GROUNDHOG DAY!!!
February 1, 1957: Atlantic releases "Youngblood"/"Searchin" by the Coasters.
Written and produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the song stays on the charts for most of the year.
Leiber and Stoller will go on to produce and record numerous hits by the Coasters and other Atlantic artists such as the Drifters, Ben E. King and LaVern Baker.
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February 1, 1958: Jerry Lee Lewis hits Number One with "Breathless."
In April, he scores again, with my FAVORITE Jerry Lee tune, "High School Confidential."
February 1, 1961: "Shop Around" by the Miracles is MOTOWN's first national hit...
It's #2 on the Billboard Chart and topping the Billboard HOT 100 SINGLES list for eight weeks...
February 1, 1965: James Brown records "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag,"
THIS IS A HIT!!!
A revolutionary single that ushers in a whole new era of soul music. Released that summer, it tops the R&B chart for eight weeks and even cracks the pop Top Ten.
THIS IS A HIT!!!
A revolutionary single that ushers in a whole new era of soul music. Released that summer, it tops the R&B chart for eight weeks and even cracks the pop Top Ten.
February 1, 1966: Big Brother and the Holding Company and the Jefferson Airplane headline the First Annual Tribal Stomp at San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom
February 1, 1967: The debut album 'Buffalo Springfield', containing 12 original songs, is released. First pressings omit "For What It's Worth," which is subsequently added to the album when it becomes a hit. "For What It's Worth," which reaches #7, is Buffalo Springfield's only Top Forty hit...
February 1, 1967: After signing Aretha Franklin, Jerry Wexler records "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" at Rick Hall's Fame Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The song hits Number Nine on the pop charts…
Twenty years of watchin' some rodent forecast the weather on the first day of February...While Rock 'n Roll cruised on in THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'N ROLL...
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