JUNE 8th in THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

JUNE 8^th Releases:

1960: Roy Orbison   

    "Only the Lonely"

1963: The Essex
 "Easier Said Than Done"

  THE ESSEX founding members Walter Vickers (guitar) and Rodney Taylor (drums) were members or the United States Marine Corps stationed in Okinawa, Japan. After being transferred to Camp LeJeune in North Carolina, they enlisted fellow Marines Billy Hill and Rudolph Johnson as group members. Next they added a female lead singer, Anita Humes, another Marine…

1964: The Dave Clark Five
"Can't You See That She's Mine"

1966: Elvis Presley
 "Love Letters"

1968: The Rolling Stones
 "Jumpin' Jack Flash"

1970: Bob Dylan
 Self Portrait

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APRIL 3rd IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL: “The Times They Are A-Changin’”

Check out how Bob Dylan, Junior Walker, The Temptations and Ray Charles fit into the changes…

April 3, 1964:
Bob Dylan made his first entry on the UK charts with 

"The Times They AreA-Changin'”

 The tune would eventually reach #9…  

April 3, 1965: Jr. Walker & the All Stars hit #4 with "Shotgun"… 

April 3, 1971:

The Temptations hit the top of the Billboard Pop chart for the third and final time with

 "Just My Imagination", a #8 hit in the UK… They would place 11 more songs in the US Top 40 during the next 20 years…  

April 3, 1993: 

Ray Charles became the first performer to have hits on Billboard's charts in five different decades when his version of Leon Russell's

 "A Song ForYou" entered the R&B singles chart…  

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NOVEMBER 3: Elvis Presley, Danny and The Juniors, The Crystals AND THE BLOSSOMS, The Righteous Brothers, Hootie and the Blowfish (who woulda though!?!), and Deep Purple all figure significantly in THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

November 3^rd

 In THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL:

November 3, 1956: Elvis Presley's 

"Love Me Tender"

 took over the top spot on the Billboard chart, pushing his double sided hit "Don't Be Cruel"/ "Hound Dog" to number two…

November 3, 1957:

ABC-Paramount releases Danny And The Juniors' first hit, "At the Hop". The song sold 7,000 copies in and around Philadelphia when it was first issued on the small independent Singular label…

November 3, 1962:

A song called "He's A Rebel" topped the Billboard Hot 100, credited to The Crystals. In reality, the song was recorded by a trio known as the Blossoms, featuring lead singer Darlene Love. Phil Spector had hastily put the song together while The Crystals were out of town and put their name on the label because they had already had two top twenty hits with "There's No Other" and "Uptown"…

November 3, 1990:

The Righteous Brothers' version of "Unchained Melody"

rose to #1 on the UK singles chart 25 years after it had first been released...

The track had recently been featured in the film Ghost...

November 3, 1995:

Hootie And The Blowfish reach an out of court settlement with Bob Dylan for the group's unauthorized use of Dylan's lyrics in their song "Only Want To Be With You"…

NOVEMBER 3, 1946:

 Nick Simper

(Bassist for Deep Purple) Hits the planet.,.. 

NOT A BAD DAY IN

THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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OCTOBER 18: A GREAT DAY IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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"…

1969: 'Easy Rider', starring Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson, is released…

CHECK OUT THE WHOLE MOVIE...

OCTOBER 18, 1975:  

 (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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