Sunday, June 9, 2013

June 9: Les Paul Hit the Planet in 1915!!! Check out Jackie Wilson, The Coasters, Mary Wells, Jerry Lee and Ruth Brown on this date, too!!!



JUNE 9 in the
EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…
1915: Les Paul was born…

Check out his bio here  

June 9, 1934: 

Jackie Wilson was born in Detroit, MI…




More on Mr. Excitement here

And, some more here
1952: Ruth Brown hits #1 on the R&B chart with "5-10-15 Hours"



 

 and #3 on the R 'n B chart with
 "Daddy Daddy"...

Both singles are recorded on Atlantic Records…

1956:  The Coasters reach #3 with "Searchin'"….


1958: "High School Confidential," the title track from a film aimed at the teen market, enters the Top Forty. Jerry Lee Lewis simultaneously takes out a full-page ad in Billboard. It reads, in part: "I confess that my life has been stormy....I hope that if I am washed up as an entertainer, it won't be because of this bad publicity”…


1962: Mary Wells hits #2 on the R&B chart and #8 (6/09) on the pop chart with
"The One Who Really Loves You"




#1 on the R 'n B chart and #9 (9/22) on the pop chart with
"You Beat Me To the Punch" 


and #1 on the R 'n B chart and #7 (1/19) on the pop chart with
 "Two Lovers"…


June 9 has been a very happening day in the
EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…


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