Category: On This Day…

October 29, 1976 – Elvis Presley’s final studio recording session is held at his Graceland mansion. This session included his last single “Way Down.” #ROCkabillyHop #elvis #theking #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #WayDown
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October 29, 1957 – Buddy Holly & the Crickets’ “Oh Boy!” is released by Brunswick Records. It will peak at #10 in the US and #3 in the UK. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #OhBoy
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October 28, 1958 – Buddy Holly & The Crickets appear on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand on WFIL-TV in Philadelphia. Introducing Holly, Clark calls him, “…a man who creates songs, performs them, and has a great deal to do with the activities of our music world, and he’s still a very young man and a successful one at that.” For what would be his last television appearance, Buddy lip-syncs “Heartbeat” and “It’s So Easy.” Source: The Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave., Lubbock. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #Heartbeat #ItsSoEasy
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October 28, 1956 – “Love Me Tender” replaces “Don’t Be Cruel”/”Hound Dog” on the Billboard chart, making Elvis Presley the first artist to knock himself out of the #1 position. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #LoveMeTender #DontBeCruel #HoundDog
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October 27, 1958 – Elvis Presley releases “I Got Stung” b/w “One Night.” Presley recorded “I Got Stung,” his final song of the 1950s, on June 11, 1958, when he went to Nashville during his army stint, as he was preparing to set sail for Germany. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #IGotStung #OneNight
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October 27, 1957 – Police in Oakland, California, inform Elvis Presley that he is not allowed to swivel his hips onstage in tonight’s performance at the Oakland Auditorium; Elvis responds by sarcastically wiggling only his little finger while singing. The cops film the show anyway, just in case. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing
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October 27, 1957 – The Crickets started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with “That’ll Be The Day.” It was also a No.3 hit in the US where it went on to sell over a million. The song was inspired by a trip to the movies by Holly, Jerry Allison and Sonny Curtis in June 1956. The John Wayne film The Searchers was playing and Wayne’s frequently-used, world-weary catchphrase, “That’ll Be The Day” inspired the young musicians. #ROCkabillyHop #BuddyHolly @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ThatllBeTheDay #TheCrickets
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October 26, 1958 – Bill Haley and his Comets played the first rock ‘n’ roll concert in Germany. Over 7,000 rock ‘n’ roll fans turned the show into a riot. By the time police clear the Berlin Sportpalast, where the concert is held, five policemen and six audience members are seriously injured. @billhaleymusic #BillHaley #ROCkabillyHop
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October 24, 1960 – Brenda Lee “I Want to Be Wanted” was #1 in the US for 1 week #ROCkabillyHop #IWantToBeWanted #BrendaLee #LittleMissDynamite
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October 24, 1937 – Surf rocker Santo Farina (of Santo & Johnny) is born in Brooklyn, New York. #ROCkabillyHop #SantoAndJohnny #Sleepwalk #HappyBirthday
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