Genres: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly Active: 50's, 60's, 70's Born: February 11, 1935 in Norfolk, VA
Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran, Carl Perkins, Dale Hawkins, Buddy Holly, Ronnie Hawkins, Rick Nelson, The Everly Brothers, Duane Eddy, Blue Caps, Billy Lee Riley, Jimmy Bowen, Ronnie Self, Molly Bee, Jack Scott, Gene Summers, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Knox The Beatles, X, Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, Robert Gordon, Stray Cats, Rory Justice, George Bedard, Jeff Beck, Gerry & the Pacemakers, Colin Winski, Ray Condo, Teenage Head, Li'l Ronnie & the Grand Dukes, Billy Fury, Johnny Carroll, Shakin' Stevens, Jerry Williams, Vincent Vincent & the Villains, Les Costars |  |
Gene Vincent only had one really big hit, "Be-Bop-a-Lula," which epitomized rockabilly at its prime in 1956 with its sharp guitar breaks, spare snare drums, fluttering echo, and Vincent's breathless, sexy vocals. Yet his place as one of the great early rock & roll singers is secure, backed up by a wealth of fine smaller hits and non-hits that rate among the best rockabilly of all time. The leather-clad, limping, greasy-haired singer was also one of rock's original bad boys, lionized by romanticists of past and present generations attracted to his primitive, sometimes savage style and indomitable spirit.
Vincent was bucking the odds by entering professional music in the first place.
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Release: May 13, 2008
Label: Rev-Ola, Revola
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Release: March 18, 2008
Label: Primo
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