1, 1957 – Buddy Holly records “Peggy Sue,” “Oh Boy,” “Listen To Me,” and “I’m Gonna Love You Too” in Clovis, NM. Source: The Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave., Lubbock. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #RocHop
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July 1, 1956 – NBC’s “Steve Allen Show” capitalizes on the outrage by presenting a new, “clean” Elvis, singing “Hound Dog” to an actual basset hound perched on a stool and wearing a bow tie. Backstage, Elvis explodes in fury at the Colonel for agreeing to the stunt. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #HoundDog #RocHop
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June 30, 1959 – The Drifters sing “There Goes My Baby” on “American Bandstand.” Co-authored by lead singer Ben E. King, the song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and hit #1 on both the Billboard R&B chart and the Cash Box sales chart. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #Drifters #ThereGoesMyBaby
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June 30, 1958 – Alan Freed’s new television show begins in NY. Chuck Berry and the Four Lads appear. The show is seen locally on WARD-TV from 5-6, Monday through Friday. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop
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June 30, 1957 – The Everly Brothers appear on The Ed Sullivan Show performing “Bye, Bye Love.” The song reached #2 on the US Billboard Pop charts and #1 on both the Cash Box Best Selling Record and Billboard Country charts. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #EdSullivan @EdSullivanShow #EverlyBrothers @EverlyBrosInt #ByeByeLove
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June 30, 1956 – Chuck Berry’s “Roll Over Beethoven” hits #2 on the R&B chart, but it would top out at only #29 on the pop chart. @ChuckBerry #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #ChuckBerry #RollOverBeethoven
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June 29, 1959 – “Tallahassee Lassie” by Freddy Cannon peaks at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Billboard #Hot100 #TallahasseeLassie #FreddyCannon #BoomBoom
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June 29, 1959 – “Lipstick on Your Collar” by Connie Francis peaks at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Intended as the B-side to “Frankie” but MGM Records was so pleased with it that they promoted both songs, resulting in Francis’ first double-sided Top Ten hit with “Frankie” squeezing in at #9. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Billboard #Hot100
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June 27, 1964 – “A World Without Love” by Peter and Gordon peaks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Billboard #Hot100 #AWorldWithoutLove #PeterAndGordon
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