Things you might not know. 9 Jan. 1. 1956: Buddy Holly, still unknown and playing country music with a trio called the Three-Tunes, begins a two-week tour of the South opening for George Jones and Hank Thompson. 2. 1960: Eddie Cochran arrives in England to begin his ill-fated final tour. 3. 1963: A London jazz drummer named Charlie Watts leaves his old group, Alexis Korners Blues Incorporated, to join a new band called The Rolling Stones. 4. 1971: Elvis is voted one of the Most Outstanding Young Men of the Year for 1970 by the national board of the Junior Chamber of Commerce (known as the Jaycees). It would become one of Presleys most treasured achievements, honoring as it does men who have made the most of Americas free enterprise system. He will bring the award with him wherever he tours for the rest of his days. 5. 1959: Dion and the Belmonts premiere their new hit, Teenager In Love, on ABC-TVs American Bandstand .
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