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Be-Bop-A-Lula 👏
#GeneVincent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM6uofVsGdI

This is probably my favorite Gene Vincent video clip, with his Clapper Boys (almost) stealing the show:

Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps: Baby Blue (1958, from the movie "Hot Rod Gang")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0AFF1WnagU

I've always liked the record, too, and it's one of the more often played 45s in my collection.

Gene Vincent visited Finland in 1964, being the first of the major 1950s rock'n'roll stars to do so. But even though he made a good impression on those who were lucky enough to see one of his two performances, I doubt that they were nowhere near as ecstatic as this one.

#music #rocknroll #1950s #genevincent #bluecaps #clapperboys #tommyfacenda #hotrodgang

Be-Bop-A-Lula 🙆
#GeneVincent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWFlLYZm0tA

“Ewww, Dad. Rockabilly?” asked my youngest who apparently liked the idea of walking back to Germany from London.

Hope you like to swim, Broseph.

But seriously, I’m a fan of rockabilly. Maybe not rockabilly this old, though I do appreciate the history and its significance to the musical development of acts that I REALLY enjoy, but it’s still a fun time.

Also, feel free to correct me, but isn’t Gene Vincent the first person outside of, say, the regretful minstrel shows and blackface eras of vaudeville and big band that wore what is basically a costume?

I mean, call suits and blazers what you want, but I don’t really count them as COSTUMES unless you’re talking about Patrick Bateman. But before Vincent, that was what everyone was wearing.

Even Link Wray - who famously looked like a badass - got his first hit AFTER Vincent.

Even ELVIS wore blazers and suits back then.

Am I wicked uninformed on my musical history here?

Anyway, yes. I like rockabilly. It’s always weird to think you could hear the… youth of music, but it’s undeniable. The music is faster than anything that came before. It oozed more energy. It worries more parents. It was aimed SQUARELY at kids.

It’s undeniable.

And the musicianship is so good. Guys that cut their teeth playing country and maybe sneaking off to the side to play “black” music (much to the chagrin of their families - just ask at Les Paul) melded supposedly separate genres and came up with something so delightfully American it’s a joy to listen to.

America may be a lot of really shitty things, but it has ALWAYS brought the heat when it came to music and this is no exception.

Rockabilly’s mix of fast-paced rhythm and blues and country tricks makes for a delightful listening experience and I don’t think I’ll ever stop loving it.

#vinylrecords #vinylcollection #recordcollection #vinylcommunity #vinyl #recordoftheday #recordcommunity #musicsky #vinylsky #genevincent #rockabilly #rockabillyrecord #rocknroll #rocknrollrecords #records

Der bereits 1971 mit 36 Jahren verstorbene Gene Vincent, als Rockabilly-Pionier mit "Be-Bop-A-Lula" bekannt gewordene Rock and Roll-Sänger, brachte 1958 mit seinem 4. Album "A Gene Vincent Record Date With The Blue Caps" heraus.
"Git It" war mit der Neuinterpretation von George Gershwins "Summertime" von 1934 eine von zwei ausgekoppelten Singles.

#genevincent
#GitIt
#Rockabilly

#noosphaeremusikkalender2025
#noosphaeremusikkalender
#noosphaeremusik
#theartofrockcovers

Abreißtageskalender mit dem Kalenderblatt des Vinyl-Covers der LP " Gene Vincent Record Date With The Blue Caps" (1958) von Gene Vincent

Be-Bop-A-Lula 🎷
#GeneVincent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9-ZQ9owbU0

Be-Bop-A-Lula 🎺
#GeneVincent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWFlLYZm0tA

Be-Bop-A-Lula 🎺
#GeneVincent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9-ZQ9owbU0

Gene Vincent died on this day in 1971 from a combination of a ruptured ulcer, internal hemorrhage and heart failure.
#GeneVincent

#OnThisDay in 1971, #GeneVincent [Vincent Eugene Craddock], American rock guitarist and vocalist ("Be-Bop-A-Lula"), died of bleeding ulcers at 36. 💐
#RIP

#JukeboxFridayNight
#SongsAboutClothing
#TheyWearItWell

* Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Red Blue Jeans and a Ponytail (on the perfect ' 57 album Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-H1_ony658

#GeneVincent #RockNRoll

* Gene Autry - Cowboy's trademark (1940) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS0WydRg7HY

" But for just this part of his outfit
He never has substitutes
He'll stick to his old sombrero
He'll stick to his high heel boot"

"queerious mixture" 👀

#GeneAutry #EarlyCountry

* Dorothy Dandridge & Paul White - A Zoot Suit (1942) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_ideMIyvy0

-- I need one myself if there's a good soul here :blobcatthumbsup: --

#DorothyDandrige #Zoot

Be-Bop-A-Lula
#GeneVincent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF1AO5ye_x0

Be-Bop-A-Lula
#GeneVincent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGjtFvtjL10

#NowPlaying The CIA invented hippies to keep us from finding out about stuff like this. #GeneVincent, live in Belgium, 1963. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY9SUGHD_QI

Be-Bop-A-Lula
#GeneVincent
https://youtu.be/q9-ZQ9owbU0

Ted Tocks Covers

Be Bop a Lula

Originally posted on July 28, 2019

On this day in 1971, Gene Vincent died as a result of a perforated ulcer. H was only 36 years old.

His influence can be heard in music from the ‘50s right through to the present day.

#GeneVincent #JohnLennon #PaulMcCartney #TheStraycats

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2019/07/28/be-bop-a-lula-todays-hit-song-from-a-pioneer-of-the-early-rock-and-roll-era-musicislife-tedtockscovers-genevincent-johnlennon-paulmccartney-thestraycats/

This should be last one from me this evening, and it was a toss-up: Sly And The Family Stone, or Gene Vincent?

Ah-hah!

Gene Vincent, "You Can Make It If You Try" (1971)

If you've yet to make that discovery, keep going.

"You can make it if you try
Oh you can make it if you try
Oh sometimes you have to cry
Just a little while, try
But you can make it if you try …"

#JukeboxFridayNight #Discovery #GeneVincent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWN9mIMm1dU

#GreatAlbums1950s - #GeneVincent & His Blue Caps – Bluejean Bop! (1956). Like many 50s rockers, Vincent’s LPs fall short of “great” owing to labels’ habit of reserving the best tunes for singles (no “Be-Bop-a-Lula” here or on the 1957 followup). Still, this LP is a rare place to hear a full set by the original Blue Caps – including ace Cliff Gallup on lead guitar. Plus there’s plenty of hellfire in “Jezebel” and “Who Slapped John?” to show why Vincent is a #rockabilly legend.
#GreatRockAlbums