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Since 2011, Rockabilly Italia has been run by passionate fans, promoting rock’n’roll culture through music, history, record labels, concerts, special projects, visual art and timeless legends.

30/08/2026

⚖️ August 30, 2011 — The battle over Elvis Presley’s music

On this day in 2011, the Elvis Presley estate announced a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Arista Music, claiming that Elvis had been unfairly exploited by his record company during his lifetime.

At the heart of the dispute was a question Elvis could never have imagined in the 1970s: who should profit from his music in the digital age?

The estate sought additional compensation from new forms of revenue including downloads, ringtones and entertainment apps, arguing that the original agreements could not have anticipated these technologies.

But the legal battle eventually ended differently.

On June 1, 2017, the court ruled in Arista’s favor, concluding that Elvis had sold the relevant rights to RCA Records in 1973 for $5.4 million and had been fully compensated under that agreement.

More than forty years after that deal — and decades after Elvis’ death — the extraordinary value of his music was still being debated in court.

🎙️ The King was gone, but the business of Elvis Presley was very much alive.

30/08/2026

30 Aug 1949
Hank Williams - Country Legend went into Herzog Studio in Cincinnati to record 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry'. Williams wrote the song originally intending that the words be spoken, rather than sung. The song about loneliness was largely inspired by his troubled relationship with wife Audrey Sheppard.

30/08/2026

🎙️ August 30, 1959 — Bobby Darin enters the Hot 100 with “Mack the Knife”

On this day in 1959, Bobby Darin’s “Mack the Knife” made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 at #59.

The song had a much older history: it originated in the 1928 German stage work The Threepenny Opera, written by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht. But in Darin’s hands, it became something completely new — stylish, swinging and unmistakably his own.

“Mack the Knife” would climb all the way to #1, become the biggest hit of Bobby Darin’s career and earn him the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

From #59 to an American classic. 🎶

Bobby Darin — “Mack the Knife”
August 30, 1959

#1959

29/08/2026

Step on my Blue Suede Shoes !!!!

🎸 CARL PERKINS — ONE LAST GREAT NIGHT

On September 15, 1997, Carl Perkins took the stage at London’s legendary Royal Albert Hall for the Music for Montserrat benefit concert.

That extraordinary evening brought together some of the biggest names in music, including Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Sting, Mark Knopfler and Phil Collins.

At 65, Carl once again performed the song forever linked to his name — “Blue Suede Shoes.”

It would become one of the final major live appearances of his remarkable career. Just four months later, on January 19, 1998, Carl Perkins passed away at the age of 65.

There was something beautifully symbolic about the final years of his life. In 1996, Perkins released Go Cat Go!, an album featuring an incredible group of artists who admired the man and the music that had helped shape rock ’n’ roll: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, Paul Simon, John Fogerty, Willie Nelson and Bono.

The young man from Tennessee who helped create the sound of rockabilly at Sun Records had lived long enough to see his influence carried around the world by generations of music legends.

Carl Perkins didn’t just wear the Blue Suede Shoes.
He helped build the road that rock ’n’ roll walked on. 🎸

29/08/2026

🎙️ AUGUST 29, 1964 — “OH, PRETTY WOMAN” IS RELEASED!
On this day in 1964, Monument Records released what would become one of the most recognizable songs in Rock & Roll history: Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman.”
Written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees, the song was built around that unforgettable guitar riff and Roy’s unmistakable voice. Just four weeks after its release, “Oh, Pretty Woman” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, while also becoming a major international hit, reaching the Top 10 in fifteen other countries.
The success was enormous: more than one million copies sold in the United States earned Orbison and Dees a Gold Record, while worldwide sales would eventually surpass seven million copies.
More than six decades later, those opening notes are still enough. You hear the riff... and you immediately know what is coming:
“Pretty woman, walking down the street…” 🎶
A timeless record. An unmistakable voice.
Roy Orbison at his absolute best. 🖤
📅 August 29, 1964
#1964

29/08/2026

🌊 AUGUST 29, 2005 — FATS DOMINO RESCUED AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA

When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, one of the city’s greatest musical legends was right in the middle of the disaster.

At 77 years old, Fats Domino had chosen to remain at his home despite evacuation orders, largely because his wife Rosemary was in poor health and traveling was extremely difficult.

As the floodwaters rose, fears spread that Domino might be missing. Thankfully, on August 29 he and members of his family were rescued by boat and taken to a temporary medical shelter at Louisiana State University.

The image of one of Rock ’n’ Roll’s founding fathers being helped from the flooded streets of his beloved New Orleans became one of the most unforgettable human stories of Katrina.

Fats Domino survived the hurricane and lived for another twelve years, passing away in 2017 at the age of 89.

🎹 The music survived. The legend survived. New Orleans survived.

29/08/2026

Jacknife Rockabilly Trio
" Goofin' Around "

29/08/2026

🖤 REMEMBERING JUMPIN’ GENE SIMMONS
On August 29, 2006, rock ’n’ roll lost one of its original characters: Gene “Jumpin’” Simmons, the Mississippi-born singer, songwriter and rockabilly pioneer who recorded for the legendary Sun Records.
Simmons is best remembered for his wonderfully wild 1964 hit “Haunted House,” which climbed to #11 on the Billboard Hot 100, but his career stretched back to the golden days of Memphis rock ’n’ roll, leaving us recordings such as Drinkin’ Wine, The Shape You Left Me In and Peroxide Blonde and a Hopped Up Model Ford.
And there is a fascinating connection that carried his name into an entirely different generation of rock music: Chaim Witz, later famous as Gene Simmons of KISS, adopted the name Gene Simmons in tribute to the rock ’n’ roll singer.
Gene “Jumpin’” Simmons died on August 29, 2006, after a long illness.
🎸 From Sun Records to “Haunted House” — his name and his music remain part of rock ’n’ roll history.
Remembering Jumpin’ Gene Simmons. 🖤

28/08/2026

Remembering Vince Taylor 🖤
On August 28, 1991, rock ’n’ roll lost one of its most charismatic and fascinating figures.
Born Brian Maurice Holden, Vince Taylor became one of the wildest and most distinctive performers of the early British rock scene. Dressed in black leather, with his unmistakable stage presence and explosive attitude, he helped shape an image that would later become part of rock mythology.
His most famous recording, “Brand New Cadillac,” became a true rock ’n’ roll classic, later covered by countless artists — including The Clash — and his influence reached far beyond the charts.
Vince Taylor’s life was turbulent, intense and at times tragic, but his style, his voice and his rebellious spirit remain unforgettable.
Remembering Vince Taylor
July 14, 1939 – August 28, 1991
Rock ’n’ roll never forgets. 🖤🎸

28/08/2026

🎬 ON THIS DAY — AUGUST 28, 1998

On this day in 1998, Warner Bros. released “Why Do Fools Fall in Love,” the biographical film inspired by the extraordinary — and ultimately tragic — life of Frankie Lymon.

Long before the term teen idol became part of popular culture, Frankie was already living it.

In 1956, still only 13 years old, his astonishingly youthful voice exploded from radios across America with “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” as lead singer of Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers. Suddenly, a kid from Harlem was one of the most recognizable young voices in Rock ’n’ Roll.

But behind that unforgettable smile was a much darker story.

Fame arrived incredibly fast. So did the pressures of the music business, adult expectations and, eventually, drugs. His career declined almost as rapidly as it had risen.

On February 27, 1968, Frankie Lymon was found dead from a he**in overdose. He was just 25 years old.

Thirty years later, Why Do Fools Fall in Love brought his story back to the screen, starring Larenz Tate as Frankie, alongside Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox and Lela Rochon. The movie focused particularly on the extraordinary legal battle between three women who each claimed to have been Lymon’s wife — and therefore entitled to his estate and royalties.

But beyond the marriages, the money and the courtroom battles remains the story of a boy who became a star far too young.

Frankie Lymon had one of those voices that seemed destined to last forever.

Sadly, the boy behind that voice never got the same chance. ❤️

🎵 Frankie Lymon — 1942–1968

Who remembers “Why Do Fools Fall in Love”? And have you ever seen the 1998 movie?

#1998

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