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01 Jan 1955 English singer Dickie Valentine was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Finger Of Suspicion'. Valentine hosted The Dickie Valentine TV Show in 1956.
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01 Jan 1955 Elvis Presley appeared at The Eagles Hall in Houston Texas. Presley went on to play over 250 shows in 1955.
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03 Jan 1955 Elvis Presley appeared in Boonesville, Virginia. The 20 year-old singer was still a regional star, but by the end of 56' he had become a national sensation, recording two albums, (which included 'Heartbreak Hotel' and 'Blue Suede Shoes'), appeared on national television 11 times, played over 100 concerts and signed a seven year contract with Paramount Pictures.
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04 Jan 1955 birth Clive Gregson, singer, songwriter, and leader of late 70's Stiff Records band Any Trouble, one half of Gregson & Collister folk duo.
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04 Jan 1955 birth American session musician, guitarist, bassist, singer–songwriter and musical director, Brian Ray, best known for his work as a rhythm guitarist and bassist with Paul McCartney.
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07 Jan 1955 'Rock Around The Clock' by Bill Haley and his Comets, entered the UK chart for the first time.
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09 Jan 1955 Rosemary Clooney was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Mambo Italiano' the singers second No.1. The song was banned by all ABC owned stations in the US because it "did not reach standards of good taste".
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10 Jan 1955 birth Luci Martin, vocals, Chic, (1978 US No.1 & UK No.7 single 'Le Freak').
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10 Jan 1955 birth Michael Schenker, German guitarist, formed The Scorpions, member of UFO. (1982 UK No.5 album with the Michael Schenker group 'One Night At Budokan').
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17 Jan 1955 birth Steve Earle, US singer, songwriter who had the 1988 UK No. 45 single 'Copperhead Road' and the Country and independent No.1 album 'Transcendental Blues'. Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, Gretchen Peters, Shawn Colvin and Eddi Reader have all covered his songs.
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24 Jan 1955 birth Jools Holland, English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer, who was a founding member of Squeeze who had the 1979 UK No.2 single 'Up The Junction'. Became a TV presenter on the long running UK music show The Tube, and then the BBC music show Later... With Jools Holland. He also tours and releases records with the Jools Holland Big Band.
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04 Feb 1955 Elvis Presley played two shows (7.30pm and 9.30pm) at Jesuit High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hank Snow was also on the bill.
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09 Feb 1955 birth Jimmy Pursey, singer with UK punk group Sham 69 who had the 1979 UK No.6 single, 'Hersham Boys'.
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14 Feb 1955 Ruby Murray was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Softly, Softly'. The Belfast-born recording and TV star of the mid 50s was the first act to score five simultaneous Top 20 hits.
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18 Feb 1955 birth Brian James, from British punk group The Damned, who had the 1986 UK No.3 single 'Eloise', James was also a member of Lords Of The New Church.
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23 Feb 1955 birth Howard Jones, singer, songwriter, keyboards who had the 1983 UK No.2 single 'What Is Love', plus 9 other UK Top 40 singles. His 1984 album 'Human's Lib' spent over a year on the UK chart. Scored the 1986 US No.4 single 'No One Is To Blame'. Jones has also been a member of Ringo Starr's All Star Band.
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23 Feb 1955 birth Zeke Manyika, from Orange Juice, who had the 1983 UK No.8 single 'Rip It Up'.
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26 Feb 1955 Billboard reported that for the first time since their introduction in 1949, 45rpm singles were outselling the old standard 78's.
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27 Feb 1955 birth Gary Christian, from English group The Christians who had the 1988 UK No.8 single 'Harvest For The World'.
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02 Mar 1955 Elvis Presley appeared at Porky's Rooftop Club in Newport, Arkansas. Constantly on the road, performing night after night this was the group's 46th show this year, (Elvis along with Scotty Moore and Bill Black).
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02 Mar 1955 Bo Diddley has his first recording session at Universal Recording Studio in Chicago, where he laid down 'Bo Diddley', which went on the top the US R&B chart by the following June.
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02 Mar 1955 birth Jay Osmond, The Osmonds, (1971 US No.1 single 'One Bad Apple', 1974 UK No.1 single 'Love Me For A Reason' plus 9 other US & UK Top 40 singles).
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04 Mar 1955 birth Boon Gould, Level 42, (1986 UK No.3 & US No.12 single 'Lessons In Love' & 19 other UK Top 40 hits).
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05 Mar 1955 Elvis Presley made his TV debut when he appeared on the weekend show 'Louisiana Hayride' on KWKH TV, broadcast from Shreveport Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana.
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10 Mar 1955 birth Bunny Debarge, Debarge, (1983 US No.17 single 'All This Love', 1985 UK No.4 single 'Rhythm Of The Night').
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11 Mar 1955 birth Flinto, Jimmy The Hoover, (1983 UK No.18 single 'Tantalise, (Wo Wo Ee Yeh Yeh').
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11 Mar 1955 birth Nina Hagen, German singer, songwriter, The Nina Hagen Band.
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12 Mar 1955 American jazz saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker died of a heart attack in New York City while watching Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra on television. He was 34. The coroner who performed his autopsy mistakenly estimated Parker's 34-year-old body to be between 50 and 60 years of age. (After years of drug and alcohol abuse).
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15 Mar 1955 Elvis Presley signed a management contract with Colonel Tom Parker. Parker had previously managed the 'Great Parker Pony Circus' with one of the acts being a troupe of dancing chickens.
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15 Mar 1955 Ray Charles peaked at No.2 on the US R&B charts with the Atlantic single 'I Got A Woman', widely considered the first song to be labelled "soul" - a blending of R&B and gospel.
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15 Mar 1955 birth Dee Snider, Twisted Sister, (1983 UK No.18 single 'I Am, I'm Me', 1984 album 'Stay Hungry').
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19 Mar 1955 birth Actor and singer Bruce Willis, (1987 UK No.2 single 'Under The Boardwalk').
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26 Mar 1955 birth Martin Price, 808 State, (1989 UK No.10 single 'Pacific State').
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30 Mar 1955 birth Randy VanWarmer, singer, songwriter, (1979 US No.4 & UK No.8 single 'Just When I Needed You Most'). He died of leukaemia on January 12th 2004.
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31 Mar 1955 birth Angus Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist with AC/DC, known for his energetic performances and schoolboy-uniform stage outfits. 1980 UK No.36 single 'Whole Lotta Rosie' and 1980 UK No.1 & US No.14 album 'Back in Black.' AC/DC are the fifth-best-selling band in US history with over 70 million albums sold.
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01 Apr 1955 George Martin became the head of A&R for EMI's Parlophone label.
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02 Apr 1955 Elvis Presley, (with Scotty Moore and Bill Black), Slim Whitman, Hoot and Curley, Johnny Horton, Tibby Edwards and Floyd Cramer all appeared at the Louisiana Hayride broadcast from Shreveport Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana, and shown on KWKH Television.
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05 Apr 1955 Ray Charles married his second wife Della Beatrice Howard Robinson; the couple had three children and divorced in 1977.
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13 Apr 1955 birth Louis Johnson, Brothers Johnson, (1980 US No.4 & UK No.6 single 'Stomp'). Johnson played on Michael Jackson's albums Off the Wall, Thriller and Dangerous, and hit songs Billie Jean and Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough.
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16 Apr 1955 Elvis Presley (with Scotty Moore and Bill Black), performed at the Jamboree at the Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas. Also on the bill, Sonny James, Hank Locklin, Charline Arthur, tickets were $.60 for adults, $.30 for children.
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17 Apr 1955 birth Pete Shelley, guitar, vocals, Buzzcocks, (1978 UK No.12 single 'Ever Fallen In Love, With Someone You Shouldn't've').
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23 Apr 1955 birth Ray Burns, (Captain Sensible), The Damned, (1983 UK No.3 single 'Eloise') solo (1982 UK No.1 single 'Happy Talk').
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24 Apr 1955 Perez Prado was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White'. Known as the 'King of the Mambo' the instrumental was the theme from the film 'Underwater' where Jane Russell can be seen dancing to 'Cherry Pink'.
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28 Apr 1955 birth Eddie Jobson, violin, Curved Air, (1971 UK No.4 single 'Back Street Luv'), Roxy Music, (1975 UK No.2 single 'Love Is The Drug').
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01 May 1955 On tour with Hank Snow's All Star Jamboree, Elvis Presley played three shows at the Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sun Records had just released Elvis' fourth single, ‘Baby, Let’s Play House.’
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08 May 1955 Tony Bennett was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Stranger In Paradise'. Based on a theme from Borodin's 1888 opera - 'Prince Igor'. The song was a hit in the 1953 Broadway show 'Kismet'.
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08 May 1955 birth Alex Van Halen, Van Halen, drums, (1984 US No.1 & UK No.7 single 'Jump').
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11 May 1955 birth Gary Langan, Art Of Noise, (1988 UK No.5 single with Tom Jones 'Kiss').
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11 May 1955 birth Susan Stenger, bass, vocals, Band Of Susans, (1988 album 'Hope Against Hope').
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16 May 1955 birth Hazel O'Conner, UK singer, (1980 UK No.5 single 'Eighth Day').
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20 May 1955 Born on this day Steve George, Mr Mister, (1985 US No.1 & 1986 UK No.4 single 'Broken Wings').
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21 May 1955 Eddie Calvert was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of 'Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White.' The song from the film 'Underwater' had also been a No.1 for Perez Prado in the same year.
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21 May 1955 birth Stan Lynch, drums, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, (1977 single 'American Girl', 1989 UK No.28 single 'I Won't Back Down', 1991 UK No.3 album 'Into The Great Wide Open').
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22 May 1955 birth Iva Davis, Icehouse, (1983 UK No.17 single 'Hey Little Girl').
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22 May 1955 birth Mary Black, Irish singer, songwriter, (1991 album 'Babes In The Wood').
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24 May 1955 Born on this day in Memphis, Tennessee, was American singer-songwriter and author, Rosanne Cash, the eldest daughter of country music icon Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin. She won a Grammy in 1985 for 'I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me', and has received twelve other Grammy nominations. She has had 11 No.1 country hit singles, 21 Top 40 country singles and two gold records.
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25 May 1955 birth John Grimaldi, Argent, (1972 UK No.5 single 'Hold Your Head Up').
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28 May 1955 birth John McGeoch, guitar, member of Magazine, (1978 UK No.41 single 'Shot By Both Sides'). Also worked with Siouxsie And The Banshees, Armoury Show, Public Image Ltd. Died in his sleep 5th March 2004 aged 49.
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29 May 1955 birth Mike Porcaro, bass, Toto, (1983 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Africa'). won an Album of the Year Grammy for 1982's Toto IV. Porcaro died on 15th March 2015 following a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease).
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30 May 1955 birth Nicky 'Topper' Headon, The Clash, (1979 UK No. 11 single 'London Calling', 1982 US No. 8 single 'Rock The Casbah, 1991 UK No.1 single 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go', first released 1982, plus 15 other UK Top 40 singles).
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06 Jun 1955 birth Michael Wallace, keyboards, Third World, (1978 UK No. 10 single 'Now That We've Found Love'). Wallace was shot dead on 6th July 1999.
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17 Jun 1955 After a month of booking gigs in larger venues in Dallas and Houston, Colonel Tom Parker arranged a meeting with Elvis Presley's manager, Bob Neal, resulting in an agreement that saw the Colonel handle Presley's gigs and career strategy from now on.
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18 Jun 1955 Jimmy Young was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of 'Unchained Melody', (a theme for the obscure prison film Unchained and a hit for the Righteous Brothers in 1965). Young scored another ten Top 40 hit singles and went on to become one of UK's favourite radio DJ's
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21 Jun 1955 Elvis Presley played two shows in Beaumont, Texas, with bassist Bill Black and guitarist Scotty Moore.
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26 Jun 1955 Elvis Presley (with Scotty Moore and Bill Black) played the first of three nights at the Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. The local paper ran a preview which read; ‘A good looking youngster who has become a juke-box favorite with his That's Alright, Mama, and Blue Moon of Kentucky. Presley is expected to repeat some of his hit tunes at the Airmen's Club show in addition to mixing up a few country tunes with some "bop" and novelty numbers.’
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26 Jun 1955 birth Mick Jones, guitar, vocals, The Clash, (1979 UK No. 11 single 'London Calling', 1982 US No. 8 single 'Rock The Casbah, 1991 UK No.1 single 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go', first released 1982, plus 15 other UK Top 40 singles), Big Audio Dynamite, (1986 UK No.11 single 'e=mc2').
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26 Jun 1955 birth Ivan Julian, Richard Hell And The Voidoids, (1977 album 'Blank Generation' features the track 'Love Comes In Spurts').
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02 Jul 1955 birth Jerry Hall, US model, actress. Married Rolling Stone Mick Jagger in 1990.
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03 Jul 1955 birth Mike Corby, The Babys, (1977 US No.13 & UK No.45 single 'Isn't It Time').
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03 Jul 1955 birth Neil Clark, guitar, Lloyd Cole And The Commotions, (1985 UK No.19 single 'Brand New Friend').
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08 Jul 1955 birth Russell Christian, vocals, The Christians, (1988 UK No.8 single 'Harvest For The World').
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09 Jul 1955 Bill Haley & His Comets went to No.1 on the US singles chart with '(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock', staying at No.1 for eight weeks and becoming one of the biggest selling singles of all time.
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11 Jul 1955 Alma Cogan was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Dreamboat'. Cogan went on to score over 20 UK Top 40 singles. Nicknamed ‘The Girl With the Laugh In Her Voice’, she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era.
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13 Jul 1955 birth Mark "The Animal" Mendoza, bassist Twisted Sister, (1983 UK No.18 single 'I Am, I'm Me', 1984 album 'Stay Hungry'). The Dictators.
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18 Jul 1955 birth Terry Chambers, drums, XTC, (1982 UK No.10 single 'Senses Working Over Time').
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20 Jul 1955 birth Jem Finer, banjo, The Pogues, (1987 UK No.8 single 'The Irish Rover', 1987 UK No.2 single with Kirsty MaCcoll, 'Fairytale Of New York').
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20 Jul 1955 birth Marisa DeFranco, The DeFranco Family, (1973 US No.3 single 'Heartbeat- It's A Lovebeat', biggest selling US single of 73, based on The Osmonds, featured 10 year old Tony DeFranco).
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21 Jul 1955 birth Howie Epstein, bass, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, (1977 single 'American Girl', 1989 UK No.28 single 'I Won't Back Down', 1991 UK No.3 album 'Into The Great Wide Open'). Died of a suspected drug overdose in New Mexico on 23rd February 2003.
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23 Jul 1955 Slim Whitman was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Rose Marie.' The single stayed at the top of the charts for eleven weeks. Whitman held the record for the most consecutive weeks at No.1 (11 weeks), until 1991.
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31 Jul 1955 Elvis Presley performed three shows at Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa, Florida, (2 matinee and 1 evening). A full scale riot broke out after the show when Elvis announced to the 14,000 strong crowd, "Girls, I'll see you backstage." Fans chased Elvis into the dressing room tearing off his clothes and shoes. Other acts who appeared here include Tom Jones, The Animals, James Brown, Buddy Holly, Pink Floyd, Johnny Cash and the Doors.
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05 Aug 1955 birth Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, guitar, Twisted Sister, (1983 UK No.18 single 'I Am, I'm Me', 1984 album 'Stay Hungry').
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09 Aug 1955 birth Charlie Morgan, English drummer and percussionist. Worked with the Tom Robinson Band, Kate Bush, Elton John, Orleans, Paul McCartney and Tina Turner.
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15 Aug 1955 Elvis Presley attended a meeting in Memphis with his manager Bob Neal, Colonel Tom Parker and Vernon Presley, at which a new contract was signed that named Colonel Parker as "special advisor" with control of virtually every aspect of Elvis' career. Parker was not really a Colonel at all, but a Dutch immigrant named Andreas Cornelius van Kujik, whose honorary title was given to him in 1948 by Governor Jimmie Davis of Louisiana. He was a flamboyant promoter whose pre-Elvis experience included shows called The Great Parker Pony Circus and Tom Parker And His Dancing Turkeys and was a veteran of carnivals, medicine shows and various other entertainment enterprises.
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17 Aug 1955 Elvis Presley released his first number 1 hit, 'I Forgot to Remember to Forget / Mystery Train'. It hit the top of the country charts several months later and stayed there for 5 weeks.
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17 Aug 1955 birth Colin Moulding, bass, XTC, (1982 UK No.10 single 'Senses Working Overtime').
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24 Aug 1955 birth Jeffrey Daniels, Shalamar, (1980 US No. 8 single 'The Second Time Around', 1982 UK No.5 single 'A Night To Remember').
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31 Aug 1955 birth Anthony Thistlethwaite, The Waterboys, (1991 UK No.3 single 'Whole Of The Moon', first released in 1985).
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01 Sep 1955 After complaints from his neighbours, Rock 'n' Roll fan Sidney Adams was fined £3 and 10 shillings, ($9.80) by a London Court after playing Bill Haley's 'Shake Rattle and Roll' all day at full volume.
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01 Sep 1955 birth Bruce Foxton, bass, vocals, The Jam, (1980 UK No.1 single 'Going Underground' plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles).
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03 Sep 1955 Band leader Mitch Miller had the US No.1 with a song that was written in 1853, 'The Yellow Rose Of Texas.'
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03 Sep 1955 birth Steve Jones, Sex Pistols guitarist, (1977 UK No.2 single 'God Save The Queen' and 1977 UK No.1 album 'Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols').
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08 Sep 1955 birth Benjamin Orr bass, vocals, The Cars, (1978 UK No.3 single 'My Best Friend's Girl' and 1985 UK No.4 single 'Drive'). Orr died of cancer on 3rd October 2000.
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10 Sep 1955 birth Pat Mastelotto, Mr Mister, (1985 US No.1 & 1986 UK No.4 single 'Broken Wings').
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14 Sep 1955 Little Richard entered a New Orleans recording studio to begin two days of recording. Things were not going well and during a break, Richard and his producer; Bumps Blackwell went to the Dew Drop Inn for lunch. Richard started playing the piano in the bar like crazy, singing a loud and lewd version of ‘Tutti Frutti.’ With only fifteen minutes left in the session, Richard recorded the song and coined the phrase, ‘a-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom.’
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14 Sep 1955 birth Steve Berlin, Los Lobos, (1987 UK & US No.1 single 'La Bamba').
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25 Sep 1955 birth Steve Severin, bass, Siouxsie and the Banshees, (1983 UK No.3 single 'Dear Prudence').
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25 Sep 1955 birth Zucchro, (Adelmo Fornaciari), Italian singer, (1991 UK No. 4 with Paul Young, 'Senza Una Donna').
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01 Oct 1955 birth Howard Hewett, Shalamar, (1980 US No. 8 single 'The Second Time Around', 1982 UK No.5 single 'A Night To Remember').
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02 Oct 1955 birth Phil Oakey vocals, Human League, (1981 UK No.1 & 1982 US No.1 single 'Don't You Want Me' plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles).
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05 Oct 1955 birth Leo Barnes, Hothouse Flowers, (1988 UK No.11 single 'Don't Go').
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10 Oct 1955 birth David Lee Roth, vocals, Van Halen (1984 US No.1 & UK No.7 single 'Jump') & solo, (1988 UK No.27 single 'Just Like Paradise').
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10 Oct 1955 birth Midge Ure, guitarist, singer, songwriter. First joined Slik, (1976 UK No.1 'Forever And Ever'), Rich Kids, (1978 UK No.24 'Rich Kids'), Ultravox, (1981 UK No.2 'Vienna'), Band Aid, (1985 UK No.1 'Do They Know It's Christmas?') & solo (1985 UK No.1 'If I Was').
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10 Oct 1955 birth Tanya Tucker, US country singer, 1991 Country Music Association singer of the year. Best known for her debut hit 'Delta Dawn' which she released when she was 13.
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11 Oct 1955 Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash kicked off an eleven date tour of the Southern US states in Abilene, Texas.
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12 Oct 1955 The Chrysler Corporation launched high fidelity record players for their 1956 line-up of cars. The unit measured about four inches high and less than a foot wide and mounted under the instrument panel. The seven inch discs spun at 16 2/3 rpm and required almost three times the number of grooves per inch as an LP. The players were discontinued in 1961.
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12 Oct 1955 birth Jane Siberry, Canadian singer, songwriter, (1989 album 'Bound By The Beauty').
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15 Oct 1955 Buddy & Bob (Buddy Holly) opened for Elvis Presley at the ‘Big D Jamboree’, held at Lubbock’s Cotton Club, Texas. Nashville talent scout Eddie Crandall was in audience and arranged for Holly to audition and record demos for the Decca US label.
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20 Oct 1955 Elvis Presley and Bill Haley and his Comets both appeared at Brooklyn High School auditorium, Cleveland.
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20 Oct 1955 birth Mark Feltham, harmonica player with UK R&B group Nine Below Zero. Feltham has also worked with Rory Gallagher, Roger Daltrey, Deacon Blue, Roy Harper, Annie Lennox, Oasis, Robbie Williams and many other artists.
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25 Oct 1955 birth Matthias Jabs, The Scorpions, (1991 UK No.2 single 'Wind Of Change').
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29 Oct 1955 birth Kevin DuBrow, singer, Quiet Riot, (1983 US No.1 album, 'Metal Health'). Found dead in his Las Vegas home at the age of 52 on 25th Nov 2007. The band's biggest hit was Cum on Feel the Noize, a cover of the Slade song which they are said to have grudgingly recorded in just one take.
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29 Oct 1955 birth Roger O'Donnell, keyboards, The Cure, (1989 US No.2 single 'Love Song', 1992 UK No.6 single 'Friday I'm In Love', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles). Also worked with the Psychedelic Furs, the Thompson Twins and Berlin.
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01 Nov 1955 R&B group The Famous Flames, lead by singer James Brown, cut their first demo of ‘Please, Please, Please’ at a radio station in Macon Georgia. It would lead to their signing with King Records.
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09 Nov 1955 The Everly Brothers made their first studio recordings cutting four tracks in 22 minutes, at Nashville's Old Tulane Hotel studios. Family friend Chet Atkins engineered a chance for The Everly Brothers to record for Columbia Records in early 1956. However, their first and only single for the label, 'Keep A' Lovin' Me', was a flop, and they were quickly dropped from Columbia.
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09 Nov 1955 The Everly Brothers made their first studio recordings cutting four tracks in 22 minutes, at Nashville's Old Tulane Hotel studios. Family friend Chet Atkins engineered a chance for The Everly Brothers to record for Columbia Records in early 1956. However, their first and only single for the label, 'Keep A' Lovin' Me', was a flop, and they were quickly dropped from Columbia.
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10 Nov 1955 Elvis Presley attended the fourth Country Music Disc Jockey Convention in Nashville Tennessee. Back at his hotel Mae Boren Axton played him a demo of a new song she had written with Tommy Durden called ‘Heartbreak Hotel.’ Presley released the track as a single on January 27, 1956, his first on his new record label RCA Victor. The song gave him his his first No.1 one pop record.
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10 Nov 1955 Elvis Presley attended the fourth Country Music Disc Jockey Convention in Nashville Tennessee. Back at his hotel Mae Boren Axton played him a demo of a new song she had written with Tommy Durden called ‘Heartbreak Hotel.’ Presley released the track as a single on January 27, 1956, his first on his new record label RCA Victor. The song gave him his his first No.1 one pop record.
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11 Nov 1955 Elvis Presley was voted the most promising new country & western artist by Billboard magazine.
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11 Nov 1955 Elvis Presley was voted the most promising new country & western artist by Billboard magazine.
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12 Nov 1955 birth Les McKeown, The Bay City Rollers, (1975 UK No.1 single 'Bye Bye Baby', plus 11 other UK Top 20 singles').
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12 Nov 1955 birth Les McKeown, The Bay City Rollers, (1975 UK No.1 single 'Bye Bye Baby', plus 11 other UK Top 20 singles').
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30 Nov 1955 birth William Broad (Billy Idol), singer, Generation X, (1979 UK No.11 single 'King Rocker'). Solo (1987 US No.1 & UK No.7 single 'Mony Mony', plus nine other UK top 40 singles).
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03 Dec 1955 Elvis Presley's first release on RCA Victor Records was announced. The first two songs ‘Mystery Train’ and ‘I Forgot to Remember to Forget’ had been purchased from Sam Phillips of Sun Records. Elvis was described by his new record company as 'The most talked about personality in recorded music in the last 10 years.'
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06 Dec 1955 birth Edward Tudor-Pole, vocals, actor, Tenpole Tudor, (1981 UK No.6 single 'Swords Of A Thousand Men'), appeared in the film 'Absolute Beginners' and became the presenter on TV's Crystal Maze.
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06 Dec 1955 birth Rick Buckler, drums, The Jam, (1980 UK No.1 single 'Going Underground' plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles).
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09 Dec 1955 Johnny Cash played two shows at Arkansas High School, in Swifton, Elvis Presley opened the show.
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12 Dec 1955 Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley all appeared at the National Guard Armory, Armory, Mississippi.
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13 Dec 1955 Dickie Valentine was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Christmas Alphabet', the first Christmas song to reach the No.1 position. It was the first Christmas No.1 that was actually about Christmas, a trend that would continue off and on over the next several decades.
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15 Dec 1955 birth Paul Simonon, bass, The Clash, (1979 UK No. 11 single 'London Calling', 1982 US No. 8 single 'Rock The Casbah', 1991 UK No.1 single 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go', first released 1982, plus 15 other UK Top 40 singles).
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26 Dec 1955 birth Lars Ulrich, drums, Metallica, (1991 UK No.5 single 'Enter Sandman', 1991 US & UK No.1 album 'Metallica').
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29 Dec 1955 birth Neil Giraldo, Pat Benatar group, (1985 UK No.17 single 'Love Is A Battlefield', plus 10 other US Top 40 singles).
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