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1928
Bo Diddley (real name Elias Bates McDaniel), R&B vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, was born in McComb, Mississippi; died June 2, 2008 of heart failure in Archer, Florida.
Tupelo, Mississippi
1935-1940
306 Old Satillo Road, Elvis’ birthplace, is now 306 Elvis Presley Drive.
December 30, 1937
Vernon in prison
December 30, 1938
Vernon in prison
1940-41
Reese Street, where the Presleys stayed with Vester and Clettes Presley and their daughter Patsy,
1942
Frank Sinatra started an eight-week run of live performances at New York’s Paramount Theatre. Nearly 400 policemen were needed to handle his screaming “bobbysoxer” fans.
Kelly Street, a rented, small apartment.
December 30, 1945
Berry Street – “Doll” Smith lived here with the Presleys and then Minnie Mae Presley moved in.
1946
Commerce Street, a rental
510 1/2 Maple Street, South Tupelo -the Presleys lived with Glady’s cousin Frank Richards and his wife, Leona.
Mulbery Alley
1010 North Green Street, in the Shakerag section of Tupelo.
Memphis, Tennessee
Sept. 12, 1948-Sept. 20, 1949
572 Poplar Avenue
1950
Billy Ward & the Dominoes (with bass Bill Brown on lead) recorded their monster hit, “60 Minute Man,” which spent three and a half months at #1 R&B in 1951 (#17 pop).
Sept 2o 1949 to January 7, 1950
185 Winchester Street, a two- bedroom apartment (number 328)
January 7, 1950 to April 1953
398 Cypress Street
December 30, 1953
The first color television sets, made by Admiral, went on sale in the U.S. for $1,175.
September 21, 1953 to March 19, 1954
Elvis worked at Precision Tool company, operating a drill press for $1.55 a hour.
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
December 30, 1954
The Presleys lived at 2414 Lamar Avenue, rented end of 1954 to mid-1955
RCA Victor’s Atomic Powered Singer
December 30, 1955
The Presleys 1414 Getwell Street rented from mid-1955 to May, 11 1956.
December 30, 1956
The Presleys lived at Audobon Drive May 11 1956 to March 1957.
December 30, 1957
Alan Freed’s Brooklyn Paramount Christmas Show extravaganza featured the Moonglows, the Heartbeats, the Dells, the G-Clefs, and the Three Friends.
Sam Cooke’s “You Send Me” finished the year as the #1 R&B song, where it had been for six weeks.
The album “Elvis’ Christmas Album” hit #1 in the U.S. The top album was Elvis’ Christmas Album, which many radio stations banned from airplay because they didn’t think a rock and roll artist should play Christmas music.
The Presleys lived at Graceland
The Military Service Disruption
Military Service in Germany
October 1958 to February 2, 1959: Hotel Grunwald in Bad Nauheim, Germany
December 30, 1959
Military Service in Germany
Feb 3 – March 1960: Goethestr.14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany
The Hollywood Decade/The Elvis Establishment
December 30, 1960
Wild in the Country production break in Memphis
December 30, 1961
The Marvelettes registered a seventh week at #1 on the R&B chart with “Please Mr. Postman”.
“Big Bad John” by Jimmy Dean continued to dominate the Easy Listening chart for a 10th consecutive week.
December 30, 1962
Ike & Tina Turner and the Ikettes played the Cocoanut Grove in Sacramento, California.
The Chiffons released the single “He’s So Fine”.
Bob Dylan filmed “Blowin’ In The Wind” and “Ballad Of The Gilding Swan” for the BBC television play Madhouse on Castle Street.
Brenda Lee is slightly injured when she runs into her burning Nashville home to rescue her poodle, Cee Cee. However, it is too late as the pet succumbs to smoke inhalation and the home is destroyed by the flames. Brenda’s hit, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”, that featured Boots Randolph on saxophone, was still riding high on the charts.
Priscilla visits Elvis
Romances: Priscilla
December 30, 1963
December 30, 1964
December 30, 1965
The Who, the Hollies, the Kinks, Gerry & the Pacemakers, Manfred Mann, and Georgie Fame performed on the popular television show Shindig!
The Vegas Artist in Residence and Tour Decade
not just a show here and there, due to Elvis’ increasingly erratic behavior.
In writing, the Colonel directs the management of the Vegas Hilton to contact Dr. Ghanem for “the proper interpretation for the appropriate press release.”
Elvis telegrammed the Colonel: “Dear Colonel, I appreciate your signing any papers necessary for me while I am recuperating. The best from all the boys and myself. Happy New Year, Elvis.”
The most notable member of the audience was the defeated candidate for the office of mayor of Plains, Georgia. When Billy Carter entered the auditorium during intermission, he attracted as much attention as Jacqueline Onassis did in her heyday.
| Date: | 30 Dec 1976 |
| Time: | 8.30pm |
| Venue: | Atlanta, GA. Omni |
| Tickets: | 17,000 |
| Costume: | King Of Spades (white) suit |
| Track list: | Also Sprach Zarathustra See See Rider I Got A Woman/Amen Love Me Fairytale You Gave Me A Mountain Jailhouse Rock O Sole Mio/It’s Now Or Never Jailhouse Rock Such A Night Reconsider Baby Are You Lonesome Tonight? That’s All Right My Way Polk Salad Annie [band introductions] Early Morning Rain What’d I Say Johnny B. Goode Love Letters School Days Hurt Hound Dog Unchained Melody Can’t Help Falling In Love |
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‘Bruce Jackson, On The Road With Elvis’ New FTD Release: FTD are publishing “Bruce Jackson: On the Road with Elvis” available with a 3CD set! An audio documentary hosted by Jack Mullins (singer/songwriter) plus a soundboard recording of the Sioux Falls 10-18-76, and Atlanta 12-30-76 shows.
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| Info | December 30 1976 | The Omni | Atlanta GA | (8:30 pm) | 17000 | 1974 Arabian | V-Neck suit belt | Red Suit | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
1977
After an appeal by lawyers for Warner Brothers Records, the US Immigration Service reverses its decision to bar The Sex Pistols from entering the United States.
The Wake and Aftermath
1978
The #1 R&B song had been there five weeks–Chic and “Le Freak”.
Emerson, Lake And Palmer,formed in 1970, announce that they are splitting up; having sold over 35 million albums.
1980
The J. Geils Band album “Freeze-Frame” is awarded a Gold record. The LP would reach number one on the Billboard Hot 200 chart in February 1982 and remain at the top for four weeks on the strength of the hit singles “Centerfold” and “Freeze Frame”.
1982 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
1983 Actor ExWife:Priscilla Presley
1989
“Another Day In Paradise” by Phil Collins was the #1 Adult Contemporary song for a fifth week.
1995
LL Cool J and Boyz II Men’s single, “Hey Lover,” reached #3 pop and R&B.
“Waiting To Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” by Whitney Houston blew past the competition for a fifth straight week at #1 on the R&B chart.
55 year old Clarence Satchell, guitarist and saxophone player for the ’70s R&B group The Ohio Players, died from a brain aneurysm. The group placed eight songs in the Billboard Top 40, including two chart toppers, “Fire” in 1974 and “Love Rollercoaster” in 1976.
Daydream moved into the #1 spot on the Album chart for Mariah Carey, bumping Anthology 1 by the Beatles. Mannheim Steamroller was in the spirit of the season with Christmas in the Aire while the Soundtrack to “Waiting to Exhale” was fourth and Garth Brooks slipped with Fresh Horses. The rest of the Top 10: Cracked Rear View moved back up after 75 weeks for Hootie & the Blowfish, Alanis Morissette was at #7 with Jagged Little Pill, Alan Jackson stayed at 8 with The Greatest Hits Collection, the Smashing Pumpkins remained at #9 with Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and TLC was still at #10 after 57 weeks with CrazySexyCool.
1998
Johnny Moore, lead singer for The Drifters on their 1960s hit “Under The Boardwalk”, died at the age of 64.
1999
George Harrison was attacked by an intruder in his Oxfordshire mansion. At about 3:00 a.m., Michael Abram, a 33 year old Liverpudlian, stabbed Harrison several times in the chest. With the help of wife Olivia and son Dhani, Abram was hit over the head with a lamp and then detained until police arrived. Harrison suffered a collapsed lung but eventually recovered from the wound. Abram would later be found not guilty by reason of insanity and less than two years after his trial, was given a conditional discharge.
2000
It was a very good year for several classic rockers. Pollstar’s Top 10 list of tours showed that the number 1 concert draw was Tina Turner with earnings of $80.2 million from her Twenty Four Seven farewell tour. Fourth place was earned by KISS, at $62.7 million, and eighth spot was Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young with $42.1 million.
2001
Nickelback reached #1 with “How You Remind Me”.
2002
According to a Nielsen SoundScan survey, total CD album sales were down 10.7% in 2002, marking the sharpest sales decrease from the previous year in the 11-year tracking history. It was the second straight year the market declined, following steady growth since Nielsen first began tracking the US market in 1991. Total album sales in 2002 were 681 million, compared with 762.8 million the previous year. Country album sales posted the largest increase, as sales rose 12.2% from 2001. This rise was largely fuelled by such crossover sensations as The Dixie Chicks, Shania Twain, Alan Jackson, and Faith Hill.
The funeral of former Clash singer and guitarist Joe Strummer took place in London. Strummer had died of a suspected heart attack on 22nd Dec 2002 aged 50.
Former Supremes singer Diana Ross was allegedly caught driving under the influence in Tucson, Arizona. The 58 year old Ross was pulled over by police responding to a report that her vehicle had been swerving. Her blood-alcohol content was determined to be 0.20, more than twice the legal limit. Ross, who was alone in the car, was polite to police at the scene and was driven by them to the location where she was staying in the area. She was cited with three counts of DUI, all misdemeanors.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2009
Burton Cummings, lead singer of The Guess Who, was named an Officer of the Order of Canada by Governor General Michaelle Jean. The Order of Canada is one of the country’s highest civilian honors and was established in 1967 to mark a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to community and service to the nation.
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2010 Actor: Granddaughter Riley Keough
2010
Bobby Farrel, vocalist for Boney M, who topped the charts with “By the Rivers of Babylon” in 1978, died of natural causes at the age of 61.
2012
A rare copy of a Beatles LP signed by all four members sold – for the sum rejected at auction in Sussex a few weeks earlier. Chris Collins, from Eastbourne, and his sister, Liz Chambers, from Worthing, initially turned down a £12,000 bid for a copy of the album, Please Please Me. They had hoped to get £15,000 for the LP, which was given to their late father during a drinking session. But the siblings later accepted £12,000 from private buyers. The album was signed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr after they used it as a drinks coaster during a card game in 1963.
2013
Bruce Springsteen’s latest album ‘High Hopes’ briefly appeared for download on Amazon’s US site for several hours, two weeks ahead of its scheduled release date. Although it was subsequently removed from sale, the record had now appeared on several file-sharing sites. The album’s official release date was listed as 14 January.
2015
78-year-old Bill Cosby was formally charged with sexual assault in relation to a 2004 accusation in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Cosby reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967 with “Little Old Man (Uptight – Everything’s Alright)”. He also placed fifteen albums on the Hot 200, beginning with “I Started Out As A Child” in 1964.
2016
Allan Williams, The Beatles’ first manager, died in Liverpool at the age of 86. After booking John, Paul, George and Stuart Sutcliffe into his coffee bar, Jacaranda, he helped them get other gigs as well, including a short tour of Scotland with Johnny Gentle. After the group took on an extended engagement at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, they fell out with Williams over the commission he believed he was owed. Williams later became known as “The Man Who Gave the Beatles Away” from the title of his autobiography.
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