October 23 ROCKS in The Evolution of Rock and Roll: Hank Ballard, The Duals, Dion, The Chantels, ? and The Mysterians, Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon...

In the 1950s there was a cat by the name of HANK BALLARD who knew about Rock and Roll before there was such a thing!

 

In 1960 he wrote and recorded THE TWIST and it was ripped off by Chubby Checker. This is what he was doin’ (with a taste of RAP) 



before THE TWIST…

October 23, 1953:

Hank Ballard & the Royals hit #6 on the R&B chart with "Get It". Hank does a bit of rappin’…

 (Remember, this was in 1953!)…

Check ‘em out doing the tune as The Midnighters…

October 23, 1961:

Instrumentals were rockin’ and The Duals hit #25 with "Stick Shift"…

Same date in 1961:

Almost one year after splitting with his backing group the Belmonts, Dion's "Runaround Sue" hits #1…

Again on October 23, 1961:

"Look In My Eyes" by the Chantels goes to #14…



 


October 23, 1966:

"96 Tears" was a hit…



Also on October 23, 1966:

The Jimi Hendrix Experience records its first two songs, "Hey Joe"

And also,“Stone Free”…

Both recorded  at London's De Lane Lea Studios…

October 23, 1980:

John Lennon's first new single in more than five years...

 "(Just Like) Starting Over," is released…

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April 28th: Wynonnie Harris, The Chantels, John Lee Hooker, King Curtis and even Pink Floyd In The Evolution of Rock 'n Roll...

APRIL 28^th  

In The Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll…

 

1948: Wynonie Harris hits #1 on the R 'n B chart with the King release of

"Good Rockin' Tonight." 

 

 



1950:  John Lee Hooker records

“ Boogie Chillen No2”

 for Sensation Records

 in Detroit, Michigan…

1958: "Every Night I Pray" by the Chantels hits #39…  

   

April 28, 1962: King Curtis hits #1 on the R 'n B chart and #17 on the pop chart with 
"Soul Twist"… 

1973:  Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' hits #1 in the US during a record-breaking 741-week US chart stretch… 

 

IT’S ONLY ROCK ‘n ROLL!!!

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March 3, 1952 to March 3, 1962: TEN YEARS OF KILLER CLASSIC JAMS!!!

The ten years between March 3, 1952 and March 3, 1962 was one hell of a

ROCK ‘n ROLL decade!!!

March 3, 1952:  Lloyd Price cuts "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" for Specialty Records in New Orleans. It tops the R 'n B and Best Seller charts for seven weeks…

March 3, 1956: Please, Please, Please," James Brown's first single for Syd Nathan's Federal label (a King subsidiary), is released, thereby launching the career of this legendary soul singer…

March 3, 1958: “Maybe" by the Chantels hits #15…

March 3, 1962: The Ikettes hits #19 with "I'm Blue (the Gong Gong Song)"…

AND IF ALL THAT WEREN’T ENOUGH TO MARK MARCH 3rd’s PLACE IN

THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL, 

On March 3, 1962: Twistin' Postman" by the Marvelettes goes to #34…

ONE HELL OF A SOULFUL ROCKIN’ DECADE of March Three!!!

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