FEBRUARY 28th SEES A GAGGLE OF SOON TO BE CLASSICS BEING RECORDED BY; EDDIE COCHRAN, ELVIS PRESLEY, BRENDA LEE, VAN MORRISON AND THE BEATLES…

FEBRUARY 28^th SEES A GAGGLE OF SOON TO BE CLASSICS BEING RECORDED BY; EDDIE COCHRAN, ELVIS PRESLEY, BRENDA LEE, VAN MORRISON AND THE BEATLES…

ON THE LAST DAY OF FEBRUARY: 

1958:

 Eddie Cochran’s SUMMERTIME BLUES…

1960:

Brenda Lee’s I’M SORRY…

1967:

Van Morrison’s BROWN EYED GIRL…

The Beatles' 

GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING…

The Beatles’

FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. KITE…

1972:

Elvis’ BURNING LOVE…

Not a bad day in

THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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FEBRUARY 26th IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

FEBRUARY 26^th IS FATS DOMINO’S BIRTHDAY;

Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino Jr. 
(born February 26, 1928)

                                                                             

RUTH BROWN SCORES, TOO

AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION HIT THE SCENE WITH FREAK OUT!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FAT MAN!!!

New Orleans born Fats Domino  first gained first gained national attention with his 1949 ROCK  ‘n ROLL tune THE FAT MAN…

Although many of his tunes got more air-play and higher chart ratings when covered by Caucasian performers during that racially segregated era (e.g., “Ain’t That A Shame” which was covered by Pat Boone), Fats eventually accrued 37 top forty hit singles…

Also n this date, in 1951, Ruth Brown

 hit #3 on R ‘n B with

I’LL WAIT FOR YOU…

February 26, 1965 saw Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention’s release of the debut album FREAK OUT!

Not a bad day in

THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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FEBRUARY 23rd IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL: Ruby and the Romantics, The Chiffons and The Doors…

February 23^rd  saw some stranger than usual happenings...

In the EVOLUTION of ROCK ‘n ROLL!!!

FEBRUARY 23^rd IN

THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

First up, on this date in 1963, Ruby and the Romantics entered the billboard Charts with

 OUR DAY WILL COME... 

By March The tune will become the group’s biggest hit, 

scoring #1 on both the R ‘n B and Pop Charts…

On the very same day, The Chiffons’ 
 HE’S SO FINE entered the Top 100... 

The tune had already been rejected by ten different record companies before Laurie Records decided to give it a shot..

The tune eventually topped the Billboard and Pop charts in March!!!

Skip ahead seven years to February 23, 1970…

 The Doors were already chart toppers when they released MORRISON MOTEL.

 The album produced NO hit singles at all; yet, it climbed to #4 on the Top 200 Chart

and reached #12 in the UK

STRANGE DAYS INDEED…

In the Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll…

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