“Dream Lover" became a multi-million seller, reaching #2
on US charts and was #1 in the UK for four weeks during
July 1959. Neil Sedaka is featured on the piano.
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RECORDED ON THIS DA Y IN 1959
CHART ENTRY DURING THIS TIME IN 1956
On March 3, 1956, “Heartbreak Hotel” entered the Billboard pop chart at
number 68, and the Country and Western chart at number nine. Within
two months, "Heartbreak Hotel" reached number one on both charts. It
also made the top five on the R&B chart, the first Presley single to chart
there. This resulted in the song becoming only the second single to reach
all three Billboard charts, after Carl Perkins‘ "Blue Suede Shoes". It spent
a total of twenty-seven weeks in the top 100. By April, "Heartbreak Hotel”
became a million-seller.
Elvis Presley’s debut recording session at RCA in Nashville, January 10,
1956, where ”Heartbreak Hotel” was recorded.
RELEASED ON THIS DATE IN 1964
John Lennon was suffering from a cold at the time “Twist and
Shout” was recorded and was drinking milk and sucking on
cough drops to soothe his throat. Producer George Martin,
feeling John’s voice would suffer from the performance,
had the band record the song last, with only 15 minutes
of scheduled recording time left.
RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1955
The song "Bo Diddley" was recorded by Bo Diddley (Ellas Otha Bates)
during his first recording session at Universal Recording Studio in
Chicago. It went on to become number-one on the R&B chart the
following June,
HIT SINGLE RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1957
"That’ll Be the Day" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison and
became a number-one hit on the 1957 "Best Sellers in Stores" chart in
Billboard magazine. The song also went to number two on Billboard’s
R&B singles chart.
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