May 25, 1960 – Ricky Nelson sings “Ain’t Nothing But Love” on “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.” #ROCkabillyHop #RickyNelson @RickyNelsonRem #OzzieAndHarriet #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #AintNothingButLove
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Category: On This Day…
May 25, 1958 – Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
May 25, 1958 – Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers perform on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #EdSullivan @EdSullivanShow #FrankieLymon
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May 25, 1957 – Fats Domino
May 25, 1957 – Fats Domino performs “Valley Of Tears,” “It’s You I Love,” and “I’m Walkin'” on “The Perry Como Show” on NBC-TV #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #FatsDomino #ValleyOfTears #ItsYouILove #ImWalkin #PerryComo @RealFatsDomino
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May 25, 1927 – Norman Petty
May 25, 1927 – Norman Petty, recording engineer for Buddy Holly, is born in Clovis, New Mexico. He’ll also produce hits for Roy Orbison and Waylon Jennings. #ROCHop @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets @ROYORBISON @Royorbisonjr #NormanPetty #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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May 24, 1963 – Skeeter Davis
May 24, 1963 – Skeeter Davis sings “End of the World” on American Bandstand. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #SkeeterDavis #EndOfTheWorld
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May 24, 1962 – The Everly Brothers
May 24, 1962 – The Everly Brothers are discharged from the Marines. #ROCkabillyHop #EverlyBrothers @EverlyBrosInt #USMC #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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May 23, 1962 – Elvis Presley
May 23, 1962 – Elvis Presley’s ninth film, “Follow That Dream,” opens. The film reached #5 on the Variety weekly Box Office Survey, staying on the chart for three weeks, and finishing at #33 on the year-end list of the top-grossing movies of 1962. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #FollowThatDream #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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May 23, 1961 – Little Caesar and the Romans
May 23, 1961 – Little Caesar and the Romans sing “Those Oldies But Goodies” on American Bandstand. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #LittleCaesarAndTheRomans #ThoseOldiesButGoodies
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May 23, 1960 – The Everly Brothers
May 23, 1960 – “Cathy’s Clown” by The Everly Brothers hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks. In the UK, it has been at #1 since May 11, making it the first song to top both charts at the same time. #ROCkabillyHop #EverlyBrothers @EverlyBrosInt #CathysClown #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #Billboard #Hot100
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May 22, 1961 – Ernie K-Doe
May 22, 1961 – The Ernie K-Doe song “Mother-in-Law” moved into the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and moved back out after one week. #ROCkabillyHop #ErnieKDoe #MotherinLaw #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #Billboard #Hot100
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