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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Be bop a lula! Vol.1.
- Lucky Numbers
- Lucky Numbers J
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Known for
- Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World — Self (archive footage)2023
- Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps: Be Bop a Lula — Himself2007
- Eddie Cochran & Friends: C'mon Everybody — Self (archive footage)2004
- Gene Vincent at Town Hall Party2003
- Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2 — Self (archive footage)2003
- Hollywood Rocks 'n' Rolls in the '50s — Self (archive footage)1999
- Blue Suede Shoes — Self (archive footage)1980
- Live It Up!1963
- Hot Rod Gang — Himself1958
- American Bandstand — Self1957
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1935
- Active to
- 1971
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 370,033
- Total plays
- 2,458,882
Tags
Vincent Eugene Craddock (February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971), known as Gene Vincent, was an American rock and roll musician who helped pioneer the rockabilly style. His 1956 top ten hit with his backing band, the Blue Caps, "Be-Bop-a-Lula", is considered an influential early example of rockabilly. His chart success was brief in the United States, where he had three top 40 hits in 1956 and 1957 and did not enter the top 100 again. In the United Kingdom, he achieved greater success, earning eigh
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Quotes
- “I hope my fans remember my name is Gene Vincent and not Gene Autry.”
- “No, not really. I’m a singer. Listen, I never meant to make money. I never wanted it. I’m a singer, man. When I put out a record called "Be-Bop-A-Lula", my only thought was to just make a living singing. But all of a sudden, I was getting $1500 a night. And you take a 19-year old boy and put him in those circumstances … I had a Cadillac and all. It was a bad scene. It shouldn’t have happened on that first record.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Vincent Eugene Craddock , ( 1935-02-11 ) February 11, 1935, Norfolk, Virginia , U.S.
- Died
- October 12, 1971 (1971-10-12) (aged 36), Newhall, California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter guitarist
- Genres
- Rockabilly rock and roll country
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar
- Years active
- 1955–1971
- Labels
- Capitol Columbia Dandelion Kama Sutra
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch
- United States Navy
- Service years
- 1952–1955
- Rank
- Seaman
- Conflicts
- Korean War
via Wikipedia infobox
~18 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Vincent Eugene Craddock (February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971), known as Gene Vincent, was an American rock and roll musician who pioneered the style of rockabilly. His 1956 top ten hit with his backing band the Blue Caps, "Be-Bop-a-Lula", is considered a significant early example of rockabilly. His chart career was brief, especially in his home country of the US, where he notched three top 40 hits in 1956 and 1957, and never charted in the top 100 again. In the UK, he was a somewhat bigger star, racking up eight top 40 hits from 1956 to 1961.
Vincent 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".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gene Vincent” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.