"In the Ghetto" (originally titled "The Vicious Circle") was recorded
during Elvis Presley’s session in the American Sound Studio in
Memphis, Tennessee. It was Presley’s first creative recording
session since the ’68 Comeback. The song was Presley’s first
Top 10 hit in the US in four years, peaking at number 3.
The song "All Shook Up" by Elvis Presley composed by Otis Blackwell. The
single topped the Billboard Hot 100 on April 13, 1957, staying there for eight
weeks. It also topped the Billboard R&B chart for four weeks, becoming
Presley’s second single to do so, and peaked at No. 3 on the country
chart. It is certified 2X Platinum by the RIAA. It was ranked #352 on
Rolling Stone‘s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. “All Shook
Up” was recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood where take 10
was selected for release.
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Roderick David "Rod" Stewart is 71 today.
Stewart worked as a newspaper delivery boy and a gravedigger. He left
school when he was fifteen and sought out a career as a footballer until
he was rejected. He was named the seventeenth most successful artist
of the The Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists.
The song “Calendar Girl” was a success for Neil Sedaka,
peaking at number-four on the Billboard chart. Recording
of the song required 26 takes over a three-hour period. The
music was composed by Sedaka and the lyrics by Howard
Greenfield who got the inspiration for the song title from an
old movie listing in a TV Guide magazine.
Neil Sedaka turned 76 on March 13th.
Surfin’ Safari is the debut studio album by The Beach Boys. It peaked at
number 32 in its 37-week run on the charts.
