Vincent Eugene Craddock, known as Gene Vincent, was an American musician who pioneered the styles of rock and roll and rockabilly. His 1956 top ten hit with his Blue Caps, "Be-Bop-a-Lula", is considered a significant early example of rockabilly. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. He is sometimes referred to by his somewhat unusual nickname/moniker The Screaming End.
Crazy Legs is a studio album by Jeff Beck and the Big Town Playboys, released on 29 June 1993. The recording is an album of Gene Vincent songs. The album is considered to be a tribute to Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps, and in particular to Vincent's early guitarist Cliff Gallup, who Beck recognized as his biggest influence.
Clifton E. "Cliff" Gallup was an American rockabilly guitarist. Best known as the lead guitarist for American rockabilly group Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps through the 1950s.
"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" is a popular song written by Scotty Wiseman for the 1944 musical film, Sing, Neighbor, Sing and performed by Lulu Belle and Scotty. It was the greatest hit of Wiseman and his wife and one of the first country music songs to attract major attention in the pop music field. Its repeating fourth line is "Well darling, I'm telling you now." Although it was featured in the movie, it wasn't released by them until 1947. The first released version of this song was by Gene Autry in 1945.
"Wedding Bells " is a popular barbershop song composed by Sammy Fain with lyrics by Irving Kahal and Willie Raskin. Published in 1929, the song laments the loss of childhood friendships as they are replaced by adult relationships.
Steven Mark Grossman was an American jazz fusion and hard bop saxophonist.
"Be-Bop-a-Lula" is a rockabilly song first recorded in 1956 by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps.
"Ain't She Sweet" is a song composed by Milton Ager, with lyrics by Jack Yellen. It was published in 1927 by Ager, Yellen & Bornstein, Inc. It became popular in the first half of the 20th century and typified the Roaring Twenties. Like "Happy Days Are Here Again" (1929), it became a Tin Pan Alley standard. Both Ager and Yellen were elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music was a multi-volume set of recordings released by the Smithsonian Institution. Released in 1981, the collection contains 143 tracks deemed to be significantly important to the history of country music.
Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps is an album by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps. It was originally released in 1957, four months after its predecessor, Bluejean Bop. It was released on the Capitol label. It was re-released on CD in 2002. Cliff Gallup and rhythm guitarist, Willie Williams, had left The Blue Caps in the fall of 1956. Gallup was persuaded by producer, Ken Nelson, to temporarily rejoin for the sessions that resulted in the album.
The Everly Brothers is the 1958 eponymous debut album of close harmony country rock duo the Everly Brothers. The album peaked at No. 16 on Billboard's pop albums chart and launched three very successful singles. Originally on the Cadence label, (CLP-3003), the album was re-released on LP in 1988 by EMI and on CD in 2000 by Emporio Records. It was re-released again in 2009 on 180-gram vinyl by Doxy music.
Get Back – Together is the second album by the reformed Liverpool band The Quarrymen, which was the band that, in its original conception, evolved into The Beatles.
An Old Time Christmas is the fifth studio album and the first Christmas album released by country music artist Randy Travis. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA. Randy Travis released a deluxe edition of his classic Christmas album An Old Time Christmas on November 19, 2021 featuring three never-before-released songs. The album, originally released in 1989, is the first Christmas record Travis ever released, kicking off his longtime association with the Holiday season.
Pretty Paper is the first Christmas album and twenty-fourth studio album by country singer Willie Nelson. It was also his last release of the 1970s. Nelson reunited with producer/arranger Booker T. Jones, with whom he had collaborated on the acclaimed Stardust album released the year before.
Instant Karma: All-Time Greatest Hits, a three-disc compilation album of music recorded by John Lennon, is a budget release targeted for sale at warehouse-type stores such as Sam's Club and Costco. The album was released in 2002 by Timeless/Traditions Alive Music under license from Capitol/EMI Special Projects.
Lost Highway is a compilation album by country artist Willie Nelson. It was released on August 11, 2009.
Dreamboats and Petticoats is a 2007 compilation album composed of songs from the 1950s and early 1960s. The compilation remained on the UK Top 40 Compilitation Chart for a total of 157 weeks. Its success led to a series of six similarly themed follow-up compilation albums being released. The series also includes a "Summer Holidays" album, a Christmas album, and a "Best of Del Shannon" album called Runaway.
The Rock Connection is the twenty-seventh solo studio album by Cliff Richard. Released in November 1984 on EMI, the album is a part studio, part compilation album. It includes seven studio tracks recorded exclusively for the album, five tracks from the previous year's limited release album Rock 'n' Roll Silver, one previously released single, and one B-side from 1980.
Bill Jennings was an American jazz guitarist and composer.
"Lotta Lovin'" is a song by American rockabilly singer Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps.
