1957

"Stop! In the Name of Love" held the number one position on the
Billboard pop singles chart from March 27, 1965 through April 3,
1965, and reached the number-two position on the soul chart.

The first issue

Paul Williams, Crawdaddy Founder, ‘Godfather of Rock Criticism’.

Crawdaddy! was the first U.S. magazine of rock and roll music criticism. It was the
creation of college student Paul Williams in response to the increasing cultural
influence of popular music, Crawdaddy! was self-described as "the first magazine
to take rock and roll seriously." Preceding both Rolling Stone and Creem, It is
regarded as the U.S. pioneer of rock journalism and was the training ground for 
many rock writers. The magazine was named after the legendary Crawdaddy
Club in England. In May 2007, Crawdaddy! was re-launched as an online
publication.

Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr. (October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959)

While Richardson was a D.J. at KTRM radio in Beaumont, Texas, he saw some
college students doing a dance called The Bop, and that’s when he decided to 
call himself…”The Big Bopper”.

"I Fought the Law" was written by Sonny Curtis of the Crickets and
became a top-ten hit for The Bobby Fuller Four in 1966. It made
No. 175 on the Rolling Stone list of The 500 Greatest Songs of
All Time in 2004, and the same year was named one of the 500
"Songs that Shaped Rock" by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.