September 14, 1962: MOTOWN invades the Brit's Oriole/Amereican Label in THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'N ROLL

Before the so-called British Invasion, there were great American musicians who were showin' the Brits how to really shake it down!

For instance:

September 14, 1962: On the UK Oriole/American

 Label, Tamla Motown Records released

Mary Wells' "You Beat Me To The Punch",

The Marvelettes "Beachwood 4-5789" 



and The Contours' "Do You Love Me"

Just one year later, the great Rufus Thomas released WALKIN' THE DOG on the American Stax label, only to be covered a year later by  The Rolling Stones




Go back a bit further and great-googley-moo, ya got The Isley Brothers--another great American group--releasing the classic TWIST & SHOUT

  Which was soon very successfully  (commercially) covered by the Fab Boys from Liverpoole: Beatles' TWIST & SHOUT. The same cats who did a fine European version of The Marvelettes (Sweethearts of Motown)'s PLEASE MR. POSTMAN 



WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE--JUST WHO INVADED WHO IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ' ROLL!?!

Geeze, this is just the tip of the iceberg, too, don't start me talkin' bout the AMERICAN Blues...

EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'N ROLL: SEPTEMBER 12

SEPTEMBER 12, 1944 Barry White born in Galveston Tx,
The cat who invented "Love Makin' Music...



SEPTEMBER 12, 1948: Dennis Tufano, vocalist with ’60s rockers the Buckinghams is born in Chicago. Told us about what it was when "You're Baby Don't Love You"...



SEPTEMBER 12, 1965 – The Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” goes to No. 1 on the English singles chart two months after it became a chart-topper in America. Showed us that Nobody Gets No Satisfaction...





SEPTEMBER 12, 1959 "Bonanza" premiers So we stayed home and watched re-runs of BONANZA...




SEPTEMBER 12, 1968 – The Beatles record 34 takes of “Glass Onion.”
Taught us about The Fool on The Hill...




SEPTEMBER 12, 1978: Situation comedy "Taxi" premiers on ABC television


We found ot that we are not alone...

SEPTEMBER 12, 1997 – John Lee Hooker receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Blues guitarist becomes a part of the famous stretch of sidewalk at an unveiling ceremony
And that Brother from Detroit made it to The Walk of fame...

THAT was what was happening in the EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'N ROLL On September 12 through the years...

EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'N ROLL: SEPTEMBER 11

Tex Williams' SMOKE, SMOKE, SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE was the Number One tune in the nation on September 11, 1947

SMOKE SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE

SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE

Commmander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen brought it back home to Ann Arbor, Michigan--and then the world!!!--in 1971

A classic "Ragtime" tune, this time recorded by Pee Wee Hunt (Born in 1907, his discography includes Twelth Street Rag and Dixieland. He was a member of Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra) hits #1 on the U.S. charts on September 11, 1948. 




How does this fit into the EVOLUTION of ROCK 'n ROLL? Check out the intro to Billy Preston's classic Nothing From Nothing

Edwin Starr's WAR was the number one tune on Billboard on this date in 1970. I guess it's as significant today, ten years after the attacks on the United States, now known as "911," as it was in 1970. 

WAR by Edwin Star

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

TROPICAL JON: Today in the Evolution of Rock 'n Roll (9-10-2011)

Recently I was asked "WTF" is all this old sh*t...Thought you were a rocker." Well, I am a rocker, but it didn't start (IMHO) with Elvis:

Hound Dog wasn't even his tune--Belonged to Big Mama Thorntom, but let's listen to his COVER----Elvis' Hound Dog.

It certainly wasn't the so-called "British Invasion" Even though the Beatles ROCK!!!

--Nor, as much as I would like to believe it, with the Detroit sound--

and certainly NOT with The Chords "Shoo--Boom"

or even with Ike Turner and Jackie Brenston's ROCKET 88

--It's the Tin Pan Alley stuff, (OK, this is kinda cheatin')

The Blues stuff,   

  

                                          The Jump Stuff 

                                   and the R and B Stuff


--Yadda-dadda-dadda. It's all that "stuff" that's been the EVOLUTION OF ROCK AND ROLL!!!

Everyday I've done Facebook posts on the music that I believe has been the TRUE history of  Rock 'n Roll--IT'S ALL ROCK 'N ROLL TO ME!!!

AND THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICE BERG!!! R&B&R&R&JAZZ&BLUES&ALL THAT EVOLVED INTO ROCK 'N ROLL--THAT'S WHAT THIS BLOG IS ALL ABOUT!!!
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Please comment and/or contact me at tropicaljon_jon@yahoo.com if you have anything to say--OR ADD...

Don't know if you've noticed, but, everyday I post  tunes relevant to THIS DAY--This blog will continue to do so--Everyday is THE History of Rock 'n Roll!!!

Starting today, Tropical Jon's history of ROCK 'n ROLL will come out on this blog. I'll still post on FB, but his page will be THE REAL DEAL... 

ALL THAT SAID, DIG THIS DAY (SEPTEMBER 10) IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'N ROLL:

SEPTEMBER 10,  1942: Billboard #1 I’VE GOT A GIRL IN KALAMAZOO,  Glenn Miller

SEPTEMBER 10, 1950: Johnny Otis hits #4 on the R&B chart with "Deceivin' Blues". Don’t have and couldn’t find this tune, but this is close.

SEPTEMBER 10, 1962: The BBC bans Bobby "Boris" Pickett's Halloween novelty single "Monster Mash," finding it in poor taste. However, in 1973 the radio giant lifts the ban, sending a re-release of the holiday favorite to #3. 

SEPTEMBER 10, 1964: Rod Stewart makes his first recording, a cover of Sonny Boy Williamson's "Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl" done with Rod's group the Hoochie Coochie Men. It fails to chart. 

SEPTEMBER 10, 1962: Billboard #1 tune, SHERRY, The Four Seasons 

SEPTEMBER 10, 1965 – Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” reaches #2 this day in rock history!  

SEPTEMBER 10, 1965: Billboard #1 tune, HELP, The Beatles 

SEPTEMBER 10, 1966: Ramsey Lewis hits #19 with "Wade In the Water".

SEPTEMBER 10, 1966: The Beatles' Revolver hits #1 

SEPTEMBER 10, 1968 – In the studio, the Beatles lay down 17 takes of “Helter Skelter,” with one session seeing Paul McCartney playing bass on his back. BTW—THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CHARLIE MANSON!!!

SEPTEMBER 10, 1973: The Rolling Stones' single "Star Star" is banned by the BBC for its real lyrics, which feature the word "starf*****" sung a dozen times.  

SEPTEMBER 10, 1974: : After poor album sales and infighting caused by drug addiction, The New York Dolls break up for the first time   

SEPTEMBER 10, 1975: Elton John's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" is certified gold   

 

OK FOLKS, THAT'S IT FOR TODAY. COME ON BACK TO WWW.TROPICALJON,BLOGSPOT .COM  FOR MORE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'N ROLL

IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N TO;;. BUT...

TROPICAL JON: BILLY DAVIS, "JUST ANOTHER CAT OUTTA DETROIT"

Roquel "Billy" Davis (July 11, 1932 – September 2, 2004)

BILLY DAVIS--“Just Another Cat Outta Detroit”--was a songwriter, record producer, and singer. Davis is best known as a songwriter for a number of soul musicians label, and as a writer/producer of commercial  jingles,  mostly for Coca-Cola.

Early in his career, Davis worked with an early version of The Four Tops called "The Four Aims", which included his cousin Lawrence Payton. In the late-1950s, he and collaborator Berry Gordy wrote a number of hit songs for Jackie Wilson. The most notable of these was "Lonely Teardrops", written by Davis, Gordy, and Gordy's sister Gwen, who was Davis's girlfriend at the time.

Davis and Gwen Gordy later founded the Anna record label, which was the distributor of the early singles from Berry Gordy's Tamla (later Motown) label

By the mid-1960s, Davis was in charge of the A&R and creative departments at Chicago’s Chess Records, acting as the supervisor for all production and producers. He wrote and produced for many artists, including Etta James, The Dells,  Billy Stewart, Jackie Ross,  and Fontella Bass whose 1965 "Rescue Me" was Davis' biggest hit. 

Davis's success garnered him a position writing and producing jingles at the McCann-Erickson advertising agency where he eventually rose to Senior Vice-President and Music Director. While at McCann-Erickson, Davis's primary client was The Coca-Cola Company, for which he produced the famous jingle "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)", used in a 1971 Coca-Cola television advertisement.

He also produced other jingles such as "It's the Real Thing", "Things Go Better With Coke" and "Country Sunshine" for Coca-Cola, and "If You've Got the Time" for Miller Beer.

YEP, Just another cat outta Detroit…