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| OCTOBER 18th in TROPICAL JON's EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'n ROLL... |
1959: Hank Ballard & the Midnighters hit #4 on the R&B chart with the King Records single...
...
B/W “THE TWIST”
(THE DANCE WAS INVENTED BY HANK, HANK WROTE THE SONG AND HANK WAS THE FIRST TO RECORD IT
—AND, IT’S A BETTER RECODING THAN THE ONE BY THAT FAT GUY, TOO!!!)
1963: Lloyd Price's version of Errol Garner's "Misty,"
Issued on his own Double-L label, enters the R'nB chart, where it reaches #11…
1967: The Graduate', starring Dustin Hoffman and featuring a soundtrack by Simon and Garfunkel, is released…
1968: Jimi Hendrix's version of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" is released... "Before I came to England, I was digging a lot of the things Bob Dylan was doing," Jimi said. "He is giving me inspiration" ...
Tom Wolfe, combining journalism and literary technique, released the book 'The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test', the story of Ken Keysey and his Merry Pranksters…
1969: The Temptations hit #1 with
"I Can't Get Next To You"…
"I Can't Get Next To You"…
1969: 'Easy Rider', starring Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson, is released…
(According to The R&R Hall of Fame),
Sweet hits #5 in the US with "Ballroom Blitz"…
A GREAT DAY
IN
THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL!!!
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