ROCkabilly Hop

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.#RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #LittleEva #LocoMotion amzn.to/3a9s41T

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 amzn.to/3Ni5HFu

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 amzn.to/3Lg79XM

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 amzn.to/3NdAlzK

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 amzn.to/3wfvuII

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

July 3, 1957 - The self-titled debut album by Ray Charles is released. #ROCkabillyHop #RayCharles #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll amzn.to/3lbb39J

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 amzn.to/3wx0hQn

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. @buddyholly #ROCkabillyHop #buddyholly #TheCrickets #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll Source: @BuddyHollyCtr amzn.to/3wqQHOZ

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 amzn.to/3Pqe17W

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 amzn.to/3OsbNoq

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 amzn.to/3Es7CUW

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 amzn.to/37WqDm6

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 #TommyAllsup #GeorgeAtwood #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll amzn.to/3jJFanZ

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 amzn.to/3Mfo8u9

May 26, 1963 - Elvis Presley records "(You're The) Devil In Disguise"#ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #EchoesOfLove #PleaseDontDragThatStringAround #DevilInDisguise #NeverEnding amzn.to/3EmU24X

May 26, 1960 - Bobby Vee sings "What Do You Want" on "American Bandstand."#ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll @dickclarkprod #DickClark #AmericanBandstand #BobbyVee #WhatDoYouWant amzn.to/37hYaYd

May 26, 1956 - Carl Perkins makes a guest appearance performing "Blue Suede Shoes" on "The Perry Como Show" on NBC-TV. #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #CarlPerkins #BlueSuedeShoes #PerryComoShow amzn.to/3vhdEU8

May 25, 1961 - Ral Donner records "You Don't Know What You've Got." It would be his biggest hit, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and at #25 on the UK charts.#ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #RalDonner #YouDontKnowWhatYouveGot amzn.to/3xz5GIz