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Harold and Owen Bradley had constructed their Nashville studio a little over a year before Gene Vincent arrived on May 4, 1956. It had been built as a country-music recording base for Decca Records, but times were tough and the brothers were renting it out to anyone who wanted to use it.
Mar 4, 2020 · Gene Vincent fused country music, gospel and the blues into a style of rockabilly that had a harder edge than almost any of his contemporaries. Gene, like so many rock ‘n’ roll musicians from ...
Rating. AllMusic. [2] Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps is an album by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps. It was originally released in 1957, four months after its predecessor, Bluejean Bop!. It was released on the Capitol label. It was re-released on CD in 2002. Cliff Gallup and rhythm guitarist Willie Williams had left the Blue Caps in the fall of ...
Gene Vincent. American rockabilly legend who defined the greasy-haired, leather-jacketed, hot rods-and-babes spark of '50s rock & roll. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1950s - 1970s. Born. February 11, 1935 in Norfolk, VA. Died.
Biography (1935 – 1971) Gene Vincent, Vincent Eugene Craddock in real life, was an American musician who pioneered the styles of rock and roll and rockabilly. His 1956 top ten hit with his Blue Caps, “Be-Bop-A-Lula”, is considered a significant early example of rockabilly. He is a member of the Rock and Roll and Rockabilly Halls of Fame.
Nov 13, 2009 · Gene Vincent would break his collarbone, but beyond that, the only serious injuries among the passengers were Eddie Cochran’s. Having been thrown from the vehicle when it smashed into a light ...
One of the most engaging, if tragic, figures in rock and roll history, Gene Vincent personified the wild, lusty, lower class side of the music as a touring artist. Scoring one of the earliest smash rockabilly hits with the classic "Be Bop-a-Lula" in 1956, Vincent recorded some of the most exciting libidinous rockabilly of the era propelled by ...
