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1957 The movie Jamboree, featuring a scene where Jerry Lee Lewis performs "Great Balls of Fire," debuts in theaters. Also appearing in the film are Fats Domino, Carl Perkins, Frankie Avalon and Connie Francis.

1956 Tommy Steele, billed as "Britain's answer to Elvis," makes his concert debut at Finsbury Park, Astoria, London.

1956 Rock! Rock! Rock!, one of the earliest Rock and Roll movies, opens in theaters. The film features the popular disc jockey Alan Freed along with Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers and LaVern Baker.

1949 Tom Waits is born in Pomona, California.

1931 Bobby Osborne (of The Osborne Brothers) is born in Leslie County, Kentucky.

1924 Pianist/composer Bent Fabric is born Bent Fabricius-Bjerre in Frederiksberg, Denmark.

1924 Rockabilly singer-songwriter Boyd Bennett is born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Known for the 1955 hit "Seventeen."

1910 Louis Prima is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1889 At the Savoy Theatre, the opera The Gondoliers is first performed.

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French Song By Belgian Nun Hits #1 In America

1963

The Singing Nun's "Dominique" hits #1 for the first of four weeks.

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