On this day in 1954, Bill Haley scored his first US Top ten single with Shake Rattle And Roll. He had dropped his cowboy image about a year and a half earlier, while renaming The Saddlemen to Bill Haley and His Comets. The song became the theme song for the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League. ‘Shake, Rattle and Roll’ was originally made popular by Big Joe Turner. Also in 1955, Elvis Presley was voted the most promising new country & western artist by Billboard magazine. More on Elvis Presley Also in 1969, The FBI in Phoenix, Arizona arrested Jim Morrison for drunk and disorderly conduct aboard a plane. The Doors singer who was on his way to a Rolling Stones concert with actor Tom Baker had been drinking and annoying the stewardesses. The pair spent the night in jail and were released on $2,500 bail.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:30:32 +0000
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