Category: On This Day…

January 4, 1954 – Four days before his 20th birthday, a young truck driver named Elvis Presley pays to record two songs, ‘Casual Love Affair ‘and ‘I’ll Never Stand In Your Way’, at the Memphis Recording Service. It’s his second visit, and this time MRS head Sam Phillips gets his number and later calls him to record for his Sun label. #ROCkabillyHop @sunrecords @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #CasualLoveAffair #IllNeverStandInYourWay
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January 3, 1987 – The second class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is announced, and it includes Eddie Cochran, Bo Diddley, Bill Haley, Rick Nelson, Roy Orbison, and Carl Perkins. @EddieCochran_ @billhaleymusic @bodiddley @RickyNelsonRem @ROYORBISON @Royorbisonjr #ROCkabillyHop
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January 3, 1957 – Fats Domino records “I’m Walking.” it spent almost a half-year on the Top 100 peaking at number four, and in March it spent six weeks at #1 on Billboard’s R&B Singles chart. @RealFatsDomino #ROCkabillyHop #ImWalking
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January 3, 1955 – Elvis plays a show at the Von Theater in Booneville, Mississippi, where he is advertised as “The Folk Music Fireball.” The 20 year-old singer was still just a regional star. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #FolkMusicFireball
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January 2, 1965 – Elvis Presley went to Number 1 on the US album chart with the soundtrack from ‘Roustabout,’ Presley’s eighth Number 1 album. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #Roustabout
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January 2, 1958 – Norman Petty signs a contract for Buddy Holly & The Crickets to perform on tour and in radio promotions in Australia, beginning Jan. 30. Source: The Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave., Lubbock. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets
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January 2, 1950 – Sam Phillips opens the Memphis Recording Service, which he later renames Sun Studio. Among the artists to record there is Elvis Presley, who gets his start recording with Phillips. #ROCkabillyHop @sunrecords @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing
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January 1, 1962 – The romantic comedy “If A Man Answers” starring real-life husband and wife Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee, debuts in US theaters. Darin writes and performs the hit title theme. #ROCkabillyHop @bobby_darin2 #SandraDee #BobbyDarin #IfAManAnswers
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January 1, 1959 – For the first time, ABC-TV’s teen dance program American Bandstand leads the US daytime television ratings. #ROCkabillyHop #AmericanBandstand @dickclarkprod #DickClark
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January 1, 1956 – Carl Perkins releases “Blue Suede Shoes” his first and only Top 40 hit. #ROCkabillyHop #BlueSuedeShoes #CarlPerkins
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