Category: On This Day…

February 26, 1928 – Fats Domino was born Antoine Domino in New Orleans, Louisiana. One of nine children, he quickly masters the piano, taking the name Fats from piano great Fats Waller (and also, he’s 5’5″ and well over 200 pounds). His biggest hit on the pop charts is the 1956 song “Blueberry Hill,” which reached #2 and received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1987. He has nine #1 singles on the R&B charts, including “Ain’t That a Shame.” #ROCkabillyHop #TheFatMan @RealFatsDomino #fatsdomino #BlueberryHill #AintThatAShame #HappyBirthday #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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February 25, 1998 – Roy Orbison received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys. This was his final Grammy, capping the five others he received in the 1980s and 90s. #ROCkabillyHop @ROYORBISON @Royorbisonjr #RoyOrbison #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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February 25, 1998 – Bo Diddley received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys. This was his first Grammy award the second was for the song “Bo Diddley” awarded in 1999. He also wrote and recorded initially “Love is Strange” which Micky and Sylvia received a Grammy for in 2004. #ROCkabillyHop @BoDiddley #BoDiddley #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #Grammy
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February 25, 1956 – Elvis Presley had his first national hit when “I Forgot To Remember To Forget” went to #1 on the Billboard Country & Western chart. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #TCB #theKing #IForgotToRememberToForget #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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February 24, 1958 – “Get A Job” by The Silhouettes takes a position at #1. Multiple appearances by the Silhouettes on “American Bandstand” and “The Dick Clark Show” help the song land there. #ROCkabillyHop #GetAJob #Silhouettes #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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February 24, 1958 – Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen” is released. It peaked at #2 on the U.S. Hot 100 and #1 on the U.S. R&B charts. @ChuckBerry #ROCkabillyHop #ChuckBerry #SweetLittleSixteen #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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February 24, 1957 – Elvis Presley records “Loving You.” It reached #15 on the US country chart, #20 on the US pop chart, and #24 on the UK Singles Chart. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #TCB #theKing #LovingYou #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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February 24, 1957 – Buddy Holly travels to the Norman Petty Studio in Clovis, N.M., and records “I’m Looking For Someone To Love” and the hit version of “That’ll Be The Day.” Holly sings and plays lead guitar; Larry Welborn plays bass; Jerry Allison plays drums; and Niki Sullivan, Gary Tollett, and Ramona Tollett sing background vocals on “That’ll Be The Day.” @buddyholly #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #ImLookingForSomeoneToLove #ThatllBeTheDay #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll Source: @BuddyHollyCtr
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February 23, 1993 – Little Richard receives a Lifetime Achievement Grammy award. Prior to this, he had not received a grammy as the award was created in 1958 and rock and roll was not given much consideration for the first decade of the award. #OTD #RockNRoll #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @LittleRichard_ #LittleRichard
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February 23, 1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis makes a guest appearance on the “Big D Jamboree” broadcast from the Dallas Sportatorium. @jerryleelewis #JerryLeeLewis #TheKiller #OTD #RockNRoll #BigDJamboree #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop
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