Hit #1 on the R&B chart and #6 on the pop chart with "Caldonia"…
1957: The Moonglows:
Hit #5 on the R ‘n B chart with
"Please Send Me Someone To Love"
on Chess records…
1960: Barrett Strong hits #23 with "Money (That's What I Want)"…
All April 18th HITS in
The Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll!!!
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April 17, 1955: Fats Domino's "Ain't That a Shame", which Billboard erroneously lists for months as "Ain't It a Shame", is released on Commodore Records. It will rise to the top of the Billboard R&B chart and #10 on the Pop chart, becoming the first of 37 Top 40 hits The Fat Man will have over the next eight years…
"Ain't That a Shame" is a song recorded by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, in Hollywood, California, for Imperial Records and released in 1955 The recording ("Ain't It a Shame") was a hit for Domino, eventually selling a million copies. It reached #1 on the "Black Singles" chart and #10 on the "Pop Singles" chart. The song is ranked #431 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. (From Wikipedia)
Pat Boone was quick to cover the tune, garnering a #1 hit for Booneon the BILLBOARD “Most Played In Juke Boxes” charts…
(Fats was quick to thank Boone for the royalties, by the way…)
Cheap Trick covered it in their 1979 album “Live at Budokan” The tune charted at #35…
Ann Arbor’s BROWNSVILLE STATION covered the tune, but it’s not available on YouTube (Sorry)…
AND a Tanya Tucker cover…
Of course Brother John Lennon covered the tune on his 1975 ROCK ‘N ROLL album…
And Hank’s boy, Hank Williams Junior, kicked ass on the tune as late as 2007…
Not a bad first effort, eh?!?
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April 13, 1959:Thomas Wayne's "Tragedy," a
million-seller released on Scotty Moore's Fernwood label, reaches #5. Moore is
featured on guitar and production…
Scotty Moore
"Tragedy"
(credited to Thomas Wayne with the DeLons) peaked at #20 on the Black
Singles chart and #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959. It sold over one million
copies, earning gold disc status…
One month later on January 11th it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart;
eventually it peaked at #56 and spent 10 weeks on the Top 100...
In 1961 the Fleetwoods covered it;
their version peaked at #10...
But, Thomas Wayne’s Scotty
Moore production was the first…
R.I.P. Mr. Thomas Wayne
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Although many members of
the SWINGIN” MEDALLIANS have changed
since the 60s, John McElrath, the original leader of
the band, still performs with the act today. It was McElrath
who took the group to Charlotte to record "Double Shot (of my Baby's
Love)" which became a hit single by 1966 and remains a favorite today…
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