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July 10, 1937 - Rockabilly singer Jumpin' Gene Simmons is born in Itawamba County, Mississippi. He began his music career at Sun Records as an opening act for Elvis Presley. #ROCkabillyHop #HappyBirthday #JumpinGeneSimmons #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll buff.ly/3lXWdDY

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 #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #LittleEva #LocoMotion buff.ly/3sXXUF0

July 5, 1955 - Chuck Berry's song "Maybellene" is copyrighted in Berry's name alone, but Alan Freed's name is added as a form of payola. @ChuckBerry #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #Maybellene #AlanFreed buff.ly/3lIUz8Y

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)."#ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #ThatsAllRight #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll buff.ly/3PI4YQ0

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 buff.ly/38lq9Xf

July 4, 1955-Gene Vincent's leg is crushed when his motorcycle is struck by a car in Franklin, Virginia. The accident left him with a permanent limp and ended his career in the Navy. #ROCkabillyHop @CLaceVIncent #GeneVincent #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #USNavy buff.ly/38OE5cB

July 4, 1933 - Baker Knight was born "Thomas Baker Knight Jr." in Birmingham, AL. #ROCkabillyHop #RickyNelson @RickyNelsonRem @ElvisPresley @jerryleelewis #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #HappyBirthday #BakerKnight buff.ly/3GjGU1w

July 3, 1957 - The self-titled debut album by Ray Charles is released. #ROCkabillyHop #RayCharles #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll buff.ly/3LIvDsM

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 buff.ly/3M2I3vX

July 1, 1989 - The film biography Great Balls of Fire, with Dennis Quaid in the role of Jerry Lee Lewis, opens across the U.S. @jerryleelewis #ROCkabillyHop #GreatBallsOfFire #DennisQuaid @DennisQuaid #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll buff.ly/3lLgE6U

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 #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll buff.ly/3z1mXew

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. #ROCkabillyHop #Elvis #theKing #HoundDog #RocHop buff.ly/3acp1pq

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 buff.ly/3Leyfzk

May 28, 1931 - Sonny Burgess, rockabilly guitarist of the Pacers and later The Sun Rhythm Section, is born "Albert Austin Burgess" in Newport, Kansas. #HappyBirthday #SonnyBurgess @SunRecords #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll buff.ly/3OJssE7

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. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #EdSullivan @EdSullivanShow #JackieWilson #LonelyTeardrops buff.ly/3uVjb3I

May 27, 1958 - Buddy Holly & The Crickets record "It's So Easy" and "Lonesome Tears" in Clovis, New Mexico. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #ItsSoEasy #LonesomeTears #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll buff.ly/3MeCH0T

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. @buddyholly @BuddyHollyCtr #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #ThatllBeTheDay #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll buff.ly/3Oys5Mz

May 26, 1963 - Elvis Presley records "(You're The) Devil In Disguise." #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #EchoesOfLove #PleaseDontDragThatStringAround #DevilInDisguise #NeverEnding buff.ly/3L8QFRG