Category: On This Day…

November 11, 1954 – Bill Haley scored his first US Top Ten single with “Shake Rattle And Roll.” He had dropped his cowboy image about a year and a half earlier while renaming The Saddlemen to Bill Haley and His Comets. The song became the theme song for the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League. “Shake, Rattle and Roll” was originally made popular by Big Joe Turner. #ROCkabillyHop @billhaleymusic #BillHaley #ShakeRattleAndRoll #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 10, 1955 – Elvis Presley attended the fourth Country Music Disc Jockey Convention in Nashville Tennessee. Back at his hotel Mae Boren Axton (Hoyt Axton’s mother) played him a demo of a new song she had written with Tommy Durden called “Heartbreak Hotel”. Presley released the track as a single on January 27, 1956, his first on his new record label RCA Victor. The song gave him his first #1 pop record. #ROCkabillyHop #HeartbreakHotel @ElvisPresley #Elvis #TCB #theKing #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 10, 1961 – Elvis Presley was at #1 on the UK singles chart with “His Latest Flame” backed with “Little Sister.” The singer’s ninth UK #1. “His Latest Flame” peaked at 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and “Little Sister” peaked at #5. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #TCB #theKing #HisLatestFlame #LittleSister #OTD #RockNRoll #Billboard #Hot100 #RocHop
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November 10, 1959 – Fats Domino appears on “American Bandstand” and sings “Be My Guest.” The song reached #8 on the Billboard pop chart, #2 on the R&B chart, and #11 on the UK singles chart. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #BeMyGuest #@RealFatsDomino #FatsDomino #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 10, 1958 – Conway Twitty’s “It’s Only Make Believe” hits #1 in the US for the first of 2 weeks. Before this song hit, Twitty was recording rockabilly and rock and roll songs, some under his real name Harold Jenkins. #ROCkabillyHop @ConwayTwitty #ConwayTwitty #OnlyMakeBelieve #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 9, 1963 – Gene Pitney sings “Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa” on “American Bandstand.” The song’s success in the UK, peaking at #5, enabled Pitney to become an international star. In the US, Pitney’s hit peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #GenePitney #24HoursFromTulsa #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 9, 1962 – Dion sings “Love Came To Me” on “American Bandstand.” “Love Came to Me” reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #24 on the R&B chart. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #Billboard #Hot100 @OfficialDion #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 9, 1960 – In Hollywood, Elvis Presley begins filming his seventh movie, “Wild In The Country,” where he plays a troubled young man from a dysfunctional family who pursues a literary career. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #TCB #theKing #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 9, 1958 – Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” exceeded three million copies sold in the USA, becoming only the third single to do so. Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” by Gene Autry are the other two. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #TCB #theKing #HoundDog #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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November 9, 1955 – The Everly Brothers made their first studio recordings cutting four tracks in 22 minutes, at Nashville’s Old Tulane Hotel studios. Family friend Chet Atkins engineered a chance for The Everly Brothers to record for Columbia Records in early 1956. However, their first and only single for the label, “Keep A’ Lovin’ Me,” was a flop, and they were quickly dropped from Columbia. #ROCkabillyHop #EverlyBrothers #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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