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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1957

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“The Killer”, Jerry Lee Lewis               

“Great Balls of Fire” was recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis at Sun Records
in Memphis, Tennessee. It reached #2 on the Billboard pop charts, #3
on the R&B charts, and #1 on the country charts. It was ranked as the
96th greatest song ever by Rolling Stone and sold one million copies
in its first 10 days of release in the United States and would go on to
sell over 5 million copies, making it both one of the best-selling singles
in the United States
as well as one of the world’s best-selling singles
of all time
.

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                  (photo: Larry Philpot) <[email protected]>

Jerry Lee Lewis turned  78 on September 29.                              

 

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A GREAT SONG FROM 1961!

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The Shirelles

“Baby It’s You” became very popular, becoming number three on the
R&B chart and peaking at number eight on Billboard’s Hot 100. 

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LOUIE LOUIE DAY IN PORTLAND, OREGON!

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The Kingsmen, who recorded “Louie, Louie” in 1963, will play at the Aladdin Theater
at 7 p.m. this evening for the induction ceremony for the 2013 class of the Oregon
Music Hall of Fame. The Kingsmen were inducted in 2007.

Kingsmen

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1967

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The Beatles recorded "Fool On The Hill" in London at Abbey Road Studios. It was  
written and sung by Paul McCartney and was included on both the Magical Mystery 
Tour
EP and album. It was also presented in the film Magical Mystery Tour. 

 

    paul mcartney rec 1967

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BEST SELLING SINGLE ON THIS DAY IN 1957

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The Ampex-350 tape machine used to record “That’ll Be The Day”

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The RCA 44 ribbon microphone used by Buddy

 

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