EVERYDAY IS A MAJOR DAY IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL...

On November 1, 1955,

 An R&B group called The Famous Flames, led by singer James Brown, cut their first demo of 



"Please, Please, Please" 


at a radio station in Macon Georgia. 
It will lead to their signing with 
King Records….

November 1, 1957: 

Buddy Holly And The Crickets started a three week run at #1 on the UK singles chart 
with

  
"That'll Be The Day"…

November 1, 1959:

 
For the first time since 1954,

Elvis Presley doesn't have a record on any of the Billboard charts…

Who’s on the top of the chart?

The MOTOR CITY’S  

 MR. EXCITEMENT!!!

“You Better Know It” 

November 1, 1969: 

Of course 
“The King” came back 
and this was his LAST hit…

"Suspicious Minds" reaches the top of the Billboard chart, becoming Elvis Presley's 17th and final US number one hit during his lifetime. Elvis had recorded it in a 4 AM to 7 AM session last January, with the eighth take being the keeper. The song climbed to #2 in the UK…  

On November 1, 2000, 

The Recording Industry Association Of America introduces guidelines for Parental Advisory labeling on recording..

What was THEIR problem!?!

November 1: 2004: 61 year old Terry Knight, the former manager of Grand Funk Railroad, was murdered at his home in Killeen, Texas. Knight was defending his daughter during a domestic disturbance when he was stabbed by her boyfriend, 26 year old Donald Alan Fair. Knight began his music career by leading a Michigan band called Terry Knight And The Pack, who scored a Billboard top 50 hit covering a Ben E. King jam...

"I, Who Have Nothing"… 

(Gee, what's that all about!?!)

THAT'S IT...

NOVEMBER 1st 
BETWEEN 1955 AND 2000
IN 
THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'n ROLL...

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