On May 4, 1956, some kids from Norfolk, Virginia, walked into a house in a quiet part of Nashville, Tennessee, and changed the world. It was on that day when “Be-Bop-A-Lula” was recorded by Gene ...
Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps released "Be-Bop-A-Lula" today, June 5, in 1956. 47 years ago today, Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps released the rockabilly classic "Be-Bop-A-Lula" on the Capitol ...
Graham Nash recalled how the classic Gene Vincent song “Be-Bop-A-Lula” was so important to him that it became part of contract negotiations with a record label in 1980. The Crosby, Stills & Nash icon ...
Dickie “Be-Bop” Harrell was the original drummer for Gene Vincent’s Blue Caps. His restrained brush playing and background screams on Vincent’s first and most famous hit, “Be-Bop-A-Lula,” gave that ...
The important thing about the concert held in the Norfolk, Va., municipal auditorium in September 1955 wasn’t so much who was onstage — a pretty boy named Elvis Presley — but who was in the audience: ...
The West End smash hit has arrived for a major new UK tour, starring the giants of RocknRoll Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury and Buddy Holly!In 1960, American rockers Eddie Cochran and Gene ...