Capitol Records, who were looking for a young singer to rival Elvis Presley,
invited Gene Vincent to record the song “Be-Bop-A-Lula” at Owen Bradley‘s
studio in Nashville, Tennessee. It was released in June 1956 and immediately
sold well. The song was successful on three singles charts: it peaked at #7
on the Billboard pop music chart, #8 on the R&B chart, and also made the
top ten on the C&W Best Seller chart peaking at #5. In April 1957, Capitol
announced that over 2 million copies of the record had been sold to date.

Gene Vincent with His Blue Caps.

Gene Vincent (Vincent Eugene Craddock)
(February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971)

Engelbert Humperdinck (Arnold George Dorsey)

Humperdinck started recording music after he was
discharged from the British Army. His biggest hit
was "Release Me" in 1967. He took the name
Engelbert Humperdinck after the famed German
composer. Engelbert has sold more than 150
million records worldwide.

     Composer Engelbert Humperdinck

Willie Hugh Nelson was born in Abbott, Texas.

Country singer, activist, poet, songwriter, actor, and author Willie Nelson 
helped create Farm Aid. He has written many popular country hits, including
"Funny How Time Slips Away" and "Hello Walls." He grew up during the
Great Depression and played music for money because he did want to
pick cotton. He wrote his first song when he was seven years old. Willy
Nelson is one of the most recognized faces of country music having
appeared in over thirty films. Nelson’s birth was recorded by doctor F.
D. Sims on April 30.

SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1992.

View of the Dachau moat & fence.

The Nazi death camp, Dachau, was liberated on this day in 1945.

It was on this day in 1974 when President Richard Nixon announced
he was releasing edited transcripts of secretly made White House
tape recordings related to the Watergate scandal.

Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld is 63 years old today.

In 2005, Comedy Central named Seinfeld their "12th Greatest Stand- 
up Comedian of All Time".

In the 1990s he had to rent a hangar at Santa Monica Airport to store
his vehicle collection, which included forty-six Porsches.