Pete DeAngelis, Perry Como, Fabian, Frankie Avalon (Fabian Collection)

James Travis Reeves (August 20, 1923 – July 31, 1964)

 Jim Reeves and Bobby Helms

July 31, 1955 - Elvis Presley in his dressing room at Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa, FL. Elvis Presley performed 3 shows at Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa, Florida, (2 matinee and 1 evening). A full scale riot broke out after the show when Elvis announced to the 14,000 strong crowd, "Girls, I'll see you backstage." Fans chased Elvis into the dressing room, tearing off his clothes and shoes Rare picture

Sam Phillips (January 5, 1923 - July 30, 2003) Sam Phillips and his brother (Stefaan Demarest Collection)

Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003)

 Sam Phillips and Aunt Emma Lovelace. Rare picture

Paul Albert Anka (July 30, 1941)

Gwen Verdon for the Look magazine assignment Midsummer Fantasies How to Keep Cool in a Heat Wave. NYC, 1953

Eddie Cochran

Ina Anita Carter (March 31, 1933 – July 29, 1999)

 June Carter,cousin Roy Hobbs, Helen Carter, and Anita Carter in front, circa 1937 ,Maces Springs ,Virginia

July 29, 1956 - Carl Perkins was on the UK singles chart with his debut UK hit 'Blue Suede Shoes'. Johnny Cash planted the seed for the song in the fall of 1955, while Perkins, Cash, Elvis Presley toured throughout the South. Cash told Perkins of a black airman whom he had met when serving in the military in Germany. He had referred to his military regulation air shoes as "blue suede shoes." Cash suggested that Carl write a song about the shoes

Elvis Presley, 1958

July 28, 1956 - Gene Vincent made his first appearance on national TV in the US on The Perry Como Show. Vincent had released ‘Woman Love’ the previous month, but it was the B-side, ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula,’ that eventually made the top 10. The song had been purchased from a fellow hospital patient when Vincent was recovering from leg injuries. A demo of the song made its way to Capitol Records as part of an Elvis sound-alike contest and a re-recorded version gave Vincent a hit

July 28, 1954 - Tasso Matheas Collection

Marilyn Monroe

Olivia de Havilland

July, 1956 - 1034 Audubon Dr

July 26, 1960 - Sam Cooke released the single "Chain Gang"

Sam cooke and Aretha Franklin

Ava Gardner

July 1954 – Texaco, The Saturday Evening Post

July 1958 - Elvis with fan Hilda Infante in Killeen, TX

1950´s

July 25,1960 - Roy Orbison reached No.2 on the US singles chart with ‘Only the Lonely,’ his first hit. The song was turned down by The Everly Brothers and Elvis Presley, so Orbison decided to record the song himself

Kim Novak

Streamliners

The Moonglows, 1957

Johnny Horton

Rare picture of Elvis - Audubon Drive, July 1956

Jerry Lee Lewis

Marilyn Monroe

Elvis in Biloxi, July 1956

July 19, 1935 - Apollo Theater

Marilyn Monroe in NYC, July 1952

Johnny Hallyday ~ 24.000 Baisers

                         

                                                                      24.000 Basiers   

July 18, 1958 - The Show of Stars

Pleasantville

 

July 1956 - Roy Orbison

Gene Autry with his wife Ina Mae and their white Cadillac, circa 1948, Hollywood, CA

July 15, 1956 - The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Why Do Fools Fall In Love'. A No.6 hit in the US. At 13, Lymon was the youngest performer to make No.1

Picture: Frankie & the Teenagers with George Goldner & Joe Kolsky going over the score of their next release, I want you to be My Girl  & I'm Not a Know it All, 1956

July 15, 1954 - Blue Light Studio on 130 Beale St. Memphis, TN

July 14, 1958 - Patsy Cline, perched on the back of a 1957 Oldsmobile Convertible, serving as Grand Marshal of the Elkton, VA Golden Jubilee Parade

July 14, 1956 - "I'm In Love Again" from Fats Domino was #1 on the R&B chart for a ninth week

Debbie Reynolds

Betty Grable and Lucille Ball

July 12, 1954 - 19 year old Elvis Presley signed a recording contract with Sun Records. He also gave in his notice at his day job at The Crown Electric Company. Sam Phillips from Sun Records originally wanted to use the 19 year old to make demos of songs meant for other artists, but soon realized that here was the man who could bridge the gap between white and black performances

Carlo Mastrangelo (Dion & The Belmonts)

Elvis Presley, Humes High School trip in 1953. Rare picture

Tab Hunter (Arthur Andrew Kelm) - (July 11, 1931 – July 8, 2018)

Marilyn Monroe