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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GENE VINCENT!!!!!!!!!!!ROCKIN PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER....ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN 50'S CARS, HOT RODS, ECT...50'S MUSIC, R&B, BLUES, GENE VINCENT... ANYBODY WHO LOVES ROCKABILLY ROCKIN MUSIC ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* ********************************************************************************************************************** GENE VINCENT BRITISH PRESS CUTTING ---------------------------------- ********************************************************************************************************************* 4TH December 1959) Hopes to remain for three months Gene Vincent, the American rock star who arrives in Britain tomorrow (Saturday), may spend much of the early part of next year in Britain. His visit, which was originally solely for television, has aroused so much interest that he is now trying to clear dates in the U.S. to undertake a three-month British tour in the Spring. Vincent is already booked to head a package that will play twelve Granada theatres in London and the provinces next month… Titled Be-Bop-A-Lula (Gene's disc hit in 1956), the show will also spotlight British artists After his concert at Tooting this Sunday, Gene appears in three ABC TV Boy Meets Girls shows. On Dec. 15, he stars in the Music radio show in Paris. He goes to Germany before the January tour starts ********************************************************************************************************************* APPEARENCES ON T.V AND RADIO SHOWS ---------------------------------- Early August 56 Alan Freed Radio Show USA Ref. No. Title Sources 328 Be-Bop-A-Lula N45V RH 329 Hound Dog N45V RH ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 11.10.57 The Ampol Radio Show AUSTRALIA Ref. No. Title Sources 330 Lotta Lovin RNRRA 331 Be-Bop-A-Lula RNRRA ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 17.11.57 Ed Sullivan TV Show USA Ref. No. Title Sources 332 Dance To The Bop RH2 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 24.10.58? Big Jamboree Radio Show USA Ref. No. Title Sources 333 Bluejean Bop TLDS BDJL 334 Whole Lotta Shakin Going On TLDS BDJL 335 Dance To The Bop TLDS BDJL 336 Lotta Lovin (incomplete) TLDS BDJL ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 25.10.58. Town Hall Party TV Show USA Ref. No. Title Sources 337 Be-Bop-A-Lula TTHPS ATHP 338 High Blood Pressure TTHPS ATHP 339 Rip It Up TTHPS ATHP 340 Dance To The Bop TTHPS ATHP 341 You Win Again TTHPS ATHP 342 For Your Precious Love TTHPS ATHP ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 27.07.59. Town Hall Party TV Show USA Ref. No. Title Sources 343 Rocky Road Blues ATHP 344 Pretty Pearly ATHP 345 Be-Bop-A-Lula ATHP 346 High School Confidential ATHP 347 Over The Rainbow ATHP ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 07.11.59. Town Hall Party TV Show USA Ref. No. Title Sources 348 Roll Over Beethoven TTHPS ATHP 349 Over The Rainbow TTHPS ATHP 350 She She Little Sheila TTHPS ATHP ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 28.05.60. Buena Vacanze TV Show ITALY Ref. No. Title Sources 351 Bluejean Bop RH3 352 Sexy Ways RH3 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 22.02.61. Parade Of The Pops Radio Show UK Ref. No. Title Sources 353 Be-Bop-A-Lula RH5 354 If You Want My Lovin RH5 355 Mister Loneliness RH5 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 14.02.62. Thank Your Lucky Stars TV Show UK Ref. No. Title Sources 356 Tutti Frutti RH9 357 Lucky Star RH9 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 10.10.63.Ancienne Belgique, Brussels BELGIUM Ref. No. Title Sources 366 Rocky Road Blues RH3 367 Be-Bop-A-Lula RH3 368 Long Tall Sally RH3 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 08.03.64? Theatre de Alhambra, Paris FRANCE Ref. No. Title Sources 371 Susie Q ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 19.03.64. Whole Lotta Shakin Going On Granada TV Special UK Ref. No. Title Sources 378 Be-Bop-A-Lula RH4 379 You Are My Sunshine RH4 380 Say Mama RH4 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 31.03.65. Age Tendre Et De Bois TV Show FRANCE (Recorded in UK) Ref. No. Title Sources 389 WhatI Say RH3 390 Whole Lotta Shakin going On RH3 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 23.09.67? La Salle de la Cit Rennes? FRANCE Ref. No. Title Sources 392 Long Tall Sally RH9 393 I Going Home (To See My Baby) SKV 395 Baby Blue RH9 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 24.09.67. Club de Cherbourg FRANCE Ref. No. Title Sources 400 Im Going Home (To See My Baby) RIBV RIB 406 Baby Blue RIBV ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 06.10.67. Salle de la Geneva SWITZERLAND Ref. No. Title Sources 419 Bird Doggin RH7 420 Say Mama RH7 421 Long Tall Sally RH7 422 Im Going Home (To See My Baby) RH7 423 Hi Lili Hi Lo RH7 424 Born To Be A Rolling Stone RH7 425 Good Golly Miss Molly RH7 426 Rocky Road Blues RH7 427 Baby Blue RH7 428 Be-Bop-A-Lula RH7 429 Tutti Frutti RH7 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 16.10.67? Le Palace, Nevers FRANCE Ref. No. Title Sources 394 Born To Be A Rolling Stone SKLV 396 Be-Bop-A-Lula SKLV ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 08.11.69. Royal York Hotel, Isle of Wight UK Ref. No. Title Sources 455 Baby Blue (excerpt) RH6 457 (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (excerpt) RH6 461 Be-Bop-A-Lula RH6 462 Long Tall Sally RH6 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 23.11.69. The Palladium Theatre, London UK Ref. No. Title Sources 471 Say Mama RH8 472 Baby Blue RH8 473 Get Ourselves Together RH8 474 (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle RH8 475 Pistol Packin Mama RH8 476 Rocky Road Blues RH8 477 Good Golly Miss Molly RH8 478 Be-Bop-A-Lula RH8 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 26.06.70. Salle Jeanne Arc, St Etienne FRANCE Ref. No. Title Sources 479 Say Mama RH3 480 Rocky Road Blues RH3 481 Baby Blue RH3 482 Maybelline RH3 483 Whole Lotta Shakin going on RH3 484 Be-Bop-A-Lula RH3 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 25.09.70. San Francisco State College USA Ref. No. Title Sources 485 Sunshine RH 486 (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle RH 487 High On Life RH3 488 Maybelline RH 489 Whole Lotta Shakin going On RH 490 Woman Love RH 491 Be-Bop-A-Lula RH ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* 05.02.71. Coronation Hall, Kingston UK Ref. No. Title Sources 492 Say Mama RH9 493 Rocky Road Blues RH9 494 Baby Blue RH9 495 Good Golly Miss Molly RH9 496 Whole Lotta Shakin going On RH9 497 Im Movin On RH9 498 Be-Bop-A-Lula RH9 ********************************************************************************************************************** ********************************************************** GENE VINCENT AND HIS BLUE CAPS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gene Vincent burst on to the rock-and-roll scene immediately after Elvis Presley had done the same thing, scored big with one top ten song, and went on to be a popular performer in Great Britain before he died at age 36. Vincent Eugene Craddock was born in 1935 in Norfolk, Virginia. As he grew up in Virginia, he passed a lot of time at the store that was owned by his parents. Eventually he joined the U. S. Navy, but left after injuring his left leg in a motorcycle accident in 1953. Following the accident he wore a steel leg brace, and turned his attention to the music business. He joined forces wih a cunning disc jockey in the area named Bill Davis, a.k.a. "Sheriff Tex." Together they came up with a song that was based on Money Honey and cartoon character Little Lulu, and called it Be-Bop-A-Lula. Vincent made a demo of the record, arrangements were made for a back-up group, and a contract was signed with Capitol Records. The group included Jack Neal on bass, Willie Williams and Cliff Gallup on guitar, and Dickie Harrell on drums; they were known as Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps. The song was recorded again in Nashville and released as the B side to Vincent's Woman Love. But it was the Be-Bop-A-Lula side that the record spinners in the radio stations played. It went to number seven on the charts in 1956. Some of his follow-up records such as Bluejean Bop and Race With the Devil did not do well, but the group was invited to appear in the movie The Girl Can't Help It, which they did later in the same year. In 1957 Lotta Lovin' did well on the US charts. The group was rearranged and lead guitar player Johnny Meeks helped to make the group very popular in live shows. Gene Vincent was tempermental, difficult to figure out -- and very talented. With the Blue Caps he had been recording songs for Capitol but the record company refused to go along with the practice of issuing payola, which was rampant in the record business at the time. Vincent, the non-conformist, began to have problems with taxes. The group released another song that did well, Dance To The Bop, then broke up in 1958. A year or so later, Gene Vincent moved to Great Britain, where he had become a very popular singer. Vincent was very good friends with another young, white rock-and-roll star of that era, Eddie Cochran. While riding in a taxi in Chippenham, Wiltshire on April 17, 1960 with Cochran and Cochran's girlfriend, Sharon Sheeley, there was an accident that tragically ended Cochran's life, and injured Gene Vincent. British record producer Jack Good provided him with an image as a rebel, and influenced his style of dress that included leather and a somewhat tough demeanor. He toured extensively in England and continued to be a big draw in live rock-and-roll shows. He also developed a problem with alcohol. Gene's health declined in the 60's and early 70's as the result of constant touring, his various accidents, and his drinking. He returned to the United States later in the 60's and recorded some country songs. He went back to Great Britain in 1969 and 1971, but his physical condition precluded capturing his past glory. Gene Vincent developed ulcer trouble and died in Los Angeles on October 12, 1971.