bazooka Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Rockabilly music and the cool cats & chicks who dished it out seem underappreciated and almost forgotten nowadays. Janis Martin The Collins Kids Sonny Burgess Wanda Jackson Do you have favorite rockabilly artists or songs? old or new(??) One real classic is Be Bop A Lula by Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps. I like the Perkins Wiggle (with the Dixie Bop) by Carl Perkins (who else?) [Added by Sara] Please read the new image rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denmark Street Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Wanda Jackson was one HOT mama! All her early stuff is great, although her later songs, after she got religion, are disappointing.. Apparently her manager tried to market her as a female Elvis, and she and The King even had a brief romance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 One of Warren Smith's greatest hits was Ubangi Stomp [Added by Sara]Please read the new image rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted July 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Oops. Sorry Sara. I read the new image guidelines, but I failed to recognize that in this case One picture is worth about 32K. I'll restrain myself in the future, but the Devil made me do this. Sonny Burgess We Wanna Boogie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fijihill Posted July 10, 2004 Report Share Posted July 10, 2004 I enjoyed watching Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps perform Be Bop A Lula in the movie The Girl Can't Help It. It's hard to pick a favorite rockabilly tune, because there are so many good ones, but I'll list a few from my collection. Sputnik by Jerry Engler and Friction Heat by Bonnie Lou, which are both from 1958, are about space travel, as is Rocket To the Moon by Moon Mullican (1953). I've never heard a Moon Mullican song that I didn't like. Turning to politics, Estes is the Best by Larry Dean & His Virginia Playboys, perhaps the first rock and roll tune with a political message, was a campaign song for Senator Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.), who ran for president in 1952. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tybalt Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Eddie Cochran died at the age of 21. Cochran (best known for Summertime Blues) also appears in that fantastic movie Girl Can't Help It (performing Twenty Flight Rock). In 1960 Cochran and Gene Vincent toured Britain to wide acclaim. A car crash in London that severely injured Gene Vincent and Sharon Sheely, killed Eddie Cochran. Read this (typo-riddled but) succinct biography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 here's a compilation album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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