SEPTEMBER 7: Buddy Holly’s Birthday (1936); The Coasters and Marve Johnson have hits (1959), Major Lance is at #8 on the charts (1963) and Zappa releases “Over-Nite Sensation” (1973) on this date’s EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

September 7, 1936: Charles Hardin Holley, a.k.a., Buddy Holly, is born in Lubbock, Texas…

 

Check out Part One (of 10)of the complete, video biography of rock 'n' roll legend Buddy Holly, produced and hosted by Paul McCartney...   

 

September 7, 1959: Marv Johnson releases a new single, You Got What It Takes, on United Artists Records in the USA…

September 7, 1959: Poison Ivy by The Coasters enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA. It will be their last US Top Ten hit, peaking at #7…

September 7, 1963: Major Lance hits #8 with the Curtis Mayfield penned "Monkey Time"...

September 7, 1973: 'Over-nite Sensation,' by the Mothers (a.k.a. Frank Zappa and band), is released. One of Zappa's most popular releases, it contains the favorites 

"Dirty Love" 

and "Camarillo Brillo"…

Not a bad date

 in the EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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