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Tag Archives: elvis presley
On This Day – Big Boy, Big Gone
On this day in 1974 the man who wrote That’s All Right covered so famously by Elvis died. Arthur Big Boy Crudup was born in Mississippi in 1905. He became a blues singer and made his way to Chicago. He did not really do too well there as he was living in a packing crate […]
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Tagged as: arthur big boy crudup, classic rock music, elvis presley, rock and blues, sun records
On This Day – The Beatles Jam with Elvis
On This Day in 1965 the Beatles were on their second US tour. Brian Epstein was able to arrange a visit to meet Elvis in his Bel-Air home. The visit lasted some 4 hours and while Col Tom Parker an Epstein played pool the Fab Four and The Hips told stories and chatted. They also […]
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Tagged as: classic rock music, elvis presley, love rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues, the beatles
On This Day – Elvis Lives !
Jan 8th was a significant day for Elvis, he was born on this day in 1935, Jan 8th 1945 he was given his first guitar, Jan 8th 1955 he released his 3rd single. Not too shabby. So January 8th was not a bad day for Elvis, or for us music lovers as it also saw […]
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Tagged as: bowie, elvis presley, rock and blues, shirley bassey
On This Day – Elvis Hits 3,000,000!
On this day in 1958 “Hound Dog” by Elvis exceeded 3 million sales in the US alone. His was the 3rd record to sell more than 3 million copies in the States. Any Idea of what the other 2 were? While you think about it here a clip of Elvis. Worked it out yet? The […]
On This Day – Elvis Slapped and Fights Back!
“I’ll regret this day as long as I live. I guess lots of people were waiting for this kind of thing to happen. It’s getting where I can’t even leave the house without something happening to me.” (The New York Post, October 19, 1956) So said Elvis after having an altercation with a Petrol station […]
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Tagged as: classic rock music, elvis, elvis presley, love rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues
On This Day – Love Me Tender (again and again 856,327 times)
On this day in 1956 RCA Victor announced a huge number of advance orders for “Love Me Tender” by Elvis Presley. Only a couple of days ago it was the anniversary of Emile Berliner inventing the gramophone. In 1956 the record company that he co-founded with Eldridge Johnson was going from strength to strength. These […]
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Tagged as: elvis presley, emile berliner, rca, rca victor, real rock and blues, rock and blues
On This day – Little Susie is Being Suggestive!
On this day in 1957 The Everley Brothers reached the top of the charts in the USA with “Wake Up Little Susie”. That inspite of it being banned by some radio stations because of the suggestive lyrics. I have always said that it is a dirty little song, a threat to the morals of our […]
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Tagged as: censorhip, classic rock music, elvis presley, frank zappa, love rock music, On This Day, rock and blues, rock music, the who
On This Day – Big Joe Turner Dies
On this day in 1985 Big Joe Turner died. Sadly, he is little remembered today but he had a huge influence on the growth of Rock and Roll. Born in 1911 Turner performed from 1920 until 1980. A Blues shouter he played with or on the same bill as many wonderful musicians such as Duke […]
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Tagged as: big joe turner, bill haley, billie holiday, Blues, classic rock music, elvis, elvis presley, love rock music, On This Day, real rock, real rock and blues, rock, rock and blues, rock music
On This Day – Blue Suede Shoes
On this day in 1955 one of the all time rock classics was recorded by Carl Perkins at Sun Records in Memphis. It later went on to reach number 2 in the US and number 10 in the UK. It has been covered by loads of artists including Elvis (also a Sun Recording artist) and […]
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Tagged as: Blues, carl perkins, classic rock, classic rock music, elvis presley, john lennon, king of rockabilly, love rock music, On This Day, real rock, real rock and blues, rock, rock music, sam phillips, sun records
On This Day – Great Balls of Fire!
On this day in 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis released Great Balls of Fire on the Sun record label. One of the great pioneers of rock and roll Lewis came from a poor familly in Ferriday, Louisiana. He bagan playing piano while young with two of his cousins. His passion for the [iano was such that […]