July 5, 1962 - Little Eva sings "Loco-Motion" on "American Bandstand." "The Loco-Motion" was also the second song to reach #1 by two different musical acts in America. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #LittleEva #LocoMotion
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July 5, 1954 - Elvis Presley, guitarist Scotty Moore, and bassist Bill Black while clowning around at Sun, begin to play Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "That's All Right (Mama)." Hearing something he likes, Sam Phillips orders them to replicate it again and again. That same day, the trio begins working on a fast cover of the bluegrass standard "Blue Moon of Kentucky." #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #ThatsAllRight #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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July 4, 1959 - Clyde McPhatter is spotlighted on "The Dick Clark Show" performing "Since You've Been Gone." #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #SinceYouveBeenGone #ClydeMcPhatter @dickclarkprod #DickClark
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July 4, 1933 - Baker Knight was born "Thomas Baker Knight Jr." in Birmingham, AL. His best-known compositions were "Lonesome Town," "The Wonder of You," and "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time." A songwriter and musician, his songs have been recorded by Ricky Nelson, Paul McCartney, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis. #ROCkabillyHop #RickyNelson @RickyNelsonRem @ElvisPresley @jerryleelewis #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #HappyBirthday #BakerKnight
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July 3, 1957 - The self-titled debut album by Ray Charles is released. #ROCkabillyHop #RayCharles #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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July 3, 1956 - Elvis Presley meets Gene Vincent at Grand Central Station in New York City. #ROCkabillyHop @CLaceVIncent #GeneVincent @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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July 1, 1957 - Buddy Holly records "Peggy Sue," "Oh Boy," "Listen To Me," and "I'm Gonna Love You Too" in Clovis, NM. Source: The Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave., Lubbock. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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July 1, 1956 - NBC's "Steve Allen Show" capitalizes on the outrage by presenting a new, "clean" Elvis Presley, singing "Hound Dog" to an actual basset hound perched on a stool and wearing a bow tie. Backstage, Elvis explodes in fury at the Colonel for agreeing to the stunt. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #HoundDog #RocHop
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May 28, 1955 - Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on the "Big D Jamboree" radio program, broadcast from the Dallas Sportatorium by KRLD. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #BigDJamboree #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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May 27, 1962 - Jackie Wilson sings "Lonely Teardrops" on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The song raced up to #1 on the Billboard R&B chart and became Wilson's first top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at #7. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #EdSullivan @EdSullivanShow #JackieWilson #LonelyTeardrops
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May 27, 1958 - Buddy Holly & The Crickets record "It's So Easy" and "Lonesome Tears" in Clovis, New Mexico. They are joined by Tommy Allsup on lead guitar. The next day, "Heartbeat" is recorded, and Allsup again plays lead guitar while another session musician, George Atwood, plays bass. Brunswick releases the single "Think It Over" and "Fool's Paradise." @buddyholly #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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May 27, 1957 - "That'll Be The Day" was released as a single, credited to the Crickets to try to bypass Decca's claimed legal rights. When the song became a hit, Decca decided not to press its claim. "That'll Be the Day" topped the US "Best Sellers in Stores" chart on September 23 and was on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in November. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #ThatllBeTheDay #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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May 26, 1963 - Elvis Presley records "Echoes Of Love," "Please Don't Drag That String Around," "(You're The) Devil In Disguise," and "Never Ending." #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #EchoesOfLove #PleaseDontDragThatStringAround #DevilInDisguise #NeverEnding
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May 26, 1960 - Bobby Vee sings "What Do You Want" on "American Bandstand." #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #BobbyVee #WhatDoYouWant
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May 26, 1956 - Carl Perkins makes a guest appearance performing "Blue Suede Shoes" on "The Perry Como Show" on NBC-TV. Perkins had been on his way to appear on the show in March 1955 when he was involved in an auto accident. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #CarlPerkins #BlueSuedeShoes #PerryComoShow
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May 25, 1960 - Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones are "American Bandstand's" musical guests. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #JoeBennett #Sparkletones
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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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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, 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 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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