July 16, 1966: The Who, Spoonful and Shondells all score in The Evolution of Rock 'n Roll...

The Number One Record Nationwide on July 16, 1966:

Tommy James and the Shondells'

"HankyPanky” 

 

        "Of all the lost-and-found singles rescued from obscurity in the Sixties, "Hanky Panky" must be the greatest, rocketing this Michigan band to stardom after three years of indifference. Singer James had formed the band as a mere hobby, and only cut the song in question -- written by Brill Building vets Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and recorded by them as the Raindrops -- as a favor to Niles, MI disc jockey Jack Douglas (of WNIL) in 1964. Only after (Bob Livorio) another enterprising on-air personality in Pittsburgh found it in a box of rejects and started touting it as an "exclusive" did it start to make waves there."
 --Robert Fontenot, About.com Guide

What else happened on July 16, 1966?

There were a couple of GREAT releases:

The Lovin' Spoonful,

"Summer In The City" 

 

The Who,

 "I'm Free"  

JULY 16, 1966: A HECK OF A DAY IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL!!!

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MARCH 27 CHARTBUSTERS…

 A few March 27th Chart Busters...

1961: Del Shannon's "Runaway" enters the charts…

1965: The Who's "I Can't Explain" enters the charts…

1965: The Supremes' "Stop! In The Name of Love" hits #1…

1971: Three Dog Night's "Joy To The World" enters the charts…

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It happened on January 15th…

January 15, 1965:

The Who's first single, "I Can't Explain", was released. While oldies stations in America still give it a fair amount of air-play, the song only made it to number 93 on Billboard's Hot 100, although it hit number 8 in the UK…

January 15, 1966:

The Rolling Stones receive their third Gold record for the album "December's Children". It contains, "Get Off My Cloud", "As Tears Go By" and "I'm Free"

January 15, 1967:

The Rolling Stones were booked to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show on the condition that they change the words to their new song, "Let's Spend The Night Together" to "Let's Spend Some Time Together". The song hit number 3 in the UK a month later, but couldn't crack the Top 50 in America…Check out the REAL DEAL in concert!!!

November 5, 1960: In THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

November 5, 1960:  









NOW THIS IS SUSPICIOUS!!!

33 year old Johnny Horton, had a number one hit with "Battle of New Orleans"…

  

On November 5, 1960, the cat died when his Cadillac was hit by a drunken truck driver in Milano, Texas….

Now here’s the “suspicious” part:   

Ironically, Johnny had just played his last show at the Skyline in Austin, where Hank Williams had played his last show as well…
TO TOP THAT OFF: Horton's widow, Billy Joe, was also Hanks Williams' widow!!!

November 5, 1965:

The Who release a song called "My Generation" which will become a sort of anthem for British teens, rising to number two on the UK chart. In the US however, despite performing the tune on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, the song will be mostly ignored and would get no higher than number 74 on the Billboard chart. "My Generation" was named the 11th greatest song by Rolling Stone on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time…



November 5, 1967: 

Kenny Rogers And The First Edition make their TV debut on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Over the next three years, they will place seven songs on the Billboard Top 40 and have their own TV show in the Fall of 1971…



November 5, 1971: 

Announcer Al Dvorin utters what would become a well known phrase: "Elvis has left the building" at the end of a Minneapolis concert by the King. He was asked to make the announcement in an effort to quiet the fans who continued to call for an encore. Ironically, Dvorin was killed in an automobile accident following a concert by an Elvis impersonator in August, 2004…



November 5, 1986: 

Bobby Nunn, vocalist for The Coasters on their 1958 hit, "Yakety Yak", died of a heart attack at the age of 61…



November 5, 2002:

Billy Guy, who sang baritone on the hits "Searchin'" and "Yakety Yak" as part of the 1950s vocal quartet The Coasters, died in Las Vegas from cardiovascular disease. He was 66…



 Billy Guy also had a GREAT single as a solo act in the early '60s...








November 5, 2003:

Bobby Hatfield, one-half of the Hall of Fame duo, the Righteous Brothers, died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 63…



November 5, 2005: 

Link Wray, the electric guitar innovator who is often credited as the father of the power chord, died at his home in Copenhagen of natural causes. He was 76. His 1959 instrumental, "Rumble" was banned by many US radio stations, even thought it had no lyrics what so ever…









NOVEMBER 5, 1931:
Ike Turner hits the planet…



 NOVEMBER 5: AN INTERESTING DAY IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'n ROLL...

(Are there ever any un-interesting days in Rock and Roll???)

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