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Album: Day Dreamin’
Genre: Rock N’ Roll
Released: 1960
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Wanda Jackson released this song in 1960 and became a hit. In that time, the song reached the peak position #32 during eight weeks while in United States, it got the Pop Top 40. Before 60’s, Let’s Have a Party was first recorded by Elvis Presley and Winifred in 1953 and 1957 respectively. From January to June, 2009, Wanda Jackson will be making a series of appearances. Some places she is going to visit are: Tucson, AX (01/10/2009), Felton, CA (01/14/2009), Petaluma, CA (01/16/2009), Long Beach, CA (01/17/2009), Nashville, TN (02/17/2009), New Orleans, LA (04/29/2009) and Bryant, IN (06/04 and 05/2009).

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Album: Out of Our Heads
Genre: Rock and Roll
Writers: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Released: June,m 1965
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Satisfaction or I Can’t Get No Satisfaction its entire title is one of the most acclaimed song of all times. VH1 ranked the song at #1 on the 100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll while Rolling Stones Magazine has positioned #2 on the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Satisfaction represented the first number one hit on US Charts for the Rolling Stones. The song has a kind of sexual intercourse. The whole album also got the first position on Billboard Pop Album. Other song included into this important album were: The Last Time, Good Times, Play with Fire, One More Try and Cry to Me. This year Keith Richards made a duet with George Jones on the Jones’ 2008 album Burn Your Playhouse Down. The Unreleased Duets.

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Album: Runaround Sue
Genre: Rock ‘n Roll
Released: 1961

This is one of the most historical hit on Billboard that was written by Dion and Ernie Maresca. It also reached the peak position eleven on UK Single Chart. The song talks about a man whose ex girlfriend had commitment trouble and run around with other people in the city. Besides, it became so popular for its catchy hook “hey, hey, hum-ba-diddy-diddy”. This year, he released his last album titled, Heroes: Giants of Early Guitar Rock. The album includes songs like: Rave On, I Walk the Line, Summertime Blues, Bye, Bye Love, Sweet Little Rock and Roller, Shake Rattle and Roll, The Wanderer, Runaway and Be-Bop A Lula. The DVD includes 45 minutes features Dion talking about his heroes and friends from the first generation of rock ‘n roll.

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Album: It was a single
Genre: Rock and Roll
Released:  1963
The Fireballs (or Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs), is an American rock and roll group, which were really popular at the end of the 1950s and in the early 1960s. They recorded this song in 1963 at Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending five weeks there. It also reached #1 on the Cashbox magazine charts during three weeks. The song sold over a million copies, earning gold record status and becoming #1 single of 1963 (Top Song Of 1963). It also was a moderated success in UK. “Sugar Shack” was written by Keith McCormack: an American singer, guitarist and songwriter.

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A-side: Don’t
Genre:  Rock, Rock and roll
Released: 1958
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This song was the B-side to song “Don’t” which was released in 1958. “I Beg Of You” spent 12 weeks on the Top 100 chart, peaking at #8. Also, it peaked at #4 on the Rhythm and Blues Chart and #5 on the Country Disc Jockey Chart. “Don’t” and “I beg of you” were huge Elvis’ hits and some reports claim over 1 million copies were sold. The song was written by Rose Marie McCoy, which was one of the most influential and prolific songwriters of the 1950’s and 60’s, and Kelly Owens. Elvis recorded “I Beg Of You” on February 23, 1957 at Radio Recorders, a famous recording studio based in Los Angeles, California.

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Album: Wooly Bully
Genre: Bar Blues, Rock and Roll
Released: 1965
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This song was the one that became famous to Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. Wooly Bully was initially recorded by Big Bo and The Arrows in 1962, but three years later, they made this version that was nominated to a Grammy Award. This single accomplished a record for selling three million copies around the world. Also it got the peak position number two on Billboard Chart during June, 1965. Nowadays, San the Sham is a motivational writer and speaker and in some occasions, he makes concerts.
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Album: N/A
Genre: Rock & Roll
Released: March, 1957

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This song was written by Elvis Presley and Otis Blackweell. It is one of the hits of this artist. Al Shook Up appears #352 into Rolling Stone’s List of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. During 1957, the song was on top the three most important charts on Billboard: Country, R&B and Pop. Elvis Presley continue being a icon and The King of Rock ‘n Roll. His other genres were the rockabilly, rhythm and blues and country rock. His premature death was due to the drug dependency and different health problems at the age of 42. His artist influences were: Hank Snow, Mississippi Slim, Ted Daffan, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills and Ernest Tubbs.
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Album: Everly Brothers Best
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Released: March, 1958
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On the position #141 at the Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time appears this famous song that it was released in 1958 into the album, Everly Brothers Best. The song has had different version, but the other one more common is by Richard Chamberlain in his album Richard Chamberlain Sings. The Everly Brothers is a band integrated for two siblings whose genres have been the rock & roll, rockabilly and country. During 50’s and 60’s, they have an incredible success with many of their songs on the Hot 100. Their last compilation was Give Me A Future in 2005 with songs in the early states of their career like: How Did We Stay Together, Maybe Tomorrow, You’re the One, Don’t Call me, I’ll Call You, Hello Amy, You Can Fly and Who’s to be the One.
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Album: Little Richard
Genre: Rock and Roll
Released: 1955
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When the song was released, it was used like model in the rest of Little Richard Songs and from many other rock and roll songs. During that time- It appears at #43 in The 500 Greates Songs of All Time List by Rolling Stones. This song had different version, one of them was made by Pat Boone who got to superpass the original one, something very common during that time due to racial problems. Other record broken for this song was becoming in the first black record which had an important amount of plays on radio stations, not only for black listeners, but also for white ones. Singer like Elvis Presley and Elton John included this song. As Richard Little as the song was inducted into the Legends and Songwriters of Hall of Fame. At 1993 Grammy Award, Little Richard received a Honorary Lifetime Achievement.
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Album: Bill Haley and His Comets
Genre: Rock and Roll
Released: April, 1960
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The song was the first one of this genre in being a real successful hit. The entire title was “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock Tonight”, but time later was shortened. The song was written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers better known as Jimmy De Knight. Also, Bill Haley & His Comets was an important American rock and roll band founded in 1952 that was active until the dead of his lead singer, Bill Haley, who died on February 9, 1981. Other hits in this album which reached great success were: Shake Rattle And Roll and Crazy Man Crazy. In 1988, Billboard released a compilation album with the top 10 Rock’n'Roll Hits where this song was the track number one.
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