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Friday, January 25, 2013
January 25th Rocks!
Of course, EVERYDAY ROCKS in the EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL… On this date in 1938, Sister Etta James hit the planet…
In 1958 Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock” hit the UK Charts at NUMBER ONE!!! Nobody ever entered the UK Chart at #1 before this one…
Keeping with the jailhouse theme, in 1960 Mr. Sam Cooke recorded “Chain Gang” on this date…
Then came The Beatles! On January 25, 1964 the Fab Four scored their first (of 25) best sellers when they went to the top of the Cashbox Magazine music chart with “I Want To Hold Your Hand”….
It was also on January 25 (in 1969) That The Beatles recorded “Two of Us” “For You Blue ” and “Let It Be” … And dig this! On January 25, 1975, The Carpenters managed to score a NUMBER ONE hit by covering THE BEATLES’ cover http://youtu.be/-pvt2YK88MI?t=1m10s of the MOTORCITY SWEETHEARTS’ (The Marvelettes) monster hit “Please Mr. Postman” Follow this link to hear The Carpenters version …I prefer the original… January 25th Rocks! Of course, EVERYDAY ROCKS in the EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…
Etta James, most often remembered for her signature song, "At Last", which reached number 2 on the Billboard R&B chart and number 47 on the Hot 100, died from complications of leukemia at the age of 73. She also placed nine other songs in the American Top 40, won three Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993…
Jerry Lee Lewis was booked to play the Grand Ole Opry on the condition that he would stick to Country and Western tunes only. Jerry did just that for a while, but eventually broke into his old Rock hits from the 50's, while swearing up a storm. He proclaimed, "I am the rock and rollin', country and western, rhythm and blues singin' motherf***er”…
Check out his 1983 Grand Ole Opry performance…
January 20, 1968: Aretha Franklin hits #2 with her 1967 released "Chain of Fools"…
January 20, 1965:
Alan Freed,
who many credit with coining the term "Rock and Roll", died at the age of 43. Freed was a Cleveland disc jockey who started promoting dances that featured the top artists of the day, including, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis. After moving to New York and appearing in some teen movies, he was caught up in the payola scandal of 1959 for accepting money for playing certain records on his radio show. Before his death, he was virtually broke and fighting charges of tax evasion. It was a sad end for one of Rock and Roll's most important pioneers…
January 20, 1958:
"Get A Job" by The Silhouettes was released. The song will climb to #1 in the US and is considered to be a Rock and Roll classic, although the Philadelphia quartet who sang it never had another Top 40 hit…
And this was before she got famous!!!
