Category: On This Day…

February 20, 1960 – Bill Haley and His Comets performed “Rock Around The Clock,” “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” and “Tamiami” on “The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show.” Frankie Ford, Ray Smith, and Johnny Tillotson also appear. #OTD #RockNRoll #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #RockAroundTheClock #ShakeRattleAndRoll #Tamiami @BillHaleyMusic #BillHaley
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February 20, 1949 – Ricky Nelson joins the cast of his parents’ radio show, “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,” which will make the leap to television in 1952. #ROCkabillyHop #RickyNelson @RickyNelsonRem #OzzieAndHarriet @RickyNelsonRem #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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February 19, 1961 – Bill Black’s Combo appears on “The Ed Sullivan Show” performing a medley of “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Cherry Pink,” and “Hearts Of Stone.” #OTD #RockNRoll #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @EdSullivanShow #BillBlacksCombo #DontBeCruel #CherryPink #HeartsOfStone #EdSullivan
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February 19, 1958 – Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records to sign with the Columbia label as their first rockabilly artist. Their second would be Johnny Cash. #ROCkabillyHop #CarlPerkins @SunRecords #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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February 19, 1954 – Buddy Holley, Bob Montgomery, and Larry Welborn perform “Flower Of My Heart,” a song written by Bob, for a contest at Lubbock High School. The song won the competition and is chosen as the 1954 Senior Class Song. @buddyholly #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll Source: @BuddyHollyCtr
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February 19, 1952 – Seventeen-year-old Gene Vincent, then known as “Vincent Craddock,” enters the US Navy. He planned a career in the Navy and, in 1955, used his $612 reenlistment bonus to buy a new Triumph motorcycle. On July 4, 1955, while he was in Norfolk, his left leg was shattered when he was hit by a car. The leg was saved, but the injury left him with a limp and pain. Medically discharged from the Navy, he went on to become one of the greats of rockabilly. #ROCkabillyHop @ClaceVincent #genevincent #USNavy #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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February 18, 1962 – On weekend leave from Marine Corps training, The Everly Brothers appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” in full uniform, and with regulation cropped hair, singing their new single, “Crying In The Rain” and “Jezebel.” #ROCkabillyHop #EverlyBrothers @EdSullivanShow #USMC @EverlyBrosInt #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #CryingInTheRain #Jezebel #EdSullivan
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February 17, 1975 – John Lennon’s ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ album was released in the US. ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ is an album of late 1950s and early 1960s songs as covered by Lennon and was his last solo album released in his lifetime. #ROCkabillyHop @JohnLennon #RockNRoll #JohnLennon #OTD #RockNRoll
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February 17, 1960 – After a string of hits on Cadence Records, The Everly Brothers sign a 10-year contract with Warner Bros. Records which is reported at $1 million, a number likely inflated for publicity purposes. #ROCkabillyHop #EverlyBrothers @EverlyBrosInt #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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February 17, 1960 – Elvis Presley won his first Gold record for his second studio album “Elvis.” It spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, making Presley the first recording artist to have two albums go straight to #1 in the same year. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #TCB #theKing #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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