Biography

Rockabilly god Gene Vincent only had one major hit--the epochal "Be-Bop-A-Lula"--but he nevertheless helped to define the genre, with his hiccuping vocals, hard-edged tone, and the backing of his deservedly legendary band the Blue Caps. Many of Vincent's '50s records are rightly revered today as among the greatest of the period. The Virginia-born singer was the archetypal rock & roll bad-boy, with a limp from a motorcycle accident and a predilection for black leather. He survived a subsequent car crash that took the life of peer Eddie Cochran, but finally drank himself to death in 1971.

Top Tracks

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• 500 Miles

• 500 Miles Away From Home

• Ain't That Too Much

• Be-bop-a-lula

• B-i-bickey-bi, Bo-bo-boo

• B-i-bickey-bi, Bo-bo-go

• Bird Doggin'

• Black Letter

• Blue Jean Bop

• Bluejean Bop

• Bop Street

• Born To Be A Rolling Stone

• Cat Man

• Catman

• Crazy Beat

• Crazy Legs

• Cruisin'

• Dance To The Bop

• Double Talkin' Baby

• Five Feet Of Lovin'

• Git It

• Gonna Back Up Baby

• Hurtin' For You Baby

• I Got A Baby

• I Heard That Lonesome Whistle

• Important Words

• In Love Again

• In The Pines

• Jump Back, Honey, Jump Back

• Lonely Street

• Lotta Lovin'

• Love Is A Bird

• North Carolina Line

• Pink Thunderbird

• Race With The Devil

• Rainbow At Midnight

• Red Blue Jeans And A Ponytail

• Red Bluejeans And A Ponytail

• Rocky Road Blues

• Sexy Ways

• Sunshine

• Teenage Partner

• Vincent's Blues

• Wedding Bells (are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine)

• Who Slapped John?

• Woman Love

• Words And Music

Discography

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• A Million Shades of Blue

  Rev-Ola Records

  2008

• The Day the World Turned Blue

  Kama Sutra

  1971

• Gene Vincent (If You Could Only See Me Today)

  Kama Sutra

  1970

• I'm Back and I'm Proud

  See For Miles Records

  1969

• Gene Vincent

  Rock & Roll Heroes

  1967

• Shakin' Up a Storm

  EMI Music Distribution

  1964

• Crazy Beat

  1963

• Crazy Times

  Norton

  1960

• Sounds Like Gene Vincent

  Norton

  1959

• A Gene Vincent Record Date

  Norton

  1958

• Gene Vincent Rocks! And the Blue Caps Roll

  Norton

  1958