James Brown and also The Cadillacs Score Big on February 4, 1956 ~ In The Evolution of Rock 'n Roll...

In March of 1954, a Harlem vocal group called The Cadillacs  
released a GREAT ballad about a girl named Gloria and although it was a major Doo-Wop hit at the hops, it never achieved real popularity at the time…

On February 4, 1956, The Cadillacs did enter the Billboard Pop Chart with "Speedo", which will top out at #17 and become a Doo-Wop classic.

Here they are doing Speedo and a few others in this mini-documentary...

 

  SO, WHAT ELSE HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 4, 1956--THE SAME DAY THAT THE CADILLACS ENTERED THE BILLBOARD CHARTS??? 

It was on February 4, 1956 when James Brown And The Famous Flames recorded 

"Please, Please, Please" at King Studios in Cincinnati.

  The single would go on to become a Billboard #5 R&B hit, selling over a million copies, but nine subsequent releases would fail to live up to the success of their debut.  

It would take over two years for the group to return to the charts with the #1 R&B hit, "Try Me". 

And with that hit, the man who would become “The Godfather of Soul” got the world to think about what’s coming next…

 
FIFTY-SIX YEARS AGO IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…