Category: On This Day…

October 12, 1927 – Guitarist Joe Olivier (of Bill Haley And His Comets) was born in Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands. #ROCkabillyHop @billhaleymusic #BillHaley #RocHop #HappyBirthday #JoeOlivier #OTD
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October 11, 1958 – “The Dick Clark Show” broadcasted live from the Southeastern Fair in Atlanta, Georgia Guests include Sam Cooke, Danny and the Juniors, Conway Twitty, the  Applejacks, and Paul Peek. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #SamCooke #DannyAndTheJuniors #ConwayTwitty #Applejacks #PaulPeek #OTD
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October 11, 1957 – Buddy Holly and The Crickets are featured in the British magazine “New Musical Express,” which states: “If someone asks you where the hit records come from these days, you won’t be far wrong if you reply Deep In The Heart Of Texas.” Source: The Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave., Lubbock. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #RocHop #NewMusicalExpress #OTD
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October 10, 1963 – Elvis Presley records “Once Is Enough,” “Catchin’ On Fast,” “Anyone,” “Smokey Mountain Boy,” “There’s Gold In The Mountains,” “One Boy, Two Little Girls,” “Kissin’ Cousins,” “Barefoot Ballad,” and “Tender Feeling.” #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #RocHop #KissinCousins #OTD
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October 10, 1956 – Elvis Presley’s “Love Me Tender” entered the US chart for a 19-week stay, peaking at #1 for 5 weeks. The song, from Presley’s first film of the same name, was adapted from the tune “Aura Lee”, written in 1861. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #LoveMeTender #RocHop #AuraLee #OTD
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October 10, 1962 – Chris Montez makes his national television debut singing “Let’s Dance” on “American Bandstand.” When initially released, the song shot to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S., and to #2 on the UK Singles Chart. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @DickClarkProd #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #Billboard #Hot100 #LetsDance #ChrisMontez #OTD
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October 9, 1964 – Bobby Darin begins filming his eighth movie, “That Funny Feeling” (co-starring with wife Sandra Dee,) in Hollywood. #ROCkabillyHop @bobby_darin2 #SandraDee #BobbyDarin #ThatFunnyFeeling #RocHop #OTD
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October 9, 1962 – Rick Nelson sings “Fools Rush In” on “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.” Nelson’s cover of this 1936 song was an enormous hit, reaching #12 on the Billboard pop chart and #24 on the Hot R&B Singles chart. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop @RickyNelsonRem #RickyNelson #FoolsRushIn #OzzieAndHarriet #Billboard #OTD
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October 9, 1962 – Brenda Lee appears on CBS-TV’s “The Red Skelton Hour.” #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #BrendaLee #LittleMissDynamite #RedSkeltonHour #OTD
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October 9, 1958 – Eddie Cochran records “C’mon Everybody” originally released as a B-side. When Cochran recorded his lead vocal for the song, he also created an alternate version of the song called “Let’s Get Together”. The only change to the lyrics was exactly that: the phrase “Let’s get together” in place of “C’mon everybody”. This alternate version was eventually released on a compilation album in the 1960s. #ROCkabillyHop @EddieCochran_ #CmonEverybody #RocHop #LetsGetTogether #OTD
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