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Sunrise Broadcast Bulletin (Daily Updates)
Sunrise Steaming Directories
Legends Remembered & Celebrated — Sunrise Concerts and Tributes
The History of Sunrise Radio and it's Mission
Birthdays Singers and Song Writers
On This Day With the Beatles Group or Individuals
1969 - The Beatles
Working at Apple studios in London, The Beatles (with Billy Preston on keyboards) recorded ten takes of a new song called 'Get Back'.
1971 - George Harrison
George Harrison became the first solo Beatle to have a No.1 when ' 'My Sweet Lord' went to the top of the UK single charts. The song from his 'All Things Must Pass' album stayed at No.1 for five weeks. The track returned to the top of the UK charts in 2002, following his death.
Music News For The Week
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January 23, 1959 — The "Winter Dance Party tour gets underway with a show at the Million Dollar Ballroom in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Before the tour is over, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper are killed in a plane crash.
1969 — Elvis Presley records "Suspicious Minds" at American Sound, a small studio in Memphis. The song is a huge comeback hit for Elvis and gives him his last #1 hit in the U.S.
2018 — Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond abruptly retires from touring after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.
January 24, 1962 —The Beatles sign their first and only management contract. It is with Brian Epstein at his offices in Liverpool, England, just a few weeks after he’d first seen them play live at the Cavern. Being under the age of 21, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and original drummer Pete Best had to have the legal consent of their parents to enter into a contract.
1970 — James "Shep" Sheppard (shown right, top) of the Heartbeats ("A Thousand Miles Away," 1956) and Shep and the Limelites ("Daddy's Home," 1961) is found shot to death in his car on the Long Island, New York Expressway at age 34, the victim of an apparent robbery.
January 26, 1956 — Buddy Holly's first professional recording session is held at Decca Records' Nashville studio. The songs include “Blue Days, Black Nights,” “Rock Around with Ollie Vee,” “Love Me,” “Modern Don Juan,” and the first version of “That’ll Be the Day,” but none becomes a hit.
January 27, 1956 — RCA Victor releases its first Elvis Presley single, "Heartbreak Hotel." It becomes his first #1 pop hit and is enshrined in the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, at #45 in the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2010 edition), and at #87 in the Recording Industry Association of America's Songs of the Century.
1958 — Little Richard, having abandoned rock 'n' roll, enrolls at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, to study theology towards becoming a Seventh Day Adventist minister.
January 28, 1955 — Twelve-year-old Aretha Franklin gives birth to her first child, a son named Clarence.
1956 — Elvis makes his national television debut on Stage Show hosted by veteran swing bandleaders Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey on CBS-TV in New York.
Sources:
Eight Days a Week (Ron Smith)
On This Day in Black Music History (Jay Warner)
Chronology of American Popular Music, 1900-2000 (Frank Hoffman)
calendar.songfacts.com
onthisday.com/music
The History of Sunrise Radio
As Told in the Tradition of Classic AM Broadcasting
In the early days of the station, before the sun rose on its true identity, the signal carried the call letters KVRA — Keep Vinyl Records Alive. It was a small station with a big idea: to preserve the sound, the spirit, and the craftsmanship of the records that built American radio.
KVRA operated with the same pride as the powerhouse AM stations of the era. Real call letters. Real curation. Real radio.
But as the station grew, something became clear. While other online broadcasters used simple titles and playlists, KVRA carried the weight of a heritage operation — a station with a mission, a memory, and a curator who understood the value of a 45 spinning under a warm stylus.
And so, in the finest tradition of AM evolution, the station stepped into a new identity. The call letters remained part of its foundation, but the broadcast name changed to reflect its purpose.
Today, that station is known as Sunrise Radio.
A place where forgotten singles, regional teeners, R&B promos, and rare artifacts are given a home once more. A station built on the belief that some music isn’t just entertainment — it’s history.
Sunrise Radio proudly carries the motto: “You Can’t Find This Anymore.”
But every sunrise has a beginning. And for this station, that beginning was KVRA — the call letters that lit the first spark and set the tone for everything that followed.
Vault Vinyl and Stories behind the songs
1969 — Elvis Presley records "Suspicious Minds" at American Sound, a small studio in Memphis. The song is a huge comeback hit for Elvis and gives him his last #1 hit in the U.S.
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