From Cab Calloway to Frank Zappa: March 3rd is significant in the EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'n ROLL...

March 3, 1931 through 
March 3,1979
in the
Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll…

1931: Cab Calloway records



"Minnie The Moocher"

March 3, 1947: Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens by Louis Jordan reaches No1 in the Billboard R'n'B Singles Chart in the USA.

March 3, 1952: Lloyd Price cuts "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" for Specialty Records in New Orleans. It tops the R&B and Best Seller charts for seven weeks.

Check out Lloyd talkin’ about how this tune came to be:

March 3, 1956: Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on the Billboard charts when "Heartbreak Hotel" debuts at #68. Although many staff members at RCA Victor believed that the release was a mistake, the song would rise to #1 on the US Pop chart for 8 weeks and spend 17 weeks at the top of the Country chart. Many years later, "Heartbreak Hotel" would be ranked #45 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

March 3, 1956: "Please, Please, Please," James Brown's first single for Syd Nathan's Federal label (a King subsidiary), is released, thereby launching the career of this legendary soul singer.

March 3, 1957: So now Lloyd Price is 19 years old, did his stint in the army and he comes up with "Just Because," Lloyd Price's post-Army debut for the ABC-Paramount label, enters the singles charts, peaking at #3 R&B and #29 pop.

AND: "Maybe" by the Chantels hits #15 on that same day...

March 3, 1959: The Drifters, with new lead vocalist Ben E. King, record their breakthrough hit, "There Goes My Baby", at Atlantic's studios in New York. The song will become the group's first of 16 Billboard Top 40 hits.

And on March 3, 1962,
"Twistin' Postman" by the Marvelettes goes to #34…Check out this all the way  live recording!!!

March 3, 1966: Lou Christie's "Lightnin' Strikes" is certified gold

March 3, 1969: Bob Dylan hits #7 with "Lay Lady Lay"

March 3, 1973: The Spinners hit #4 with "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" and do it live on SOUL TRAIN!

Just about this time, DISCO (sucks!) hits the Scene and Frank takes advantage…

March 3, 1979: Frank Zappa releases 'Sheik Yerbouti,' a double album that contains the disco parody single "Dancin' Fool"

R.I.P. FRANK  

~YOU ALWAYS KEPT US UP ON WHAT’S REALLY HIP!!!

A LOTTA STUFF HAPPENED

 IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL

ON MARCH 3^RD

OVER THOSE  48 YEARS!!!