January 12: THREE MONSTERS ARE ADDED TO THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL!!!

January 12, 1957:

 Sun releases "Flyin' Saucer Rock n' Roll" by Billy Riley and His Little Green men… The cut features Roland Janes on guitar and Jerry Lee Lewis on piano and is a rockabilly classic…

January 12, 1961: Shep and the Limelights reach #2 with  the Doo-Wop Classic "Daddy's Home"… 

January 12, 1963: Les Cooper & the Soul Rockers hit #22

with the classic instrumental

 "Wiggle Wobble”…

It's Only Rock 'n Roll!!!

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November 14, 1956: Jerry Lee Lewis cuts his first record - "End of the Road" b/w "Crazy Arms" for Sun. It is credited to Jerry Lee Lewis and His Pumping Piano...

November 14, 1956:  

Sam Phillips is at the mixing board for Jerry Lee Lewis' first Sun Records recording session...

The session produces the single 

"End Of The Road" / "Crazy Arms"...

Although the single failed to gain much attention, both songs showed a drive and energy that forecasted things to come….

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Sun Records, Little Junior Parker, James Brown and the Famous Flames, The Killer and Patti Smith ROCK IN the first of November...

November 1, 1953:

Sun Releases 

"Mystery Train"

 by Little Junior Parker…

 

November 1, 1955: 

The Famous Flames record

 "Please Please Please"

 at the studio of WIBB in Macon, Georgia…

November 1, 1957:  Jerry Lee Lewis'

"Great Balls of Fire"

hits Number One for Sun Records. ..

November 1, 1975:

Patti Smith's landmark debut album, Horses, is released. Beat poetry and garage rock …

The EVOLUTION of ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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September 11 in the EVOLUTION of ROCK ‘n ROLL…Ray Charles, Jerry Lee “The Killer” Lewis, KC and The Sunshine Band, Moon Unit and Frank Zappa, Peter Tosh, Tommy Chong and Mickey Hart…

Sept 11, 1952:  

 
At Atlantic Records on West 56th St in New York, Ahmet Ertegun begins recording his newest signing, 21 year old Ray Charles, whose contract had been purchased from the Swingtime label for $2,500 last June…  

Sept 11, 1957:

Jerry Lee Lewis hits the number three position on the US record charts with "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On". The song had already been released by a handful of artists and Jerry Lee had been using it in his live act for several months. He would later recall, "I knew it was a hit when I recorded it"…                                             

Sept 11, 1976:  

KC And The Sunshine Band had North America dancing in the streets with their Billboard chart topper, "Shake Your Booty". The song was met with some degree of controversy, since the lyrics were interpreted by many as having sexual connotations. It rose to #22 in the UK…  

Sept 11, 1982:  

"Valley Girl" by Frank Zappa and his 14-year old daughter Moon Unit, peaks at #32 on the US singles chart. Moon Unit supplied much of the content, speaking typical "Valley Girl" phrases… 

 

Sept 11, 1987:  R.I.P. Peter Tosh

43 year old Peter Tosh, the guitarist in the original Wailing Wailers with Bob Marley, was brutally murdered at his Jamaican home. Though robbery was officially said to be the reason behind Tosh's death, many believe that there were ulterior motives to the killing, citing that nothing was taken from the house… 

Sept 11, 2003:

Tommy Chong, one-half of the comedy team of Cheech and Chong, was sentenced to nine months in federal prison and fined $20,000 for selling drug paraphernalia over the Internet. The 65 year-old Chong pled guilty to the charges last May. He remained free until April, 2004, when he went to jail. Cheech and Chong reached the Billboard Hot 100 with "(#15),    "Sister Mary Elephant" (#24)    and "Earache My Eye" (#9)  AND   …

September 11, 1943:     

 Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman; September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist and musicologist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band the Grateful Dead… 

Google Grateful Dead to check out this cat...

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