Category: On This Day…

March 30, 1960 – The Olympics

March 30, 1960 – The Olympics sing “Big Boy Pete” and “Baby, Hully Gully” on “American Bandstand.” “Big Boy Pete” reached #50 on the Billboard Hot 100, #10 on the R&B chart, and #77 in the UK. “Baby, Hully Gully” peaked at #70 on the Billboard Hot 100. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #TheOlympics #BigBoyPete #BabyHullyGully
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March 30, 1957 – Buddy Knox

March 30, 1957 – Buddy Knox became the first artist in the Rock ‘n’ Roll era to write his own number one hit when “Party Doll” topped the US singles chart. Knox would go on to score four more US Top 40 hits between 1957 and 1961. Jerry Allison, drummer for The Crickets, stated in an interview that the drum on Party Doll (which he said was played on a cardboard box) was the inspiration for the drum sound he used for “Not Fade Away.” #ROCkabillyHop #PartyDoll #BuddyKnox #RocHop
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March 30, 1955 – Fats Domino

March 30, 1955 – Fats Domino records “Blue Monday” which was featured in the 1956 film “The Girl Can’t Help It.” “Blue Monday” became one of the earliest rhythm and blues songs to make the Billboard charts, peaking at #5 and reaching the #1 spot on the R&B Best Sellers chart. The single also reached #23 on the UK Singles Chart. #ROCkabillyHop #TheFatMan @RealFatsDomino #fatsdomino #BlueMonday #RocHop
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March 29, 1963 – Jan and Dean

March 29, 1963 – Jan and Dean perform “Linda” on “American Bandstand.” “Linda” was released as a single, backed with “When I Learn How To Cry” and was featured on the album “Jan And Dean Take Linda Surfin’.” The Single charted at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #26 on the Cashbox chart. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #JanAndDean
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March 28, 1975 – Elvis Presley

March 28, 1975 – Barbra Streisand attends tonight’s Vegas gig and meets Elvis backstage to discuss offering him the lead role in her latest film project: a remake of the classic “A Star Is Born.” Despite the fact that Streisand’s boyfriend, stylist Jon Peters, is slated to produce and direct, the King is said to be ecstatic about the project.​ #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #AStarIsBorn #BarbraStreisand #RocHop
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March 28, 1958 – Jerry Lee Lewis

March 28, 1958 – Opening night of “Alan Freed’s Big Beat Show,” a two-month tour, finds Jerry Lee Lewis arguing with Chuck Berry over who will close the show. Freed decides Berry will get to go last, inciting a literally incendiary performance by Lewis, who torches his piano during his set-closing “Great Balls of Fire.” @jerryleelewis #ROCkabillyHop #GreatBallsOfFire #AlanFreed #BigBeatShow #RocHop
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March 26, 1960 – Elvis Presley

March 26, 1960 – Elvis Presley appears on “The Frank Sinatra Timex Show.” This is Presley’s first live performance since being discharged from the Army. Elvis performed “Stuck on You” and “Fame and Fortune”, the A and B sides of his first post-army RCA Victor single release. He also performed a duet with Sinatra singing “Love Me Tender” and Elvis singing Sinatra’s 1957 hit “Witchcraft” #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #FrankSinatra #RocHop #StuckOnYou #FameAndFortune #LoveMeTender #Witchcraft
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March 25, 1958 – Buddy Holly

March 25, 1958 – Before the second show scheduled in Hammersmith, London, the last performance of the English tour, Bill Mauldin knocks the caps off of Buddy Holly’s two front teeth during a scuffle. Buddy repairs the damage with chewing gum and performs the second show with the gum spread over his front teeth. Source: The Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave., Lubbock. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets
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