AUGUST 20th Birthdays in the EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'n ROLL...

August 20^th:  

A Gaggle of Rock ‘n Roll Birthdays!

1931 - Paul Robi – Vocalist for the Platters…

1937 - Sky Saxon - lead singer of The Seeds…

1940 - John Lantree - bassist for The Honeycombs…

 1942 - Isaac Hayes...



1947 - James Pankow - trombone player for Chicago…

1948 - Robert Plant…

 

1949 - Phil Lynott - bassist for Thin Lizzy…

And in 1952, out of the MOTOR CITY,

 The Knack’s  Doug Fieger…

Damn cool crop of ROCKERS born on this date, AUGUST 20^th,  in

THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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APRIL FIVE IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'n ROLL...

ON THE CHARTS ~ APRIL 5…

1969: "These Eyes" by The Guess Who enters the Billboard chart on its way to #6 a month later...

Guitarist Randy Bachman wrote the basic piano chords with an original title of "These Arms". Vocalist Burton Cummings changed the title to "These Eyes" and added the middle eight bars…

1970: "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)," credited to John Ono Lennon and produced by Phil Spector, hits #3 on the singles chart... 

The #1 album that week is "Let It Be," by the Beatles…  

1975: Minnie Ripperton hits #1 with

 "Lovin' You"…

1980: Kool and the Gang

hits #5

 with "Too Hot"…  

APRIL 5 BIRTHDAYS:

1928 - Tony Williams - vocalist for The Platters 
1932 - Billy Bland 

1939 - Ronald "Ronnie" White

(April 5, 1939 – August 26, 1995) was an American musician, best known as the co-founder of The Miracles and its only consistent original member. He also co-wrote MANY Motown hits for The Miracles, Mary Wells, The Temptations and others

—Including the Miracles’ 

FORK IN THE ROAD… 

1942 - Allan Clarke - lead vocalist for The Hollies ("Long Cool Woman")

A GREAT DATE IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'n ROLL...

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Top of The R&B Chart on August 22, 1949 ~ 1959…

All of these tunes were #1 R&B Hits…

Rhythm & Blues started a LONG TIME AGO, but what was goin’ down on the R&B Charts in the decade when 
Rock ‘n Roll was born?

AUGUST 22 , 1949: 

"Ain't Nobody's Business" (Parts 1 & 2) 

by  Jimmy Witherspoon...

 

August 22, 1950: 

 "Hard Luck Blues" by Roy Brown 
(3 weeks at #1) 

 

August 22, 1951: 
"Sixty Minute Man" by The Dominoes 
(14 weeks at #1)

 

 

August 22, 1952:
 "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" by Lloyd Price 
(7 weeks at #1)

August 22, 1953: 
"Crying in the Chapel" by Sonny Til &The Orioles 
(5 weeks at #1)

 

August 22, 1954:
 "Honey Love" by The Drifters 
featuring  Clyde McPhatter...

August 22, 1955: "Maybellene"
 by Chuck Berry...

August 22, 1956: “My Prayer" 
by The Platters...

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August 22, 1957:
 "Send For Me" by Nat "King" Cole...

 

 

August 22, 1958: "Patricia" 
an anomaly, but cool, 
by Perez Prado And His Orchestra...

 

August 22, 1959: 
"Thank You Pretty Baby" 
by Brook Benton...

TEN YEARS OF #1 R&B HITS 

FROM THIS DATE, 

AUGUST 22, 

BETWEEN 1949 AND 1959…

 

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