January 22, 1968: R ‘n B Is ROCKIN’ in the EVOLUTION of ROCK ‘n ROLL…

January 22, 1968: R ‘n B  Is ROCKIN’

in the EVOLUTION of ROCK ‘n ROLL…

A little band outta Houston, Texas,

Archie Bell & the Drells,

hit #1 with "Tighten Up"…

Bad Ass Johnnie Taylor hits # 5

 with "Who's Makin Love"…

James Brown hits # 6

 with "I Got The Feelin'"

AND  #10 with

 "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud"

 Sly & the Family Stone
 (Outta Denton, Texas and San Francisco, CA)

 hit #8 with "Dance to the Music"

Not a bad day in the R’nB side of the EVOLUTION of ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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January 16, 2007: Pookie Hudson, the lead singer and songwriter for the Doo Wop group, The Spaniels, died of complications from cancer of the thymus at the age of 72…

Dig this: Pookie and the Imperials with Sammy Strain doing the high work. Pookie had left the Spaniels during this period and Billy Taylor of the Castelles was brought in to do the lead of the group to rave reviews. When Pookie came back several years later he so liked Billy Taylor's voice that he kept Billy in the Spaniels…

One of my favorite Spaniels tunes wasn’t a ballad at all:
 Great Googley Moo...

 (co-penned by Pookie)…

R.I.P. Pookie

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December 8th in the Evolution of Rock 'n Roll: The Best of Times and the Worst of Times, too...

December 8^th Birthdays in the Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll…

Jerry Butler (The Ice Man):

According to Wikipedia: 

Jerry Butler (born Jerry Butler Jr.; December 8, 1939, Sunflower, Mississippi)   is an American soul singer and songwriter. He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the famed R&B vocal group, The Impressions, as well as a 1991 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Butler is also an American politician. He serves as a Commissioner for Cook County, Illinois, having first been elected in 1985. As a member of this 17-member county board, he chairs the Health and Hospitals Committee, and serves as Vice Chair of the Construction Committee…

Jim Morrison (The Lizard King):

A member of the “27 Forever Club”

James Douglas "Jim" Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was a singer and songwriter best remembered as the lead vocalist of the Doors…

Gregory LeNoir "Gregg" Allman (born December 8, 1947) is an American rock and blues singer-songwriter, keyboardist, guitarist and a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band…

December 8^th in the Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll: Some of the best of times but definitely one of the worst of times, too…

R.I.P. Brother John Lennon…

 John Ono Lennon, MBE, born John Winston Lennon; Born October 9, 1940 

and murdered on December 8, 1980...

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October 2, 1953: Johnny Ace holds the top three spots on the R ‘n B Charts!!!

Johnny Ace's recordings sold very well for the times...

 Early in 1955, Duke Records announced that three 1954 Johnny Ace recordings, along with Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog", had sold more than 1,750,000 records…

Check out a few Johnny Ace tunes that were hits on this date, October 2,  in 1953:

October 2, 1953: Johnny Ace hits #3 on the R&B chart with "Cross My Heart"

#1 on the R 'n B chart with "The Clock" 

And right in the middle, at #2 on the R 'n B chart with

"Saving My Love For You”

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