Category: On This Day…

December 10, 1949 – Fats Domino recorded his first tracks for Imperial Records at J&M Studio in New Orleans, “Detroit City Blues,” backed with “The Fat Man.” The B-side becomes the hit, the first of many for Domino. “The Fat Man” later became his nickname. #ROCkabillyHop #TheFatMan @RealFatsDomino #fatsdomino #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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December 9, 1955 – Elvis Presley performs at the B&I Club in Swifton, Arkansas, and introduces his new song, “Heartbreak Hotel,” by claiming “It’s gonna be my first hit.” The single topped Billboard’s Top 100 chart for seven weeks, Cashbox’s pop singles chart for six weeks, and the Country and Western chart for seventeen weeks as well as reaching #3 on the R&B chart, becoming Presley’s first million-seller, and one of the best-selling singles of 1956. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #TCB #theKing #heartbreakhotel #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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December 8, 1958 – “The Chipmunk Song” by David Seville And The Chipmunks entered the Billboard Top 40 chart on its way to a four-week stint at #1, selling 4.5 million copies in seven weeks. The record would go on to win three Grammy Awards: Best Comedy Performance, Best Children’s Recording, and Best Engineered Record (non-classical.) #ROCkabillyHop #ChipmunkSong #Chipmunks #DavidSeville #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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December 8, 1957 – The Platters appeared on CBS-TV’s “The Ed Sullivan Show” performing “Only You” and “Indiff’rent” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #EdSullivan @EdSullivanShow #OTD #RockNRoll #Platters #OnlyYou #Indiffrent
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December 7, 1960 – Annette Funicello sang “Talk to Me Baby” and The Edsels performed “What Brought Us Together?” on “American Bandstand.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #OTD #RockNRoll #AnnetteFunicello #TalkToMeBaby
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December 7, 1956 – “Rock! Rock! Rock!,” one of the earliest Rock and Roll movies, opens in theaters. The film features the popular disc jockey Alan Freed along with Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, and LaVern Baker. #ROCkabillyHop @ChuckBerry #AlanFreed #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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December 7, 1955 – At Nesman Recording Studio in Wichita Falls, Buddy Holley, Don Guess, and J.I. Allison record “Love Me”, “Don’t Come Back Knockin'”, “Moonlight Baby”, and “I Guess I Was Just A Fool” which are submitted on acetate to Decca. Source: The Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave., Lubbock. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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December 7, 1924 – Rockabilly singer-songwriter Boyd Bennett is born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.Bennett is known for the 1955 hit “Seventeen.” #ROCkabillyHop #BoydBennett #HappyBirthday #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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December 6, 1957 – Mercury Records releases The Diamonds’ version of “The Stroll”. The song will peak at #4 on the Billboard Most Played by Jockeys chart and help spark a dance craze where two lines of dancers, men on one side and women on the other, face each other, moving in place to the music, while one couple at a time dances down the center. #ROCkabillyHop #Diamonds #Stroll #MercuryRecords #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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December 5, 2008 – The musical biopic “Cadillac Records” premieres in US theaters, with Beyoncé in a starring role as soul legend Etta James. #ROCkabillyHop @Beyonce #CadillacRecords #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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