February 20TH at Hittsville, U.S.A.

February 20^TH  at  Hittsville, U.S.A.

 

1960: 

 

 The Miracles hit #1 on the R’n B Chart with "Shop Around”…

1961:

The Miracles hit #2 on the Pop Chart with "Shop Around"…

1962: 

The Marvelettes hit #4 on the R'nB chart (and #7 on the pop chart on 6/23) with "Playboy",

#7 on the R'nB chart (and #17 on the pop chart on 9-/22) with "Beechwood 4-5789", 

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December 1: 1961 ~ 1967 in The Evolution of Rock 'n Roll...

The First of December 1961 ~ 1967

in

The EVOLUTION of ROCK ‘n ROLL…

December 1, 1961: "Please Mr. Postman," by the Marvelettes, becomes Motown's first Number one pop hit and second million-seller…

December 1, 1963:

 "I Want to Hold Your Hand,"

the Beatles' first American single, is released by Capitol Records…

December 1, 1965: The Dave Clark Five reach Number One with "Over and Over" 

December 1, 1967:

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine,"

written by Marvin Gaye and recorded by Gladys Knight and the Pips, rises to Number Two…

 Exactly a year later, Gaye's own version will become the top song in the country…

 

December 1, 1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience releases 'Axis: Bold as Love' in the UK…

http://tropicaljon.blogspot.com/2013/12/december-1-1967-jimi-hendrix-experience.html

DECEMBER 1:

A MIGHTY SIGNIFIGANT DATE

IN THE  EVOLUTION of ROCK ‘n ROLL!!!

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SEPTEMBER SEVEN: A Few Rock ‘n Roll Related Events from this date in The EVOLUTION of ROCK ‘n ROLL…

November 7, 1961: 

"I'm Black, I'm blind, I once fooled around with drugs, but all of it was like going to school - and I've tried to be a good student. I don't regret a damn thing"

 

Ray Charles is arrested in Indianapolis after police discover marijuana and heroin in his hotel room…

Check out The Ray CharlesVideo Museum for more on this story… 

November 7, 1964: 

 The Marvelettes' "Too Many Fish in the Sea" enters the Billboard Hot 100 where it will reach #25. The song will be the fifth of the group's ten US Top 40 hits…

November 7, 1942

Johnny Rivers the planet…

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