March 14, 1998 – Weeks after Johnny Cash’s “Unchained” wins the Grammy for Best Country Album, his producer Rick Rubin takes out a full-page ad in Billboard with a photo of the singer giving the middle finger along with the text, “American Recordings and Johnny Cash would like to acknowledge the Nashville music establishment and country radio for your support.” #ROCkabillyHop @JohnnyCash #JohnnyCash #ManInBlack #Unchained #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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Category: On This Day…
March 14, 1955 – Elvis Presley
March 14, 1955 – Popular Country star Jimmy Dean interviews Elvis Presley on Dean’s Washington, DC television show “Town and Country Time.” A nervous Elvis answers every question with “yep” and “nope.” #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #TownAndCountryTime #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #TCB
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March 13, 1969 – Elvis Presley
March 13, 1969 – Elvis Presley’s movie “Charro!” opened in theaters. The film was a hit, but it was not received as well as Presley’s previous films. Fans were put off by the lack of songs, and critics were generally unimpressed with the film as a whole. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #Charro #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #TCB
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March 13, 1956 – Elvis Presley
March 13, 1956 – Elvis Presley’s first album was released by RCA in the USA. Selling over a million, it will become his first Gold Album. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #TCB
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March 14, 1956 – Bill Haley and His Comets
March 14, 1956 – The movie “Rock Around the Clock” is released. The picture features Bill Haley and His Comets, Alan Freed, The Platters, and Freddy Bell and The Bellboys. Eighty percent of the movie is music featuring 17 songs. #ROCkabillyHop @billhaleymusic #BillHaley #RocHop #RockAroundTheClock #AlanFreed #ThePlatters #FreddyBell #OTD #RockNRoll
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March 13, 1933 – Mike Stoller
March 13, 1933 – Mike Stoller of the Leiber & Stoller writing team (“Hound Dog,” “Jailhouse Rock”) was born on Long Island, N.Y. #ROCkabillyHop #LeiberStoller #HoundDog #JailhouseRock #HappyBirthday #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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March 12, 1961 – Elvis Presley
March 12, 1961 – Elvis Presley records “I’m Coming Home,” “Gently,” “In Your Arms,” “Give Me The Right,” “I Feel So Bad,” “It’s A Sin,” “I Want You With Me,” “There’s Always Me” for the “Something for Everybody” album. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #ImComingHome #Gently #InYourArms #GiveMeTheRight #IFeelSoBad #ItsASin #IWantYouWithMe #TheresAlwaysMe #SomethingForEverybody #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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March 12, 1917 – Leonard Chess
March 12, 1917 – Leonard Chess, the co-founder of Chess Records, was born “Lejzor Shmuel Czyż” in Motal, Poland. #ROCkabillyHop #ChessRecords #LeonardChess #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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March 11, 1958 – Buddy Holly and the Crickets
March 11, 1958 – Following a performance in Birmingham, England, a review reads: “Buddy Holly, leader of the group, is a studious-looking young man who totes his electric guitar like a sawn-off shot-gun and carries around a giant-sized amplifier which even made the Town Hall organ pipes flinch. Mr. Holly is 70 per cent of the act. He plays and sings with brash exuberance, and adds a few Presley-like wiggles which had the teenage audience squealing with delight. The rest of the group consists of a bass player whose ability was lost in the noise and a drummer who plays with sledge-hammer precision.” @buddyholly #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll Source: @BuddyHollyCtr
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March 10, 1959 – Elvis Presley
March 10, 1959 – Elvis Presley released “I Need Your Love Tonight/A Fool Such as I,” with advance orders of one million. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #INeedYourLoveTonight #AFoolSuchAsI #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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