Archive for January 30th, 2015

RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1956

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According to guitarist Scotty Moore, when “Blue Suede Shoes” 
was recorded, "We just went in there and started playing, just
winged it. Just followed however Elvis felt." According to reports
confirmed by Sam Phillips, RCA producer Steve Sholes agreed
not to release Presley’s version of the song as a single while
Carl Perkins release was hot.

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1957

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Jerry Lee Lewis played piano with the backup group The
Little Green Men.

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Jerry Lee Lewis

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IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

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Mike Gracia

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)

The final photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (above) – taken
at Warm Springs, Georgia on April 11, 1945 – the day before his death.

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TV SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1950

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Robert Montgomery Presents is a dramatic television series which was produced
by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. It was one of the top big-
budget “live” anthology series of “The Golden Age of Television”. The show
had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to
feature the sponsor, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky
Strike Theater
, and The Johnson’s Wax Program.   

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Robert Montgomery

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