Lefty Frizzell And His Tune Toppers

Johnny Cash and Luther Perkins with friends

Roy Orbison

Frank Sinatra

May 29, 1936 - Sylvia Vanderpool (of Mickey and Sylvia) was born in NYC

May 29, 1959 - There's nothing like a summer outdoor rock concert and on this date, one of the first outdoor rock concerts was at Herndon Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Ray Charles, B.B. King and Jimmy Reed performed in front of nine thousand people

James Dean

May 28, 1955 - Elvis performed at the Big "D" Jamboree, Sportatorium, Dallas

Fats Domino

May 27, 1956 - Dayton, OH

May 27, 1957 - Buddy Holly & the Crickets released their first single, called "That'll Be the Day"

Grace Kelly and Alfred Hitchcock

Country Music Show

May 26, 1955 - Meridian, MS

 Ann Raye, Elvis and Mae Axton on May 26, 1955 in Meridian, MS

Norma Deloris Egstrom "Peggy Lee" (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002)

Elvis Presley in Graceland, 1957

Roy Orbison

Paul Anka and Tuesday Weld

Marcus Van Story, Warren Smith, Billy Riley, Al Hopson, Johnny Bernero, Ellis Auditorium in Memphis, 1956 - 1957

Dirty Moore´s

Patsy Cline and her husband

May 24, 1960 - This letter to the NY assistant district attorney references tax reports submitted by Alan Freed´s team during the payola trial in 60

May 24, 1958 - Jerry Lee Lewis in England 1958 signing autographs before the show at Edmonton, Regal Cinema Theatre

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

Marilyn Monroe

Gene Vincent in Paris

Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002)

Elvis Presley

Mason City airport where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper & Pilot Rodger Peterson took off from

Circa 1955 - Bill Black, Nancy Ferguson, Allen Johnson, Scotty Moore, Elvis, Jim Powers, Ronnie Jones, Al Terrill, Carol Crossland, Jay Davis, Nancy Klass

1950´s

Conway Twitty with his girlfriend Jo Ann Campbell, beside her car at her New York home

Jerry Lee Lewis and Myra

Marilyn Monroe by Milton Greene

Annette Funicello

May 20, 1956 - Hoyt Hawkins, Elvis and Neal Matthews backstage in Omaha, NE

Roy Orbison

Elvis Presley

May 19, 1958 - This group debuted on the chart with their first single. Lead singer Dion would score 33 hits into the 1980's. The first release from Dion & the Belmonts was "I Wonder Why".

Dion & The Belmonts and Dick Clark. Rare picture

May 19, 1958 - Peggy Lee recorded the great song "Fever" at the famous Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California

James Dean

Vince Taylor

May 18, 1956 - Wichita, KS. at KANS radio station

Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001)

Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985)

Patsy Cline