DECEMBER 4, 1960: Kathy Young’s “1000 Stars” hits #3 on the Charts

December 4, 1960:
  
After reaching #28 with their first chart entry, "Honest I Do", earlier in the year, The Innocents hooked up with  Kathy Young  and attain their only US Top 10 hit when

 "A Thousand Stars" tops out at #3...

 

The Innocents scored again with a second solo single, "Gee Whiz", hitting #28 with the tune in 1961...

 BUT, A THOUSAND STARS 

with The Innocents as a back-up group for Kathy Young remains their sole "monster" hit...

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October 21: Some VERY impressive Doo-Wop, Rock, Soul and Blues Stars were born on this date!!!

1940: Jimmy Beaumont Hits the Planet! 

Destined to be the lead singer of Pittsburgh’s HOTTEST Doo-Wop act…

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“SINCE I DON’T HAVE YOU”

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1940: Manfred Mann,

The “Doo-Wah-Diddy”

man hits the planet, too!!!

1941: Steve Cropper 
(Booker T. and the MGs)…

What can be said about Steve Cropper? 

SUPERSTAR!!!

  Here’s STEVE, at the Kentucky Derby Ball in Lexington, KY May 2, 2008…

Steve wrote “Dock of the Bay”…

Check out this Steve Cropper Lea Sweet  interview and A LOT of his buddy Otis Redding’s tunes (on which he played)…

1942: Elvin Bishop…

In 1971, The Elvin Bishop Group and The Allman Brothers Band co-billed a series of concerts at the Fillmore East. Bishop joined The Allman Brothers Band onstage for a rendition of his own song, "Drunken Hearted Boy". Over the years, Bishop has recorded with many other blues artists including Clifton Chenier and John Lee Hooker. In late 1975, he played guitar for a couple of tracks on Bo Diddley's The 20th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll album, and in 1995, he toured with B.B. King…

1945: Kathy Young (Kathy Young and the Innocents)…

At 15 years old, Kathy Young was on the top of the charts with 1000 Stars in the Sky. Not much more NEEDS to be said…

October 21^st was, evidentally,

 a GREAT day to be born into

THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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