February 1st ROCKS in the EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL!!!

February 1, 1954: Big Joe Turner records "Shake, Rattle and Roll." Written by Atlantic arranger Jesse Stone, the song stays on the charts for 27 weeks…

February 1, 1957: Patsy Cline wins an Arthur Godfrey Talent Scout Show with a performance of "Walking After Midnight"…

February 1, 1958: Jerry Lee Lewis hits Number One with "Breathless" …

In April, he scores again, with "High School Confidential"…

 February 1, 1961: “Shop Around," by the Miracles, is Motown's first national hit, reaching Number Two on the Billboard chart and topping Billboard's hot R&B singles list for eight weeks…

February 1, 1964: "Baby I Love You" by the Ronettes goes to #24…

February 1, 1965: James Brown records "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," a revolutionary single that ushers in a whole new era of soul music. Released that summer, it tops the R&B chart for eight weeks and even cracks the pop Top Ten…

February 1, 1967: The debut album 'Buffalo Springfield', containing 12 original songs, is released. First pressings omit "For What It's Worth," which is subsequently added to the album when it becomes a hit...
"For What It's Worth," which reaches #7, is Buffalo Springfield's only Top Forty hit…

February 1, 1967: After signing Aretha Franklin, Jerry Wexler records
 "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)"
 at Rick Hall's Fame Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. 
The song hits Number Nine on the pop charts…

February 1, 1969: The Temptations win Motown its first Grammy for "Cloud Nine”…

FEBRUARY 1^st is “Groundhog Day”—

AND, THANKFULLY, 
ALL THIS JUST KEEPS ON HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AND…

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