Friday, July 13, 2012

July 14: Fats Dominoe, Sam Cooke, The Champs, Hugh Masekela and Janis all score with Charted Hits…



July 14, 1958: Fats Domino hits #1 on the R&B chart and #3 on the pop chart with "I'm In Love Again" 
on Imperial records… 



July 14, 1962:  Sam Cooke hits #17 with "Havin' A Party"…


July 14, 1962: The Champs hit #40 with "Limbo Rock"…


(Chubby Checker tried to steal it, like he did Hank Ballard’s THE TWIST, but this is the original…)

July 14, 1968: Grazing in the Grass 

(Hugh Masekela) was a hit…



July 14, 1973: ‘Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits' enters the album charts...

 It will peak at #22 and sell more than 2 million copies.



FIFTEEN YEARS 
IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'n ROLL...

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