September 19: Chubby Checker hits it big on the strength of Hank Ballard's "The Twist" and Steppenwolf does the same with Mars Bonfire's "Born to Be Wild' while CCR hits #1 in the UK and The Stones go to #1 for the last time; In The EVOLUTION of ROCK 'n ROLL...

September 19, 1960:

Chubby Checker's version of "The Twist" reached the top of the Billboard Pop chart for a one week stay. The same record would make a return to number one in January, 1962, becoming the first single in history to accomplish that feat—AND IT WASN’T EVEN CLOSE TO BEING HIS TUNE!!! 

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More on Hank Ballard…

Sept 19, 1968:

Steppenwolf earn a Gold record for their US #2 hit, "Born to be Wild". It reached #18 in the UK. Although the song is often used in films about biker gangs, it was originally written by Mars Bonfire as a slow ballad…

Sept 19, 1969: 

Creedence Clearwater Revival scored their only UK #1 single with "Bad Moon Rising"…

Sept 19, 1981:

On the strength of the single "Start Me Up", The Rolling Stones album "Tattoo You" started a nine week run at #1 on the Billboard album chart. Primarily composed of out-takes from previous recording sessions, some dating back a decade, it is the last Rolling Stones album to reach the top position of the US charts…

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OCTOBER 17th IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

OCTOBER 17th in THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'n ROLL

October 17, 1960: 

Ben E. King led The Drifters to the top of the US Pop chart with...

"Save TheLast Dance For Me"...

 The record will reach #2 in the UK in December… 

 

October 17, 1964: 

A British group known collectively as Manfred Mann had the number one single on the Billboard Pop chart with

 "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"...

 The song was sung by vocalist Paul Pond, who used the stage name Paul Jones. Keyboard player Michael Lubowitz would retain the band's name and continued to turn out chart hits until the mid 1980s… 

  

October 17, 1964:

The Zombies' "She's Not There" is released in the US, where it would become the band's highest charting single, reaching #2...

 In the UK, it went to #12…

October 17, 1981: 

Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin took Lesley Gore's 1963 hit "It's My Party" to the top of the UK charts. Their updated rendition also made the Top Ten in Austria (#3), Germany (#3), New Zealand (#1), South Africa (#3) and Switzerland (#6),

 but it stalled at #72 in America 

(wonder why!!!)…

October 17, 1990:

Steppenwolf's 1968 rocker, "Born to Be Wild" re-entered the Top 10 in Holland on the strength of the amount of airplay it received in recent movies and commercials…

  

October 17, 2005: 

Visiting his New Orleans home for the first time since he was rescued by boat from rising floodwaters, 77 year old Fats Domino found his piano overturned among mud and debris and his house in ruins…

 October 17, 2008:

 R.I.P. LEVI STUBBS

The Four Tops lead singer, Levi Stubbs, died after a long series of illnesses, including cancer and a stroke, at the age of 72. The group placed 24 songs on the Billboard Pop chart and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 1990….

ANOTHER DAY IN
THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'n ROLL...

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