Showing posts with label Gene Vincent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gene Vincent. Show all posts
February 14, 2025
February 11, 2025
45 RPMs 90: Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps – Be-Bop-A-Lula
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Gene Vincent was born Vincent Eugene Craddock on February 11, 1935, in Norfolk, Virginia; he 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.
Vincent dropped out of school in 1952, at the age of seventeen, and enlisted in the United States Navy. He planned a career in the Navy and, in 1955, used his $612 re-enlistment bonus to buy a new Triumph motorcycle. On July 4, 1955, while he was in Norfolk, his left leg was shattered in an auto crash.
He refused to allow the leg to be amputated, and the leg was saved, but
the injury left him with a limp and pain. He wore a steel sheath as a leg brace for the rest of his life. Most accounts relate the accident as the fault of a drunk driver who struck him.
Craddock became involved in the local music scene in Norfolk and changed
his name to Gene Vincent. He formed a rockabilly band, Gene Vincent and
His Blue Caps (a term used in reference to enlisted sailors in the U.S.
Navy). The band included Willie Williams on rhythm guitar (replaced in late 1956 by Paul Peek), Jack Neal on upright bass, Dickie Harrell on drums (died May 31, 2023, at age 82), and Cliff Gallup on lead guitar. He also collaborated with another rising musician, Jay Chevalier of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
Originally, Be-Bop-a-Lula was intended to be the "B" side of the record with Woman Love the "A" side; this is reflected in the promo for the record at the top.
Be-Bop-a-Lula has been covered by The Everly Brothers, The Drifters, Cliff Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, The Stray Catss and dozens of other musicians. .
45 RPM record label
45 RPM record label
Tracklist:
Side 1:
A - Be-Bop-A-Lula, written by Gene Vincent, Sheriff Tex Davis - 2:31
Side 2:
B - Woman Love, written by Jack Rhodes, written by [Uncredited] – Dick Reynolds (3) - 2:28
Companies, etc.
Side 1:
A - Be-Bop-A-Lula, written by Gene Vincent, Sheriff Tex Davis - 2:31
Side 2:
B - Woman Love, written by Jack Rhodes, written by [Uncredited] – Dick Reynolds (3) - 2:28
Companies, etc.
Published By – Lowery Enterprises
Published By – Central Songs, Inc.
Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
Published By – Central Songs, Inc.
Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
Notes:
This version:
Small font
Large Capitol logo
A side: Lowery Enterprises
B side: only 1 writer
Barcode and Other Identifiers
This version:
Small font
Large Capitol logo
A side: Lowery Enterprises
B side: only 1 writer
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (A): 45-15230
Matrix / Runout (B): 45-15231
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched; "3" is stamped): 45-15230-D1 3
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched; "3" is stamped): 45-15231-D1 3
Matrix / Runout (A): 45-15230
Matrix / Runout (B): 45-15231
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched; "3" is stamped): 45-15230-D1 3
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched; "3" is stamped): 45-15231-D1 3
Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps* – Be-Bop-A-Lula / Woman Love
Label: Capitol Records – F3450
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Large Capitol Logo
Country: US
Released: 1956
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Label: Capitol Records – F3450
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Large Capitol Logo
Country: US
Released: 1956
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
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Be-Bop-a-Lula ~
Styrous® ~ Monday, September 7, 2020
December 3, 2021
Gene Vincent articles/mentions
December 2, 2021
20,000 Vinyl LPs 320: The Temperance Seven ~ A Christmas Baby
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The Temperance Seven ~ Those Popular Gentlemen
vinyl LP front cover detail
cover photographer unknown
detail photo of album cover by Styrous®
The Temperance Seven was a British group that specialized in 1920s-style jazz music. It was founded at Christmas in 1955 by students at the Chelsea School of Art: so, it seemed appropriate to feature their album at this time of year. They were also known for their surreal performances and this album is on my "Deseert Island" list (link below).
The Temperance Seven ~ Those Popular Gentlemen
vinyl LP front cover
cover photographer unknown
photo of album cover by Styrous®
The group was in the 1962 British musical comedy film, It's Trad, Dad!, with performances by a variety of dixieland jazz bands and rock-and-roll singers; some of the singers were Del Shannon of Runaway fame, Gary U.S. Bonds, Gene Vincent (Be-Bop-a-Lula), Gene McDaniels, The Paris Sisters of San Francisco and many others. Links to complete cast and plot below.
It's Trad, Dad! movie poster
Those Popular Gentlemen album, by The Temperance Seven, is a delight with songs from the twenties with their whimsical, wacky and carefree abandon!
The Temperance Seven ~ Those Popular Gentlemen
vinyl LP back cover
back cover photographer unknown
photo of album cover by Styrous®
Home In Pasadena
is my favorite song from the album. It charted at #4 on the UK Singles
chart in 1961. The vocal by Paul MacDonald is flawless! This was the follow-up to You're Driving Me Crazy which was a #1 hit. The song was originally recorded in 1924 by and
also Billy Murray and Ed Smalle.
Another favorite of mine, á la the 20's, is Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues, written by Adrian Rollini who is also known for introducing the goofus in jazz music. The song was also recorded by The California Ramblers (which I used in one of the fashion shows I produced for Obiko link below). Some of the members of the Ramblers included Red Nichols, Jimmy Dorsey and Tommy Dorsey.
The Temperance Seven ~ Those Popular Gentlemen
vinyl LP front cover detail
cover photographer unknown
detail photo of album cover by Styrous®
The Temperance Seven is listed as the band for the Spike Milligan and John Antrobus stage play The Bed-Sitting Room, which opened at the Mermaid Theatre on 31 January 1963, with a subsequent production opening on 3 May 1967 at the Saville Theatre.
A film based on the play was released in 1969. The film was directed by Richard Lester and the cast included Ralph Richardson, Arthur Lowe, Rita Tushingham, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Michael Hordern, Marty Feldman, Harry Secombe and Milligan; I remember seeing this film, it's a doozey!
Side 1:
A1 That Certain Party
A2 Hard-Hearted Hannah
A3 Dinah
A4 Sugar
A5 Black Bottom
A6 Chili Bom Bom
Side 2:
B1 Everybody Loves My Baby
B2 Home In Pasadena
B3 Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues
B4 Falling In Love Again
B5 The Charleston
B6 Tiger Rag
Credits:
Arranged By – Josef Kronk
Producer – George Martin
The Temperance Seven – Those Popular Gentlemen
Label: Kapp Records – KL-1287
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1961
Genre: Jazz, Pop
Viewfinder links:
Jimmy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
The Viewfinder 'desert island' vinyl LP list
Net links:
It's Trad, Dad! ~
Smart ~ The Temperance Seven
YouTube links:
The Temperance Seven ~
Everybody Loves My Baby (1962)
Pasadena (1961)
The Temperance Seven ~ Those Popular Gentlemen
vinyl LP back cover
back cover photographer unknown
photo of album cover by Styrous®
Styrous® ~ Thursday, December 2, 2021
March 1, 2021
Chrisma ~ Chinese Restaurant lyrics
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| * | 1 | Thank you | 4:17 |
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| 2 | Black silk stocking | 2:36 | ||||||
| 3 | Lola | 2:52 | ||||||
| 4 | C-rock | 5:29 | ||||||
| 5 | What for | 3:43 | ||||||
| 6 | Wanderlust | 2:14 | ||||||
| 7 | Lycee | 7:38 | ||||||
| 8 | Mandoia | 4:24 | ||||||
| 9 | Thank you | 4:19 | ||||||
| Total playing time | 37:53 | |||||||
Black silk stocking lyrics
| Sensitive her
feeling, when she's Waking in the morning, Black silk stocking Black silk stocking Put your hand inside it, and she'll tell you where to find it, Black silk stocking Black silk stocking And when she is not talking, be sure she wants some rockin' Black silk stocking Black silk stocking If you're not into rockin' you're best to keep on walking Black silk stocking Black silk stocking You think she's going to leave you, but she only wants to see you in her, black silk stocking Black silk stocking |
Lutting
instigation, her spell is captivating, Black silk stocking Black silk stocking Provoking whip, lash lash, please stop smoking Black silk stocking Black silk stocking Ho baby, baby no-ones loving, your degeneration Black silk stocking Black silk stocking Oh baby, no-ones loving, your degeneration Black silk stocking Black silk stocking |
Lola lyrics
| She lives alone Lola, But every night she goes down, to the Chinese where she works very hard there, sipping her cocktails. expenses paid Lola She is performing For a cause, Her glances faking, A deep fascination, She wants information She goes upstairs Lola Clinging on to Another man, She lays him down, down Almond eyes on fire, |
Seducing his mind Behind the smoke and Screenz-a, Lola is a Private eye, She well disguises Her lingering actions, No-one suspecting At the Chinese Lola Killed all those Who did her wrong, Her soul is blazing Whith blood thirsty craving, No-one, objecting |
C-rock lyrics
Let's rocking
Go back rocking
[etc.]
What for lyrics
| What for She likes the way you bore, What for Her foot's inside the door, What for She'll push you to the floor, what for She loves the way you bore What for She likes the way you go What for Her answer's never no, what for She likes to take you so what for She loves you when you're low What for She likes to make you sigh, what for shee seems to get you high what for she's got to get some more what for she loves the way you bore, what for she never did before |
What for She likes the way you know What for She likes it very slow, what for Your mind's about to blow, what for And you're just going to owl got it got it got it what for she likes the way you bore, what for She loves the way you bore Take it, take it, take it, take it, take it, what for We're getting to the core What for, we like the way we bore |
Wanderlust lyrics
| Got the wanderlust you go te the airport and see a plane take off, go to England or take a trip by sea and get off, where you want to get off, write to the boy next door, who always wants to do, what you're just about to do tell him that you like New York city I'm sure he'll like it too - you say you like your nation - so let's take a long vacation Tell your navigator to wait downstairs with his white gloves on, tell him to zip up your bag with his white gloves on take your diamond, so if you've got the money left, you can always sell it here I come, get ready get set fire go, go, go, go, go - you say you like your nation - so let's take a long vacation My transfer agent sens me where I Where I want to go That's a fact He thinks I'm great 'cos I treat him like dirt, like durt, he does me favours But I could do with even better ones, they call him sticky 'cos I treat him like dirt, like dirt, like dirt - you say you like your nation - so let's take a long vacation |
Your transit airman is heating up the engine clear your head, go out and get it instead of watching T.V., and stagnating in your bed, by the window thinking of the next record that you're going to buy, you like Maurice with his safety pin so it's gonna be a Punk one - you say you like your nation - so let's take a long vacation Got the wanderlust it's time to go and do, what you've decided to do Go to Milan Or if not just you take a bike to see a sight I feel free you feel free and how about the boy next door, tell him that you like New York I'm sure he'll like it too - you say you like your nation - so let's take a long vacation |
Lycee lyrics
| I was looking
through Through the, the window pane Tears of rain ran down, And blurred a sight so bad, Revolution now, Somehow, I feel afraid I, I heard her cry out loud, echoes insane, shee feel to the ground, her hand reached out in vain Young, Lycee was young, but now, oh there she lay, who will call her name, Victim of blood red flame, she, a living sun will not come back again |
I, I saw her face Through the, the window pane, I, still hear her cry I feel, I want to die, I, I saw her face Through the, the window pane, I, still hear her cry I feel I want to die |
Mandoia
lyrics
| I'v gotta in
Mandoia An easy hackin in the haia smoking laia I see the hakin of the Maia In Mandoia I feel the iaia to mahoia through my Lala I see the hackin of Ma'haia in Mandoia An easy hackin in the haia smoking laia I see the hakin of the Maia In Mandoia I feel the iaia to mahoia through my Lala I see the hackin of Ma'haia so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... I'v gotta in Mandoia An easy hackin in the haia smoking laia I see the hakin of the Maia In Mandoia I feel the iaia to mahoia through my Lala I see the hackin of Ma'haia I'v gotta
in Mandoia |
I see the hakin of
the Maia In Mandoia I feel the iaia to mahoia through my Lala I see the hackin of Ma'haia so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... |
Thank you lyrics
We would like to thank:
Mr. King: for the wonderful chinese food
Moira: for lending us coffee
Yiannis: for inviting us to pay for meals
The japs: for inventing the American finger tip orchestra
The traffic warden: for the 52 parking tickets
The Queen: for her Silver Jubilee...
Romeo Ongarello: for international telecommunications
The publishers: for allowing us to earn 50% OF OUR RIGHTS
| We would like to
thank: Lonnie Donegan Eddie Cochran Fats Domino Jerry Lee Lewis Little Richard Bill Haley Chuck Berry Wanda Jackson Charlie Watts The Boys Mick Jagger The Saints Bill wyman Iggy Pop Neu (Ney) |
Fats and his Cats Dave Anthony Mods Les Paul Sha-Na-Na Roxy Music Buddy Holly Gene Vincent Jimi Hendrix Jonny Kid Brian Jones Jim Morrison Elvis Presley Marc Bolan Louis Armstrong Bing Crosby |
and to everyone alse we have forgotten in words but not in thoughts
thoughts, thoughts, thoughts, thoughts, thoughts, thoughts
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