January 28 - Elvis Presley makes his national television debut on The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show
December 4 - Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl PerkinsThe article is about Carl Perkins the musician. For the politician see Carl D. Carl Lee Perkins ( April 9, 1932 January 19, 1998) was an American pioneer of rockabilly music, a mix of rhythm and blues and country music that evolved at Sun Records in Memph and Johnny CashJohnny Cash ( February 26, 1932 September 12, 2003) was an American country music singer and songwriter, known to his fans as "The Man in Black". In a career that spanned almost five decades, he was the personification of country music to many Americans a record together at Sun Studios in Memphis, TennesseeMemphis, Tennessee City flag City seal City nickname: "The River City or The Bluff City Location in the state of Tennessee County Shelby County, Tennessee Area Total Water 763. 4 km² (294. 24% Population Total ( 2000) Density 650,100 898. 6/km^2 Time zone. The sessions are later released under the name, the "Million Dollar Quartet"
March 22March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). There are 284 days remaining. Events 238 Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperors 1621 The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Mass - Carl PerkinsThe article is about Carl Perkins the musician. For the politician see Carl D. Carl Lee Perkins ( April 9, 1932 January 19, 1998) was an American pioneer of rockabilly music, a mix of rhythm and blues and country music that evolved at Sun Records in Memph is injured in a car accident near Wilmington, Delaware and spends several months in the hospital. Perkins had been on his way to New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York, to make an appearance on the Ed SullivanEd Sullivan ( September 28, 1902 October 13, 1974) was an American entertainment writer and television host, best known as the emcee of a popular TV variety show that was at its height of popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. Sullivan was originally a show.
April 7 - The first regularly scheduled nationally broadcast rock & roll show, Rock 'n Roll Dance Party, with Alan Freed as host, premieres on the CBS Radio Network.
May 2 - For the first time in Billboard magazine history, five singles appear in both the pop and R&B Top Ten charts. They are Elvis Presley's "Heatbreak Hotel" (#1 pop, #6 R&B), Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes" (#4 pop, #3 R&B), Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally" (#9 pop, #1 R&B), the Platters' "Magic Touch" (#10 pop, #7 R&B) and Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers' "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (#7 pop, #4 R&B). Presley's and Perkins' singles also appeared on the country and westernTop Ten chart at #1 and #2 respectively
Nat King Cole becomes the first major black performer to host a variety show on national television. The Nat King Cole Show was first broadcast on November 5, 1956
December 19 - Breaking the record for the highest number of concurrent singles by a single artist, Elvis Presley holds 9 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Presley would hold the record until 1964 when the Beatles held 14 positions on the chart.
Elvis Presley emerges as one of the world's first rock stars.
Chrysler Corporation provides an in-car turntable 16⅔ rpm record player with 7-inch ultramicrogroove records in its luxury model, the " Imperial". The machine was developed by Peter Goldmark — the man who invented the 33⅓ rpm long playing (LP) record format
