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Be Bop A Lula by Gene Vincent
Gene Vincent
Artist Biography For Gene Vincent
Gene Vincent Real Name Vincent Eugene Craddock February 11 1935 – October 12 1971 Was An American Rockabilly Pioneer Musician Best Known For His Hit Be-Bop-A-Lula. He Performed With His Backing Band The Blue Caps. After Be-Bop-A-Lula Had Become A Huge Hit In 1956 Peaking At #7 And Spending 20 Weeks In The Billboard Pop Chart Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps Often Mis-Named As 'the' Blue Caps Were Unable To Follow It Up With The Same Level Of Commercial Success But Released Critically Acclaimed Songs Like Race With The Devil #96 In Billboard And Bluejean Bop #49 . Following A Visit To Europe In 1959 Vincent Managed To Attract A New Huge And Discerning Audience There Especially In England And France. By That Time His Career Had Mostly Ended In The US. In 1960 While On Tour In Britain Vincent And Songwriter Sharon Sheeley Were Seriously Injured In A High-Speed Traffic Accident. Vincent Broke His Ribs Collarbone And Added Further Damage To His Already Weak Leg Which He Had Injured In A Motorcycle Accident In 1955 And Refused To Have Amputated And Sheeley Suffered A Broken Pelvis. Both Vincent And Sheeley Survived But The Accident Killed Vincent's Tourmate And Sheeley's Fiancé Eddie Cochran. Vincent Subsequently Moved To England In 1963. His Stage Shows Became "must See" Events And His Bands Through Those Years Were To Spawn Some Of The Most Respected Players In The World Today. It Was During His Early Tours Of Britain That He Adopted The Trademark Leather Outfit At The Suggestion Of British Rock 'n' Roll Impressario Jack Good.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Be-Bop-a-Lula
Gene-Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula
"Be-Bop-A-Lula" Is A Rockabilly Song First Recorded In 1956 By Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps. The First Recording Of The Song Was At Owen Bradley's Studio In Nashville Tennessee On May 4 1956. The Backing Band Comprised Cliff Gallup Lead Guitar "Wee" Willie Williams Rhythm Guitar "Jumpin'" Jack Neal String Bass And Dickie "Be Bop" Harrell Drums . The Song Was Released In June 1956 On Capital Records And Immediately Sold Well. In April 1957 The Record Company Announced That Over 2 Million Copies Had Been Sold. The Song Peaked At # 7 On The US Billboard Music Chart While In The UK It Peaked At # 16. The Writing Of The Song Is Credited To Gene Vincent And His Manager Bill "Sheriff Tex" Davis. "Be-Bop-A-Lula" Has Been Covered By Numerous And Varied Artists.
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Biography - Gene Vincent
Gene Vincent Real Name Vincent Eugene Craddock February 11 1935 – October 12 1971 Was An American Rockabilly Pioneer Musician Best Known For His Hit Be-Bop-A-Lula. He Performed With His Backing Band The Blue Caps. After Be-Bop-A-Lula Had Become A Huge Hit In 1956 Peaking At #7 And Spending 20 Weeks In The Billboard Pop Chart Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps Often Mis-Named As 'the' Blue Caps Were Unable To Follow It Up With The Same Level Of Commercial Success But Released Critically Acclaimed Songs Like Race With The Devil #96 In Billboard And Bluejean Bop #49 . Following A Visit To Europe In 1959 Vincent Managed To Attract A New Huge And Discerning Audience There Especially In England And France. By That Time His Career Had Mostly Ended In The US. In 1960 While On Tour In Britain Vincent And Songwriter Sharon Sheeley Were Seriously Injured In A High-Speed Traffic Accident. Vincent Broke His Ribs Collarbone And Added Further Damage To His Already Weak Leg Which He Had Injured In A Motorcycle Accident In 1955 And Refused To Have Amputated And Sheeley Suffered A Broken Pelvis. Both Vincent And Sheeley Survived But The Accident Killed Vincent's Tourmate And Sheeley's Fiancé Eddie Cochran. Vincent Subsequently Moved To England In 1963. His Stage Shows Became "must See" Events And His Bands Through Those Years Were To Spawn Some Of The Most Respected Players In The World Today. It Was During His Early Tours Of Britain That He Adopted The Trademark Leather Outfit At The Suggestion Of British Rock 'n' Roll Impressario Jack Good. read less
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"Be-Bop-A-Lula" is a rockabilly song first recorded in 1956 by Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps.
The first recording of the song was at Owen Bradley's studio in Nashville, Tennessee on May 4, 1956. The backing band comprised Cliff Gallup (lead guitar), "Wee" Willie Williams (rhythm guitar), "Jumpin'" Jack Neal (string bass), and Dickie "Be Bop" Harrell (drums). The song was released in June 1956 on Capital Records and immediately sold well. In April 1957, the record company announced that over 2 million copies had been sold. The song peaked at # 7 on the US Billboard music chart, while in the UK it peaked at # 16. The writing of the song is credited to Gene Vincent and his manager, Bill "Sheriff Tex" Davis.
"Be-Bop-A-Lula" has been covered by numerous and varied artists. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.