Little Richard Rules the Charts in April of 1957!

 April 13, 1957:

Little Richard hits #1 on the R 'n B chart and #21 (on 4/13) on the pop chart with "Lucille"

He also hit #3 on the R 'n B chart with "Send Me Some Lovin'" , #2 on the R 'n B chart and #10 (on 7/08) on the pop chart with "Jenny, Jenny"  and #2 on the R 'n B chart and #8 (on 10/28) on the pop chart with "Keep A Knockin'."    

All four singles are released on Specialty Records…

Not a bad day for Mr. Pennimen!

A great day for Specialty!!!

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OCTOBER 15, 1956: Little Richard left us for awhile to get his Spiritual Act together. BUT, on THIS DATE, he recorded the following BLOCKBUSTER CLASSICS...

The last of Little Richard's New Orleans recording sessions yields a bevy of blockbusters, including "Good Golly Miss Molly," "Jenny Jenny" and "The Girl Can't Help It"…

 "Jenny Jenny"

"The Girl Can't Help It"…

AS WE ALL KNOW,

HE’LL BE BACK!!!

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FEBRUARY 10th ROCKS!

FEBRUARY 10^th ROCKS

in THE EVOLUTION OF 
ROCK ‘n ROLL…

February 10, 1933:

Don Wilson, guitarist for The Ventures,

hits the planet!

February 10, 1950:

 
Link Wray performs his controversial instrumental hit "Rumble" on American Bandstand. Because of its title, many radio stations refused to play the record, but it still managed to sell over a million copies and reach #16 on the Billboard Pop chart…

February 10, 1956:

Little Richard records "Long Tall Sally", which will go on be his highest charting record in the US, climbing to number 6 on Billboard's Pop chart and number 1 on the R&B chart by next April. Rolling Stone magazine has listed the tune as #56 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time…

FEBRUARY 10^th

IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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