September 29, 1959: After a one year dry spell, Little Anthony records his next smash hit...

September 29, 1959:
Following a bit of a dry spell after their #4 hit "Tears On My Pillow" a year earlier,

Little Anthony And The Imperials record "Shimmy Shimmy Koko Bop", which will reach #24 in the US early next year…

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May 29th Doo-Wop in The Evolution of Rock 'n Roll...

May 29^th Doo Wop Hits in

The Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll…

 May 29, 1958: 

Little Anthony and the Imperials record

"Tears On MyPillow" 

   

May 29, 1961:

 The Shirelles hit #4 on pop and #2 on R&B with "Mama Said"… 

 

May 29, 1961: 

 Shep & the Limelites hit #2 with  

 "Daddy's Home"… 

 

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November 10, 1958: A Billboard magazine article notes that Beechnut gum's sales have gone up 100 percent since becoming an American Bandstand sponsor…

American Bandstand 1958!

November 10, 1958: 

A Billboard magazine article notes that Beechnut gum's sales have gone up 100 percent since becoming an American Bandstand sponsor… 

Do ya think maybe it was 

THE MUSIC!?!

Check out a few of the acts appearing on American Bandstand in 1958…

BIG BOPPER…

LITTLE RICHARD…

 (Be sure to check out the WHOLE video with a Little Richard interview…)

LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS…

DANNY AND THE JUNIORS…

DION AND THE BELMONTS…

THE KILLER…

RICHIE VALENS…

 

Didn’t even have to be on Dick’s show!!!

The Stroll; On a local television dance show in Idaho in February 1958, local teens dance to one of the biggest dance crazes out of the late-1950's called The Stroll, which originated from American Bandstand…

“WRAPPED IN GREEN AND MADE FOR A TEEN?” 

DON’T THINK SO…

IT’S ALL ABOUT ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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