MAJOR HITS ON
AUGUST 21st in
THE EVOLUTION
OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…
1947: Louis Jordan did a taste of RAP before the parents of those who would make it a genre were even born!!!
On August 21, 1947 Mr. Jordan hit #1 on the R ‘n B chart and #21 on the pop chart with
"Jack, You're Dead"…
August 21, 1951: Johnny Otis (You know, the HAND JIVE guy) hit #4 on the R ‘n B chart with
"Mambo Boogie"…
On the 21st of August in 1961, Jerry Butler, not yet dubbed “The Ice Man” by Philly DJ Georgie Woods, hit #25 with
"I'm Telling You"…
For years later, on the 21st of August in 1965, Barbara Lewis hit #11
with
(BTW: Barbara Lewis was born in Salem, near Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was
writing and recording by her teens with record producer Ollie McLaughlin, a DJ
at Ann Arbor radio station WHRV, now WAAM…)
THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'n ROLL...
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