ELVIS RECORDED FIRST SONG 60 YEARS AGO
Memphis, Tennessee (JFK+50) "That's All Right Mama" written by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, was recorded sixty years ago today, July 5, 1954, at the Sun Records studio in here in Memphis by a young truck driver named Elvis Aaron Presley.
Presley, who made the record as a birthday gift for his mother, paid $3.98 for the recording.
Elvis sang other songs but none were so unique as "That's All Right Mama".
Sam Phillips, owner of Sun Records, released the record as a single just two weeks later and it became an instant hit.
BIKINI UNVEILED 68 YEARS AGO TODAY
Paris, France (JFK+50) On July 5, 1946, French designer Louis Reard unveiled a two piece swimsuit which he named the "bikini" after the site of an atomic test in the Pacific.
The bikini was modeled by a 19 year old showgirl at the Casino de Paris named Micheline Bernardini.
The swimsuit was made out of 30 square inches of fabric.
The bikini did not become popular in the United States until the early 1960s when Brian Hyland sang the popular song written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss...
"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini".
It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie
Yellow polka-dot bikini
That she wore for the 1st time today
An itsy bitsy teenie weenie
Yellow polka-dot bikini
So in the locker she wanted to stay.
Sales of the bikini spiked after the song was released.
JFK REPORTS ON EUROPEAN TRIP
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) President John F. Kennedy reported to the nation in an address that was broadcast on radio on television about his recent trip to Europe 51 years ago today, July 5, 1963.
The President had returned to Washington, D.C. on July 3rd.
JFK said:
"Today I can report an even deeper tie between the people of Europe and the people of the United States.
I heard expressions of confidence in the United States from leaders of Germany, England, Italy and Ireland and I felt the....affection that their people have for the people of the United States."
Memphis, Tennessee (JFK+50) "That's All Right Mama" written by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, was recorded sixty years ago today, July 5, 1954, at the Sun Records studio in here in Memphis by a young truck driver named Elvis Aaron Presley.
Presley, who made the record as a birthday gift for his mother, paid $3.98 for the recording.
Elvis sang other songs but none were so unique as "That's All Right Mama".
Sam Phillips, owner of Sun Records, released the record as a single just two weeks later and it became an instant hit.
Sam Phillips
Sun Records
Paris, France (JFK+50) On July 5, 1946, French designer Louis Reard unveiled a two piece swimsuit which he named the "bikini" after the site of an atomic test in the Pacific.
The bikini was modeled by a 19 year old showgirl at the Casino de Paris named Micheline Bernardini.
The swimsuit was made out of 30 square inches of fabric.
The bikini did not become popular in the United States until the early 1960s when Brian Hyland sang the popular song written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss...
"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini".
It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie
Yellow polka-dot bikini
That she wore for the 1st time today
An itsy bitsy teenie weenie
Yellow polka-dot bikini
So in the locker she wanted to stay.
Sales of the bikini spiked after the song was released.
Micheline Bernardini
Models the Bikini
Paris, France
July 5, 1946
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) President John F. Kennedy reported to the nation in an address that was broadcast on radio on television about his recent trip to Europe 51 years ago today, July 5, 1963.
The President had returned to Washington, D.C. on July 3rd.
JFK said:
"Today I can report an even deeper tie between the people of Europe and the people of the United States.
I heard expressions of confidence in the United States from leaders of Germany, England, Italy and Ireland and I felt the....affection that their people have for the people of the United States."
