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Music History Events: Recordings

May 21, 1962 Dee Dee Sharp records "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)."

May 5, 1962 Chris Montez records "Let's Dance."

April 30, 1962 The Orlons record "Wah Watusi."

April 26, 1962 Sam Cooke records "Having A Party" and "Bring It On Home To Me."

February 26, 1962 Al Hirt records "Java."

February 9, 1962 Neil Sedaka records "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do."

January 23, 1962 Tony Bennett records "I Left My Heart in San Francisco."

December 18, 1961 Sam Cooke records "Twistin' The Night Away."

November 22, 1961 Bob Dylan records six songs for his debut album: "Man Of Constant Sorrow," "Pretty Peggy-O," "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean," "Gospel Plow," "Highway 51," and "Freight Train Blues."

November 20, 1961 Bob Dylan records "You're No Good," "Fixin' To Die," "House Of The Risin' Sun," "Talking New York," "Song To Woody," "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down," "In My Time of Dyin'."

November 14, 1961 The Everly Brothers record "Crying In The Rain" and "That's Old Fashioned (That's The Way Love Should Be)."

October 26, 1961 Elvis Presley records "A Whistling Tune," "Home Is Where The Heart Is," and "Riding The Rainbow."

October 15, 1961 Elvis Presley records "For The Millionth And The Last Time," "Good Luck Charm," and "Anything That's Part Of You."

October 3, 1961 The Beach Boys record their first single, "Surfin'," at World Pacific studios in Los Angeles.

August 21, 1961 Patsy Cline records "Crazy."

June 25, 1961 Elvis Presley records "Little Sister" at RCA Studio B in Nashville.

May 25, 1961 Ral Donner records "You Don't Know What You've Got."

May 4, 1961 The Jarmels record "A Little Bit Of Soap."

March 23, 1961 Elvis Presley records "Can't Help Falling In Love."

March 22, 1961 Elvis Presley records "Blue Hawaii," "Ito Eats," "Hawaiian Wedding Song," "Island Of Love," "Steppin' Out Of Line," and "Almost Always True."

March 21, 1961 Elvis Presley records "Hawaiian Sunset," "Ku-u-i-po," "No More," and "Slicin' Sand."

March 13, 1961 Ricky Nelson records "Travelin' Man."

March 12, 1961 Elvis Presley records "I'm Coming Home," "Gently," "In Your Arms," "Give Me The Right," "I Feel So Bad," "It's A Sin," "I Want You With Me," "There's Always Me"

February 15, 1961 The Marcels record "Blue Moon."

February 3, 1961 Bob Dylan makes his first recordings, versions of "San Francisco Bay Blues" and "Jesus Met the Woman at the Well," at the home of friends Sid and Bob Gleason in East Orange, New Jersey.

December 27, 1960 Ray Charles records "One Mint Julep."

December 19, 1960 The Four Preps record "More Money For You And Me" live at North Hollywood High School.

December 8, 1960 Henry Mancini records "Moon River."

November 16, 1960 Patsy Cline records "I Fall To Pieces."

November 9, 1960 Dee Clark records "Your Friends."