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Leo Fender Leo Fender the first mass-produced electric guitar b. 1909 D. 1991 Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean b. 1928 D. 2010 Bobby Hatfield Bobby Hatfield The Righteous Brothers · vocals b. 1940 D. 2003 James Griffin James Griffin Bread · guitar b. 1943 D. 2005
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27 EVENTS 1955–2015
1955 Two weeks after cracking the Billboard R&B Top Ten, Chuck Berry’s “Maybellene” entered the Top 100 chart at #13, eventually peaking at #5. It’s now regarded… 1959 Fats Domino’s “I Want to Walk You Home” entered the Billboard singles chart, where it would climb to #8. Despite racking up eighteen million-selling singles over…
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