April 8th in the EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'n ROLL: JJ Jackson, Julian Lennon, The Righteous Brothers and The Supremes...

April 8^th sees two major birthdays:

J.J. Jackson

 

Julian Lennon

and two major players:

 The Supremes

The Righteous Brothers

 score in

The Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll…

April 8, 1941 - J. J. Jackson hits the planet!

April 8, 1963:
John and Cynthia Lennon become the proud parents of a baby boy who they name Julian, after John's late mother, Julia. The lad would grow up to have a music career of his own, scoring Top Ten hits with "Valotte"  (#9 in 1984) and

 "Too Late for Goodbyes" (#5 in 1985)…

 

April 8, 1964:
The Supremes record "Where Did Our Love Go" at Motown Studios in Detroit. The song would become the first of their five straight US number one singles…

April 8, 1966:
The Righteous Brothers reach the top of the Billboard singles chart for the second time with "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration". It was a #15 hit in the UK…

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MARCH 23rd In THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

MARCH 23^rd  Saw the original Stagger Lee, Pittsburgh Doo-Wop, Julian Lennon, Creedance Clearwater,  Ric Ocasek and Sister Chaka Chan score BIG  

IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

March 23, 1934: Torch singer and actress Libby Holman, accompanied on guitar by Josh White, records the LP Blues Till Dawn for Decca Records in New York City, USA. The album includes the songs House Of The Rising Sun, Fare Thee Well, Baby, Baby, Good Morning Blues, When The Sun Goes Down and Hansome Winsome Johnny…  

On this date in 1950, singer and Barrellhouse pianist Archibald records Stack-A-Lee  during his first recording session for Imperial Records...

March 23, 1959:
The Skyliners, a five member group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, entered the Billboard Pop chart for the first time with the now classic doo-wop hit, "Since IDon't Have You". The song will be their biggest success, reaching #12. Joe Rock would later say that he was upset about a girl who had just left him and wrote most of the lyrics while sitting in his car between stoplights… 

March 23, 1985:
John Lennon's son Julian gave his first concert in San Antonio, Texas…

 Over the next two years he would place four songs on the Hot 100, including "Valotte"…   

 

and "Too Late For Goodbyes" …

March 23, 1985:
Former Creedence Clearwater Revival front man John Fogerty went to #1 on the US album chart with "Centerfield"…  

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Ric Ocasek - lead vocalist for The Cars  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY- Chaka Khan 

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