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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1957

Jailhouse_Rock_45rpmcvx

jailhouse-rock poster

"Jailhouse Rock" was released as a single on September 24, 1957, to
coincide with the release of Presley’s motion picture, Jailhouse Rock.

The song is #67 on Rolling Stones list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All
Time
and was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs
that Shaped Rock and Roll
.

 

 

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY FROM THE AP

ap teletype

jerry-seinfeld yng

JerrySeinfeldtdy
Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld turned 58 today

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NASCAR DRIVER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1951

Tin-Sign-Dale-Earnhardt-Car

dale earnhardt
       
         Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr.
(April 29, 1951 – February 18, 2001)

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PLANES FIRST FLIGHT ON THIS DAY IN 1927

 Lucky-Lindy
Charles "Lucky Lindy” Lindbergh


spirit first flight
photo of the historic first flight of the Spirit of St. Louis, from Dutch Flats Airport.

The Spirit of St. Louis was built by 35 employees of Ryan Airlines, Inc., in San
Diego, California. It took just 60 days. Essentially all of those employees came
to the field to witness Charles Lindbergh taking the aircraft on its first test flight.

on May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh made the historic first non-stop flight from 
Roosevelt Airfield in New York to Paris, France in 33 hours, 30 minutes for 
a distance of approximately 3,600 miles.

Lindbergh-Spirit-of-St_-Louis
Charles Lindbergh, third from the right

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NOVELTY SINGLE BY STEVE ALLEN

Steve Allen - The Disc-Jockey's Theme Song copy

Steve Allen was still doing the Tonight Show on NBC-TV three nights a
week, alternating with Ernie Kovacs, when this record was made in late
1957.The voice of the musician is actually record producer Bob Thiele
who was running Coral Records for parent Decca at the time.
  
 

bob thiele
Bob Thiele

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