Category: On This Day…

February 15, 1958 – Elvis Presley’s single “Don’t” backed with “I Beg of You” hit # 1 and stayed there for 5 weeks #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #Dont #IBegOfYou #RocHop
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February 15, 1954 – Big Joe Turner records one of the first Rock songs, “Shake, Rattle And Roll,” at Atlantic Records studios in New York. Turner’s recording was released in April 1954 and reached number one on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart and number 22 on the Billboard singles chart. When Turner’s original version hit #1, Bill Haley and His Comets recorded a cover that would reach #7 on the Billboard singles chart. A year later, Elvis recorded a cover for Sun, and a year after that, for RCA. Elvis’ RCA cover was released as a single. #ROCkabillyHop #BigJoeTurner #ShakeRattleAndRoll #BillHaley #ElvisPresley @RocHop
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February 13 2002 – Rockabilly and Country music great Waylon Jennings died in his sleep of diabetic complications at the age of 64, in Chandler, Arizona. #ROCkabillyHop @OfficialWaylon #WaylonJennings #RocHop
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February 13, 1955 – As the C&W duo Buddy And Bob, Buddy Holly and Bob Montgomery open for Elvis Presley at the Fair Park Coliseum in Lubbock. Source: The Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave., Lubbock. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #RocHop
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February 13, 1920 – Songwriter Boudleaux Bryant is born in Shellman, Georgia. Co-wrote hit songs with wife Felice Bryant, including “All I Have To Do Is Dream” and “Bye Bye Love” for The Everly Brothers. #ROCkabillyHop #BoudleauxBryant #AllIHaveToDoIsDream #ByeByeLove #RocHop
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February 12, 1956 – “Screamin'” Jay Hawkins records “I Put A Spell On You” which he had recorded the year before as a refined love song. According to Hawkins, the producer “brought in ribs and chicken and got everybody drunk, and we came out with this weird version … I don’t even remember making the record.” Despite its popularity, the single never charted. #ROCkabillyHop #ScreaminJayHawkins #IPutASpellOnYou #RocHop
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February 11, 1956 – Elvis Presley appeared on American TV’s ‘Stage Show’ and performed ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ and ‘Blue Suede Shoes.’ #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #HeartbreakHotel #BlueSuedeShoes #RocHop
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February 11, 1940 – “Monster Mash” singer Bobby “Boris” Pickett is born in Somerville, Massachusetts, a blue-collar city just north of Boston. #ROCkabillyHop #HappyBirthday #BobbyBorisPickett #MonsterMash #RocHop
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February 11, 1935 – Gene Vincent was born Eugene Vincent Craddock in Norfolk, Va. His biggest hit is the 1956 top 10 song “Be-Bop-a-Lula.” #ROCkabillyHop @ClaceVincent #GeneVincent #BeBopALula #HappyBirthday #RocHop
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February 10, 1976 – The Memphis Police Department makes Elvis Presley an honorary captain in the Police Reserve. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #RocHop
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