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Gene Vincent (* 11. Februar 1935 in Norfolk, Virginia; bürgerlich Eugene Vincent Craddock; † 12. Oktober 1971 in Newhall, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Rockabilly -Musiker, der vor allem durch seinen Hit Be-Bop-A-Lula bekannt wurde.
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. [2]
Rock and Roll Rebel. Biography (1935 – 1971) Gene Vincent, Vincent Eugene Craddock in real life, 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.
Gene Vincent (born February 11, 1935, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.—died October 12, 1971, Newhall, California) American rockabilly singer whose swaggering, black-leather-clad image defined the look of the rock rebel.
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Vincent began playing the guitar at an early age. Hearing the Grand Ole Opry on the radio and gospel music of the local black churches; he played with neighborhood black musicians on the porch of his parents' country store. After six years the Vicents moved back to Norfolk, and in 1952 at the age of 17 and in the ninth grade, his father signed ...
4. März 2020 · Gene Vincent fused country music, gospel & the blues into a style of rockabilly that had a harder edge than almost any of his contemporaries.
Decked out in leather, roughed up by circumstance, Gene Vincent was an unsinkable, unruly, unrestrained rockabilly maverick.
