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    Vincent Eugene Craddock (February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971), known as Gene Vincent, was an American rock and roll musician who pioneered the style...
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    and roll band of the 1950s, the backing band for early rockabilly icon Gene Vincent. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, as part...
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  • "Sweet Gene Vincent" is a song and single by Ian Dury. Taken from his first solo album New Boots and Panties!! it was his second solo single and third...
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  • 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...
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  • Be-Bop-a-Lula (category Gene Vincent songs)
    rockabilly song first recorded in 1956 by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps. The writing of the song is credited to Gene Vincent and his manager, Bill "Sheriff Tex"...
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    with Gene Vincent in April 1960. On April 16, after they had just performed at the Bristol Hippodrome, on their way to their next venue, Vincent, Cochran...
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  • Bluejean Bop! (category Gene Vincent albums)
    debut studio album by American rockabilly singer and his backing band Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps, featuring rock and roll music as well as covers of...
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  • 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...
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  • group Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps throughout the 1950s. In February 1956, local radio DJ Sheriff Tex Davis (William Douchette, 1914–2007) heard Gene Vincent...
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    songwriter Adam Mitchell, Vincent was brought in as the replacement for guitarist Ace Frehley. Vincent's personality meshed well with Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley...
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    "RCS - Gene Vincent page". Rcs-discography.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2014. "RCS - pics of Gene Vincent recordings"...
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  • music hall and early rock and roll, courtesy of Dury's musical hero Gene Vincent. Consisting mostly of love songs and character stories based on the working-class...
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  • managed the careers of rock acts such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Gene Vincent, Air Supply, Small Faces, The Move, Black Sabbath, Electric Light Orchestra...
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    artist Gene Vincent. After hearing Vincent's hit single "Be-Bop-a-Lula" in the 1956 musical comedy film The Girl Can't Help It, he idolised him. Vincent also...
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    tricks, he said, "That's for me". Cliff Gallup, lead guitarist with Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps, was also an early musical influence, followed by B...
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  • Gene Vincent de Paul (June 17, 1919 – February 27, 1988) was an American pianist, composer and songwriter. Born in New York City, he served in the United...
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    from the 1950s, was heavily influenced by Eddie Cochran, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, and Bill Haley & His Comets. The Stray Cats quickly developed a large...
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    Gene Borrello (born June 6, 1984) is an Italian-American criminal and former associate of the Bonanno crime family one of the Five Families. He later became...
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    (1923–1967, aged 44) had a perforated ulcer and died on December 17, 1967. Gene Vincent (1935–1971, aged 36) had a ruptured stomach ulcer and died on October...
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    1950s rock and roll and R&B, played by artists including Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, and Bo Diddley, as well as British rock and roll musicians such as Billy...
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  • It is a blues tune with bullet mic vocals, including portions of the Gene Vincent 1958 song "Baby Blue" (specifically, one verse – featured here as the...
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    longtime producer John Jennings, her discography includes covers of Gene Vincent, Lucinda Williams, and Dire Straits, among others. Mary Chapin Carpenter...
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  • Hammer Band The Lords Jimmy Smith Big Joe Turner – Classic Jazz Records Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps – 1956 Capitol Ben Webster, Frank Rosolino – Contemporary...
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    wrestler, bit-part actor, and UK tour manager for acts such as Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent and the Animals, before getting involved briefly in band management with...
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    Presley, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Everly Brothers, Gene Vincent, Pat Boone, and Eddie Cochran, recorded covers of his works. Richard...
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  • Richard as himself Eddie Cochran as himself The Platters as themselves Gene Vincent as himself The Treniers as themselves Eddie Fontaine as himself The Chuckles...
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    two songs which were recorded by Gene Vincent: "I Might Have Known", which was on the album Sounds Like Gene Vincent (Capitol Records, 1959), and "Gone...
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  • included Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent. Chuck Berry's 1955 classic "Maybellene" in particular features a distorted...
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  • Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo (category Gene Vincent songs)
    album The Price to Play The Alan Price Set (1966) Shelby Flint (1966) Gene Vincent (1967) Jimmy Durante Tim Buckley on the album Dream Letter: Live in London...
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  • originals. Of the covers, "Blue Jean Bop" was written and recorded by Gene Vincent in 1956. "She Said Yeah" had been recorded by Larry Williams. "All Shook...
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