Gene Vincent, January 1958

January 31, 1959 - Duluth, Minnesota performing at the Duluth Armory as part of the Winter Dance Party tour

Alan Freed Alan Freed and Barry Bergman

Elvis Presley, 1958

Warren Smith (February 7, 1932 – January 30, 1980)

Rare picture

Jerry Lee Lewis

January 30, 1959 - The Winter Dance Party - FT Dodge IA - Laramar Ballroom

 

Ruth Brown (January 30, 1928 – November 17, 2006)

Marilyn Monroe

Ernest Tubb

Little Richard

Hank Williams

January 28, 1950 - Bill Haley (middle) with fans and his manager Jack Howard (kneeling)

January 28, 1956 - Elvis Presley (with Scotty Moore and Bill Black), made his first National Television appearance on the Dorsey brother's "Stage Show". It was the first of six appearances on the show and the first of eight performances recorded and broadcast from CBS TV in New York City. After the success of their first appearance they were signed to five more in early 1956

Ronald Wycherley "Billy Fury" (17 April 1940 – 28 January 1983)

Johnny Horton with his Oldsmobile, the car which turned over in a creek. Johnny escaped with bruises

Elmore James (January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963)

Elmore James y Sonny Boy Williamson II

King Creole

Jean Simmons

 

1950's

 

January 26, 1959 - Buddy Holly, Waylon Jenning, Tommy Allsup at Eau Claire, Wi (Fornier's Ballroom)

Waylon Jennings and Tommy Allsup

Ritchie Valens

Dion & The Belmonts

Huey "Piano" Smith

 Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu

Roy Orbison

Jamesetta Hawkins "Etta James" (January 25, 1938 - January 20, 2012)

January 25, 1955 - Mayfair Building - Tyler, TX