August 21: The Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll sees Louis Jordan, Ann Arbor’s Barbara Lewis, Grosse Pointe’s Suzi Quatro, Jackie DeShannon and Tina Turner making big waves…

August 21, 1947:

 Louis Jordan hits #1 on the R&B chart and #21 on the pop chart with

"Jack, You're Dead”…

 

August 21, 1965: Barbara Lewis hits #11 with "Baby I'm Yours"… 

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…

August 21, 1973: Suzi Quatro hits #3 in the UK with "48 Crash"

ALSO on August 21: Happy Birthday 

Jackie DeShannon!

August 21, 1984:

Tina Turner's comeback album, "Private Dancer" is certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and the single from it, "What's Love Got To Do With It" is certified Gold. The album peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart and the single reached #1 on the US singles chart as well as reaching #5 in the UK and the Top Ten in several other European countries…

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Louis Jordan, Johnny Otis, Jerry Butler and Barbara Lewis all score MAJOR HITS ON AUGUST 21st in THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

MAJOR HITS ON AUGUST 21^st 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 21^st 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 21^st of August in 1965,  Barbara Lewis hit  #11 with

"Baby I'm Yours"…

 

(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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JUNE 22: Cyndi Lauper hits the planet, Barbara Lewis hits #2 and "Wipe Out" enters the charts...

JUNE 22:
It’s Cyndi Lauper’s 
61^th Birthday!!!

June 22, 1963: 

Barbara Lewis, born just outside of Ann Arbor, MI (in Salem Twp.) hit  #2 with her self-penned "Hello Stranger"

June 22, 1963:
The Safaris' "Wipe Out" is released in the US, where it will enter the Billboard Hot 100 two weeks later and reach #2 by mid-August. The record would also reach #5 in the UK. The song would be re-issued in 1966 and climb to #16 on the Billboard Top 40 and again in 1970 when it failed to chart…

BTW: Happy Birthday Cyndi

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