1950´s

August 31, 1955 - London resident Sidney Turner is brought before the court and fined three pounds for attempting to drive his neighbors "mad" (his words) by playing Bill Haley's version of "Shake Rattle And Roll" all night long

 Bill and Ray Bolger, 1956

Jerry Ivan Allison (born August 31, 1939)

Eddie Cochran

Elvis Presley - 1034 Audubon Drive in 1956. Rare picture

August 30, 1949 - Hank Williams went into Herzog Studio in Cincinnati to record 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry'. Williams wrote the song originally intending that the words be spoken, rather than sung. The song about loneliness was largely inspired by his troubled relationship with wife Audrey Sheppard

Grace Kelly

August 29, 1958 - Alan Freed's Big Beat Show 4th anniversary concert premiered at the Fox Theater in Brooklyn, New York after being turned down by the Paramount. Frankie Avalon, Bill Haley & the Comets and Jimmy Clanton performed

 American Hot Wax movie

Dinah Washington aka Ruth Lee Jones (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963)

Coronet

August 27, 1950 - Hank Williams - Natural Chimneys Regional Park & Campground, Mount Solon, VA

August 27, 1954 - Elvis Presley - Eagle's Nest, MEM

Marilyn Monroe

Valley Of The Kings

Roy Orbison

August 1957 - Circle Theatre - Cleveland, OH

August 1959

Elvis Presley with A.J. Wynn - College Station, Tx when Elvis played for the Bryan's saddle club in August 23, 1955

Color Summary & Forecast

Delmar Allen "Dale" Hawkins (August 22, 1936 – February 13, 2010) American Bandstand

Carl Mann (born August 22, 1942)

August 21, 1957 - Elvis bought two stone lions and had them installed on either side

William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984)

Marilyn Monroe

August 21, 1956 - Elvis and June Juanico in a restaurant

Patsy Cline

August 1956 - Elvis Presley at Pink Pony Club in Gulf Hills

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

1950´s

August 1959 - Elvis at Goethestrasse 14 in Bad Nauheim

Elvis Presley - August 19, 1959