Let's Keep the 50's Spirit Alive!
Rhythm & Blues ~ Rockabilly ~ Rock & Roll ~ Doo Wop ~ Country
26 septiembre 2018
Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982) Charlie Walker, Marty Robbins, and two other men in convertible in Jimmie Rodgers Memorial festival parade
September 26, 1958 - Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps
September 26, 1956 - Rare picture of Elvis getting interviewed in what it seems his bedroom at Audubon Drive
Julie London (September 26, 1926 - October 18, 2000)
1950´s
25 septiembre 2018
Johnny Hallyday
The Crows - Gee
Eddie Cochran
Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin
24 septiembre 2018
Memphis Airport, 1950's
September 24, 1957 - The movie Mister Rock And Roll, starring the famous disc jockey Alan Freed, debuts in America. In the film, Freed tells the story of Rock and Roll, with performances by Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon and Brook Benton
September 24, 1957 - The Elvis Presley classic, ‘Jailhouse Rock’ was released. It became his ninth US number one single and stayed on the Billboard chart for nineteen weeks. The film clip from the movie where he sang the song is considered by many historians to be the first Rock video
Roy Orbison, 1956
September 24, 1955 - Chuck Berry was on top of the R&B chart for the eighth straight week with "Maybellene"
23 septiembre 2018
September 23, 1956 - Memphis, TN
September 23, 1958 - Fats Domino
September 23, 1953 - The Spaniels record "Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight", which will reach the US Top 30 next year despite competition from a Pop-style, Gold record version by the McGuire Sisters. The song became well known again in the late 1970s as the closing song performed by Sha Na Na on their weekly variety show as well as its appearance in American Graffiti and again in the late 1980s after its use in the hit film Three Men and a Baby
September 23, 1952 - Hank Williams did his last recording session
22 septiembre 2018
Doris Day
The Superstition Song, 1954
September 22, 1958 - Connie Francis had the top U.K. song with "Carolina Moon, Stupid Cupid".
September 22, 1958 - With permission from the United States Army, Elvis Presley gave one last press conference at the Military Ocean Terminal in Brooklyn, New York before joining his 3rd Armored Division on the USS General Randall on the way to Bremerhaven, Germany
September 22, 1956
Sam Cooke
21 septiembre 2018
September 21, 1957 - Elvis Presley's longtime guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black leave the King's band, dissatisfied over being denied pay raises by manager Colonel Tom Parker. Drummer D.J. Fontana stays on
Scotty Moore and Bill Black. Rare picture
September 21, 1959 - Santo and Johnny's "Sleep Walk" hits #1 for the first of two weeks
September 21, 1955 - The Platters' "Only You" enters the charts
You are my dream came true, my one and Only You
Hills Bros
20 septiembre 2018
September 20, 1957 - Elvis appeared on Memphis television station WKNO to promote traffic safety
19 septiembre 2018
Elvis Presley
Bob Luman
Ava Gardner
18 septiembre 2018
Elvis with Anita Wood in 1958
Francis Thomas Avallone aka Frankie Avalon (September 18, 1940)
Francis Thomas Avallone aka Frankie Avalon (September 18, 1940)
James Frederick Rodgers (born September 18, 1933)
Burlington Diner
17 septiembre 2018
1950's
Bill Mack and Bill Black (Rare picture. Courtesy of Bill Mack)
Hiram King "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953)
Hank Williams, Audrey, Rob Brasfield, Red Foley, Minnie Pearl
15 septiembre 2018
Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) Jimmy Dickens, Jimmie Riddle, and unknown , Pete Bashful Brother Oswald , Thelma Acuff, and unknown, Joe Zinkan, unknown, Audrey, Hank, Mildred & Roy Acuff, and Lonnie 'Pap' Wilson in 1949
Wake Up to Aunt Jemima Pancakes!
14 septiembre 2018
1950´s
September 14, 1955 - Little Richard entered a New Orleans recording studio to begin two days of recording. Things were not going well and during a break, Richard and his producer; Bumps Blackwell went to the Dew Drop Inn for lunch. Richard started playing the piano in the bar like crazy, singing a loud and lewd version of ‘Tutti Frutti.’ With only fifteen minutes left in the session, Richard recorded the song and coined the phrase, ‘a-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom.’
13 septiembre 2018
Roland Janes (Courtesy of Betty Janes)
The Everly Brothers
William Smith Monroe aka Bill Monroe (September 13, 1911 - September 9, 1996)
12 septiembre 2018
Johnny J.R Cash (February 26, 1932 - September 12, 2003)
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