Category: On This Day…

November 29, 1935 – Peanuts Wilson was born “Johnny Ancil Wilson” in Riversville, West Virginia. Raised in Odessa, Texas, Wilson was a member of Roy Orbison’s group The Teen Kings in 1956. He released two singles of his own (one in 1957 and one in 1963) without success. He later became a country music songwriter. #ROCkabillyHop #HappyBirthday #PeanutsWilson #TeenKings @ROYORBISON @Royorbisonjr #RoyOrbison #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 28, 1960 – Elvis Presley’s “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” hit #1 in the US for the first of 6 weeks. Presley recorded the song at the request of Col. Tom Parker, it was his wife’s favorite song. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #TCB #theKing #AreYouLonesomeTonight #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 28, 1940 – Bruce Channel was born in Jacksonville, Texas. Channel is best known for his 1962 million-selling #1 hit record “Hey! Baby” which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in March of 1962. #ROCkabillyHop #OTD #RockNRoll #HeyBaby #HappyBirthday #BruceChannel #RocHop
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November 27, 1963 – Elvis Presley’s 13th film, “Fun in Acapulco” opens nationally and quickly goes to #5 at the box office. The soundtrack featuring the Top 10 hit “Bossa Nova Baby” goes to the top five on the pop chart. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #TCB #theKing #FunInAcapulco #BossaNovaBaby #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 26, 1979 – In London, Bill Haley, on what would be his last tour of the UK, plays for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Command Performance. #ROCkabillyHop @billhaleymusic #BillHaley #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 26, 1972 – Chuck Berry was at #1 on the UK singles chart with “My Ding-a-Ling”, his only UK #1. The song was originally recorded by Dave Bartholomew in 1952. Berry’s version was from a concert recorded at the Locarno ballroom in Coventry, England, on February 3, 1972. Boston radio station WMEX disc jockey Jim Connors was credited with a gold record for discovering the song and pushing it to #1 over the airwaves and amongst his peers in the United States. #ROCkabillyHop #ChuckBerry @ChuckBerry #MyDingALing #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 26, 1960 – Johnny Burnette and the Viscounts appear on “Saturday Prom.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #JohnnyBurnette #SaturdayProm
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November 26, 1959 – The Coasters sing “What About Us” on “American Bandstand.” The song reached #17 on the R&B chart and #47 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand
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November 26, 1955 – Bill Haley’s “Rock Around The Clock” becomes the first rock and roll record to hit #1 in the UK, thanks to its inclusion in the movie Blackboard Jungle. #ROCkabillyHop @billhaleymusic #BillHaley #RockAroundTheClock #BlackboardJungle #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 26, 1939 – Doo-wop singer Dave White (of Danny and the Juniors) was born “David Ernest White” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. White co-wrote the group’s hit song “At the Hop” and Lesley Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me.” #ROCkabillyHop #DannyTndTheJuniors #AtTheHop #HappyBirthday #DaveWhite #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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