Monday, January 21, 2013

January 21st in The Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll: Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Del Shannon, Joey Dee, The Byrds, Stevie Wonder and John Lennon…









January 21, 1955: Chess releases Chuck Berry's "Maybelline" …






January 21, 1955: Chess releases  Bo Diddley's "Bo Diddley” on Chess Record's subsidiary label, Checker…




January 21, 1957: Chuck Berry records "School Days" on Chess Records…




January 21, 1961: Del Shannon records his first single, "Runaway", which will top the US charts by April. The song was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and would later be rated as #466 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time…




January 21, 1962: Peppermint Twist Part I (Joey Dee & The Starliters) was a hit…




January 21, 1965:The Byrds record "Mr. Tambourine Man" at Columbia Records' Hollywood Studios. The song was produced by Doris Day's son Terry Melcher, who replaced the rest of the group with session musicians to back Jim McGuinn and his 12 string Rickenbacker guitar…





January 21, 1973: Superstition (Stevie Wonder) was a hit…




January 21, 1984: "Nobody Told Me," by John Lennon, from the posthumously released 'Milk and Honey' album, cracks the Top Forty. It will peak at #5 and be the last of 13 charting singles by Lennon spanning 15 years…




January 21st

in The Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll!!!



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