Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps

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Be-Bop-a-Lula 00:00 Tools
Race With The Devil 02:05 Tools
Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine) 02:31 Tools
Blue Jean Bop 02:24 Tools
Crazy Legs 02:12 Tools
Jump Back, Honey, Jump Back 02:03 Tools
Be-Bop-A-Lula - 2002 - Remastered 02:36 Tools
I Flipped 02:28 Tools
Jezebel 02:21 Tools
Ain't She Sweet 02:28 Tools
Jumps, Giggles, And Shouts 02:52 Tools
Bluejean Bop 02:28 Tools
Lotta Lovin' 02:10 Tools
Gonna Back Up Baby 02:27 Tools
Who Slapped John 01:59 Tools
Wedding Bells 02:33 Tools
Woman Love 02:30 Tools
Be Bop A Lula 02:35 Tools
B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go 02:14 Tools
Bop Street 02:28 Tools
Cat Man 02:18 Tools
Cruisin' 02:11 Tools
Peg O' My Heart 02:34 Tools
Waltz of the Wind 02:40 Tools
Who Slapped John? 01:57 Tools
Race With The Devil - Digitally Remastered 02 02:03 Tools
Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me 02:14 Tools
Jumps, Giggles And Shouts 02:54 Tools
Dance to the Bop 02:54 Tools
Say Mama 02:09 Tools
Pink Thunderbird 02:32 Tools
Double Talkin' Baby 02:11 Tools
Lazy River 02:20 Tools
You Told a Fib 02:20 Tools
Red Blue Jeans And A Pony Tail 02:15 Tools
Up a Lazy River 02:20 Tools
You Better Believe 02:00 Tools
Well, I Knocked Bim Bam 02:15 Tools
B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Bo 00:00 Tools
Pretty, Pretty Baby 02:29 Tools
Unchained Melody 02:37 Tools
She She Little Sheila 02:27 Tools
Five Feet Of Lovin' 02:08 Tools
Blues Stay Away from Me 02:16 Tools
Well, I Knocked, Bim Bam 02:14 Tools
Git It 02:26 Tools
Cruisin' - 2002 Digital Remaster 02:13 Tools
I Sure Miss You 02:37 Tools
Red Blue Jeans And A Pony Tail - 2002 Digital Remaster 02:15 Tools
Five Days, Five Days 02:38 Tools
Wild Cat 02:23 Tools
Blue Jean Bop - Digitally Remastered 02 02:24 Tools
Rocky Road Blues 02:08 Tools
Unchained Melody - 2002 Digital Remaster 02:38 Tools
Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me - 2002 Digital Remaster 02:16 Tools
B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go - 2002 Digital Remaster 02:17 Tools
In My Dreams 02:39 Tools
Cat Man - 2002 Digital Remaster 02:19 Tools
Wear My Ring 02:36 Tools
Baby Blue 02:28 Tools
Blues Stay Away From Me - 2002 Digital Remaster 02:16 Tools
Important Words 02:24 Tools
Jump Back, Honey 02:15 Tools
Red Blue Jeans and a Ponytail 02:16 Tools
Double Talkin' Baby - 2002 Digital Remaster 02:13 Tools
You'll Never Walk Alone 02:34 Tools
I Got A Baby 02:05 Tools
Pink Thunderbird - 2002 Digital Remaster 02:33 Tools
Pretty, Pretty Baby - 2002 Digital Remaster 02:28 Tools
You Told A Fib - 2002 Digital Remaster 02:22 Tools
Well, I Knocked, Bim Bam - Digitally Remastered 02 02:14 Tools
Be-Bop-A-Lula (2002 - Remastered) 02:36 Tools
Jezebel - Digitally Remastered 02 02:25 Tools
Five Feet Of Lovin' - 2002 Digital Remaster 02:07 Tools
You Better Believe - 2002 Digital Remaster 02:02 Tools
Who Slapped John? - Digitally Remastered 02 01:59 Tools
I Sure Miss You - 2002 Digital Remaster 02:39 Tools
Five Days, Five Days - 2002 Digital Remaster 02:38 Tools
I Flipped - Digitally Remastered 02 02:26 Tools
Well, I Knocked Him, Bim Bam 02:14 Tools
Summertime 02:55 Tools
Jump Back, Honey, Jump Back - Digitally Remastered 02 02:01 Tools
Ain't She Sweet - Digitally Remastered 02 02:30 Tools
My Heart 02:30 Tools
Woman Love - Digitally Remastered 02 02:34 Tools
Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine) - Digitally Remastered 02 02:32 Tools
Rollin' Danny 02:05 Tools
Jumps, Giggles And Shouts - Digitally Remastered 02 02:51 Tools
Teenage Partner 02:18 Tools
Bop Street - Digitally Remastered 02 02:25 Tools
Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Heart Of Mine) 02:31 Tools
Important Words - 2002 Digital Remaster 02:22 Tools
Be-Bop-A-Lula (2002 Digital Remaster) 02:36 Tools
Teenage Partner - 2002 Digital Remaster 02:15 Tools
Be-Bop A Lula 02:37 Tools
Waltz Of The Wind - Digitally Remastered 02 02:43 Tools
True To You 02:25 Tools
Crazy Legs - Digitally Remastered 02 02:12 Tools
Jumps, Giggles & Shouts 02:53 Tools
Gonna Back Up Baby - Digitally Remastered 02 02:26 Tools
Lotta Lovin’ 02:11 Tools
Lotta Lovin 02:10 Tools
Over the Rainbow 02:55 Tools
Lazy River - Digitally Remastered 02 02:22 Tools
Walking Home From School 02:36 Tools
Brand New Beat 02:31 Tools
Somebody Help Me 02:11 Tools
Peg O' My Heart - Digitally Remastered 02 02:37 Tools
Race With The Devil (Digitally Remastered 02) 02:03 Tools
Pretty Pretty Baby 02:25 Tools
Hey, Good Lookin' 02:41 Tools
Flea Brain 02:04 Tools
Be-Bop-A-Lula  02:36 Tools
Wildcat 02:26 Tools
Look What You Gone and Done To Me 02:24 Tools
Teenage Partner '58 02:53 Tools
Rip It Up 02:33 Tools
Well I Knocked & I Knocked 02:12 Tools
Right Now 02:13 Tools
I Got It 02:07 Tools
The Wayward Wind 02:45 Tools
Be-Bop-A-Lula (Digitally Remastered) 02:39 Tools
Be-Bop-A-Lula [*] 02:36 Tools
Keep It A Secret 02:05 Tools
Jumps Giggles and Shouts 02:53 Tools
Beautiful Brown Eyes - Take 16 02:21 Tools
Race With the Devil [*] 02:03 Tools
Be-Bop-A-Lula (Digitally Remastered) 02:39 Tools
Woman Love [*] 02:33 Tools
By the Light of the Silvery Moon 02:01 Tools
Jumps Giggles & Shouts 02:51 Tools
Lonesome Boy 01:44 Tools
Little Lover 01:57 Tools
Be Bop-a-Lula 02:51 Tools
Peace of Mind 02:24 Tools
I Love You 01:51 Tools
Be-Bop-A-Lula - Master-Take 2 02:10 Tools
You belong to me 02:26 Tools
Your Cheatin' Heart 02:09 Tools
The Night Is So Lonely 01:39 Tools
Lady Bug 02:01 Tools
Five Feet Of Lovin' '58 02:17 Tools
Unchained Melody (2002 Digital Remaster) 02:37 Tools
Be - Bop - A - Lula 01:27 Tools
Be Bop Boogie Boy 01:46 Tools
Well, I Knocked Him, Bim Bam [*] 02:01 Tools
Important Words - Take 10 02:08 Tools
Dance In The Street 01:27 Tools
My Love (In Love Again) 02:22 Tools
Frankie and Johnnie 02:39 Tools
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) 02:50 Tools
Blue Jean Bop (Digitally Remastered 02) 02:22 Tools
Be Bop A Lula 02:09 Tools
Yes, I Love You, Baby 02:49 Tools
Red Blue Jeans And A Pony Tail (2002 Digital Remaster) 02:14 Tools
Double Talkin' Baby (2002 Digital Remaster) 02:12 Tools
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 03:54 Tools
B-I-Bickey-By Bo-Bo-Go 02:17 Tools
Walkin' Home from School 02:33 Tools
Maybelline 02:26 Tools
Should I Ever Love Again 02:45 Tools
Who Slapped John? (Digitally Remastered 02) 02:11 Tools
Jump, Giggles & Shouts 02:53 Tools
Catman 00:00 Tools
Time Will Bring You Everything 02:13 Tools
Jump Back Honey 02:03 Tools
It's No Lie 01:59 Tools
Yes I Love You Baby 02:04 Tools
Peg O' My Heart (Digitally Remastered 02) 02:03 Tools
Crazy Legs (Digitally Remastered 02) 02:12 Tools
Blue Jean Bop - Digitally Remastered 90 02:12 Tools
Important Words - Digitally Remastered 90 02:26 Tools
The Night Is So Lonely (2) 02:04 Tools
Introduction 00:52 Tools
Red Blue Jeans And Ponytail 02:20 Tools
Cruisin' (2002 Digital Remaster) 02:12 Tools
Spaceship To Mars 02:12 Tools
Pistol Packin' Mama 02:10 Tools
The Night Is So Lonely (1) 02:39 Tools
Blue Jean Bop (Digitally Remastered 90) 02:31 Tools
Ain't She Sweet (Digitally Remastered 02) 01:59 Tools
Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine) (Digitally Remastered 02) 02:31 Tools
Lovely Loretta 02:05 Tools
Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me (2002 Digital Remaster) 02:14 Tools
That Old Gang Of Mine 02:29 Tools
Should I Ever Fall in Love Again 02:48 Tools
Jump Back Honey Jump Back 02:39 Tools
In My Dreams (Studio Version) 02:38 Tools
Gonna Back Up Baby (Digitally Remastered 02) 02:48 Tools
I Flipped (Digitally Remastered 02) 02:39 Tools
Red Bluejeans and a Pony Tail 02:14 Tools
Lotta Lovin' (Home Version) 02:08 Tools
Cat Man (2002 Digital Remaster) 02:17 Tools
Be Bop A Lula (Live) 02:13 Tools
01 Be-bop-a-lula 02:38 Tools
Woman Love (Digitally Remastered 02) 02:17 Tools
Dance To The Bop - Performed live on The Ed Sullivan Show 11/17/57 01:42 Tools
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps 02:39 Tools
Beautiful Brown Eyes 02:17 Tools
King Of Fools 02:13 Tools
In My Dreams (Home Version) 03:37 Tools
Pink Thunderbird (2002 Digital Remaster) 03:37 Tools
02 Race With The Devil 02:08 Tools
Well, I Knocked, Bim Bam (Digitally Remastered 02) 02:32 Tools
Cliff's Gallup 02:08 Tools
Wedding Bells (Are Breakin Up That Old Gang Of Mine) 02:35 Tools
Hey Mama (Say Mama) 01:27 Tools
Pretty, Pretty Baby (2002 Digital Remaster) 02:26 Tools
Why Don't You People Learn How to Drive 01:51 Tools
Red Bluejeans and a Ponytail 02:16 Tools
You Better Believe (2002 Digital Remaster) 02:01 Tools
Important Words (2002 Digital Remaster) 02:21 Tools
On My Mind (Home Version) 02:05 Tools
Jezebel (Digitally Remastered 02) 02:24 Tools
Race With The Devil (Digitally Remastered) 02:05 Tools
Waltz Of The Wind (Digitally Remastered 02) 02:05 Tools
Blues Stay Away From Me (2002 Digital Remaster) 02:15 Tools
Five Days, Five Days (2002 Digital Remaster) 02:37 Tools
Jump Back, Honey Jump Back 02:03 Tools
You Told A Fib (2002 Digital Remaster) 02:21 Tools
Who's Pushin' Your Swing 02:07 Tools
Jumps, Giggles And Shouts (Digitally Remastered 02) 01:51 Tools
Be Bop a Lu La 01:42 Tools
Blue Jean Bop (Live '58) 01:42 Tools
03 Woman Love 02:35 Tools
Jump Back, Honey, Jump Back (Digitally Remastered 02) 02:00 Tools
Hound Dog (Live) 02:09 Tools
Bop Street (Digitally Remastered 02) 02:09 Tools
dance to the bop (live '58) 02:09 Tools
14 Double Talkin' Baby 01:42 Tools
Lotto Lovin' (Studio version) 01:42 Tools
Bluejean Bop (Digitally Remastered) 02:27 Tools
Story of the Rockers 02:27 Tools
Who's Pushing Your Swing? 01:57 Tools
Look What You've Gone And Done To Me 02:31 Tools
Five Feet Of Lovin' (2002 Digital Remaster) 02:06 Tools
05 Jump Back Honey 02:03 Tools
09 Crazy Legs 02:13 Tools
Teenage Partner - Version One 02:24 Tools
On My Mind 02:04 Tools
Hey Mama (Say Mama) [Ronnie Dawson on Guitar] 02:16 Tools
11 Cruisin' 02:17 Tools
Teenage Partner (2002 Digital Remaster) 02:14 Tools
04 Who Slapped John 02:00 Tools
B-I-Bickey-Bi Bo-Bo-Go 02:17 Tools
B-I-Bicky Bi Bo Bo Go 02:16 Tools
Woman Love (1956) 02:04 Tools
The Night Is So Lonley 02:17 Tools
Be-Bop-A-Lula (Master-Take 2) 02:10 Tools
12 Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me 02:21 Tools
06 Blue Jean Bop 02:25 Tools
15 Pink Thunderbird 02:25 Tools
Wedding Bells (Are Breakin' Up That Old Gang of Mine) 02:31 Tools
07 Bop Street 02:28 Tools
Ain't That Too Much 02:28 Tools
Well I Knocked Bim Bam 02:14 Tools
08 Jump, Giggles & Shouts 02:53 Tools
Ready Teddy 01:51 Tools
17 You Told A Fib 02:53 Tools
Bluejean Bop (Digitally Remastered) 02:29 Tools
I Sure Miss You (2002 Digital Remaster) 02:37 Tools
Git It - Bob Kelly 02:37 Tools
Bi Bickey Bi Bo Bo Bo Go 02:37 Tools
Peg O'My Heart 01:56 Tools
Vincent's Blues 02:07 Tools
In Love Again 01:56 Tools
Hey Mama 02:37 Tools
B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go (2002 Digital Remaster) 02:15 Tools
Be-Bop-A-Lula [Bonus Track] 02:28 Tools
Race With The Devil [Bonus Track] 02:49 Tools
Jumps, Giggles And Shouts (Digitally Remastered) 02:54 Tools
Hey Good Looking 02:29 Tools
Ruby Baby 02:15 Tools
16 Red Blue Jeans And Ponytail 02:54 Tools
Woman Love [Bonus Track] 02:49 Tools
23 Well, I Knocked Bim Bam 02:17 Tools
Hey Hey Hey Hey 02:17 Tools
Hot Rod Gang 01:43 Tools
Lotta Lovin' - Norton Johnson 02:17 Tools
Be-Bop-A-Lula (Remastered) 02:35 Tools
Maybe 02:24 Tools
Darlene 02:42 Tools
Mister Loneliness 01:56 Tools
10 Cat Man 02:24 Tools
13 B-i-Bickey-Bi, Bo-bo-go 02:24 Tools
Important words '56 02:24 Tools
Crusin' 02:17 Tools
24 Brand New Beat 02:33 Tools
White Lightnin' 02:33 Tools
Look What I've Got 02:33 Tools
Nerviosus (Home version) 01:07 Tools
Hot Time In Nashville 01:07 Tools
You're Beginning To Change 02:17 Tools
I Don't Feel Like Rockin' Tonight - Grady Owen 01:43 Tools
Be-Bop-A-Lula (1956) 01:43 Tools
You Are The One For Me 02:22 Tools
18 Wear My Ring 02:28 Tools
27 Should I Ever Fall In Love Again 02:28 Tools
cruisin 02:07 Tools
20 Dance To The Bop 02:49 Tools
Gonna Back Up Baby [Bonus Track] 02:22 Tools
Red Blue Jeans And Pony Tail 02:17 Tools
I Don't Feel Like Rockin' Tonight 01:56 Tools
25 Flea Brain 02:06 Tools
Why Don't You People Learn To Drive? 02:06 Tools
Think of Me 02:06 Tools
Say Mamma 01:07 Tools
Who's Pushining Your Swing? - Darrell Glenn 02:06 Tools
Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine) - Gene 02:31 Tools
Lotta Lovin’ (Digitally Remastered) 02:31 Tools
I'm Going Home 02:31 Tools
Blue eyes crying in the rain 02:31 Tools
Right Here On Earth 02:43 Tools
Everybody's Got A Date But Me 02:08 Tools
Who Slapped John ? 01:56 Tools
Big Fat Saturday Night 01:59 Tools
Lotta Lovin' (Digitally Remastered) 02:13 Tools
Lonesome 01:42 Tools
Lazy River (Digitally Remastered 02) 01:42 Tools
Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up 02:31 Tools
Crazy Legs [Bonus Track] 02:24 Tools
21 Gonna Back Up Baby 02:29 Tools
26 Rollin' Danny 02:29 Tools
My Love 01:51 Tools
Nervous 01:56 Tools
Good Golly Miss Molly 02:49 Tools
Be-Bop_A-Lula 02:49 Tools
30 Lazy Liver 01:56 Tools
Be Bop A Lula - Gene Vincent 01:56 Tools
Lotta Lovin' (Live '58) 01:56 Tools
Somebody Help Me - Bob Kelly 01:56 Tools
Lotta Lovin' (Live) 02:17 Tools
28 Jezebel 01:56 Tools
All Too Soon They Grow Up 01:56 Tools
He Made It All Possible 01:56 Tools
Pistol Packin' Mamma 01:56 Tools
Bird Doggin' 01:56 Tools
Someone's Gonna Get Hurt 02:06 Tools
Race With The Devil (Digitally Remastered 02) (Digitally Remastered 02) 01:56 Tools
Lonesome Whistle 01:56 Tools
Can't Help Loving You 01:56 Tools
Red Blue Jeans & A Ponytail 02:19 Tools
Who's Pushing Your Swing 01:58 Tools
Now Is The Hour 02:15 Tools
Pretty Pearly 02:25 Tools
High Blood Pressure 03:27 Tools
I Might Have Known 02:18 Tools
Hold Me Hug Me Rock Me 02:20 Tools
19 Lotta Lovin' 02:42 Tools
Bluejean Bop! 02:22 Tools
Well, I Knocked Him, Bim Bam [Bonus Track] 01:59 Tools
29 Wedding Bells (Are Breakin Up That Old Gang Of Mine) 02:22 Tools
Lotta Lovin' (Live '58) 02:24 Tools
Red Bluejeans & A Ponytail 02:17 Tools
Am I That Easy to Forget 02:24 Tools
A Thousand Glasses 02:17 Tools
Woman In Black 02:17 Tools
Interview 02:07 Tools
Lucky Star 02:14 Tools
Important Words (Version One) 02:21 Tools
Red Blue Jeans & A Pony Tail 02:29 Tools
Double Talkin Baby 02:24 Tools
Baby Blue '57 02:15 Tools
Lotto Lovin' 02:24 Tools
Well I Knocked & I 02:15 Tools
Nervous (Home Version) 02:15 Tools
B-i-bickey-bi,bo-bo-go 02:24 Tools
Hound Dog 02:15 Tools
Ain’t She Sweet 02:31 Tools
B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go [*] 02:31 Tools
Get Ourselves Together 02:31 Tools
Five Feet of Lovin' [Version One] 02:15 Tools
I Don't Feel Like Rockin' Toninght 02:15 Tools
Accentuate The Positive 02:14 Tools
Lonely Street 02:14 Tools
Mitchiko from Tokyo 02:14 Tools
Bi-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go 02:20 Tools
I Can't Believe You Want To Leave 02:07 Tools
Five Feet Of Lovin' (Version One) 02:07 Tools
Be-Bop-A-Lula (OST Pleasantville) 02:36 Tools
Lotta Lovin´ 01:59 Tools
Lotta Lovin' (Live 58) 02:15 Tools
Beautiful Brown Eyes - Take 1 & 4 02:15 Tools
Be-Bop-A-Lula (The Girl Can't Help It, 1956) 02:15 Tools
Be-Bop-A-Lula - 2002 02:15 Tools
Pretty Baby 02:15 Tools
Nerviosus 02:15 Tools
Bi-I-Bickey-Bi-Bo-Bo-Go 02:15 Tools
Whole Lotta Shakin' 02:15 Tools
#069a. Woman Love 02:15 Tools
Green Back Dollar 02:15 Tools
Be-Bob-A-Lula 02:15 Tools
Teenage Partner (Version One) 02:15 Tools
Dance To The Bop (Remastered) 02:18 Tools
Bluejean Bop (Remastered) 02:29 Tools
Frankie and Johnny 02:07 Tools
Pistol Packin Mama 02:07 Tools
Well I Knocked Him, Bim Bam 02:15 Tools
Woman Love [12E6] 02:15 Tools
Peg' O My Heart 02:14 Tools
Unchained Melodie 02:41 Tools
If You Want My Lovin' 02:41 Tools
Nervous (Home recording) 02:41 Tools
Blujean Bop 02:41 Tools
#140a. Race With The Devil 01:47 Tools
Hurtin' For You Baby 01:47 Tools
Lotta Lovin' (Live' 58) 01:47 Tools
Dance to the Bop (Live 58) 01:47 Tools
Long Tall Sally 01:47 Tools
Bluejean Bop (Live 58) 01:47 Tools
The Night Is So Lonely 2 02:16 Tools
BE-BOP-A-LUIA 01:47 Tools
Five Days, Five Days [*] 01:47 Tools
Dance To The Bop (Digitally Remastered) 02:16 Tools
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Gene Vincent, real name Vincent Eugene Craddock, (February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971) was an American rockabilly pioneer musician, best known for his hit "Be-Bop-A-Lula". Early life: His parents, Ezekiah Jackson and Mary Louise Craddock, were shop owners in Norfolk, Virginia. He grew up in Virginia under the influence of country, Rhythm and Blues and Gospel music. He received his first guitar as a gift from a friend at the age of 12. In 1952 Gene left school and joined the Navy. In 1955 he was stationed in Korea, where he suffered a severe motorcycle accident that shattered his left leg. He refused to have it amputated, the leg was saved, but left him with a permanent limp and considerable chronic pain for the rest of his life. Early career: He left the Navy and started playing in various country bands in his native Norfolk, Virginia. In 1956 he wrote "Be-Bop-A-Lula", which helped him sign a contract at Capitol Records with his backing band The Blue Caps. After "Be-Bop-A-Lula" had become a huge hit, Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps were unable to follow it up with the same level of commercial success but recorded critically acclaimed songs like "Bluejean Bop" and "Race with the Devil". That year, Vincent was reputedly convicted of public obscenity and fined $10,000 by the state of Virginia for his live performance of the erotic song, "Woman Love", although this is now believed to have been just a rumor. The group had another hit with 1957's "Lotta Lovin'." Vincent also became one of the first rock stars to star in a film, The Girl Can't Help It together with Jayne Mansfield. There were numerous changes of personnel in his backing group, The Blue Caps. However, a dispute with the US Tax Authorities and The American Musicians' Union over payments to his band and his having sold the band's equipment to pay a tax bill led him to leave the USA and try his hand in Europe. Following a tour through Europe in 1959, Vincent managed to attract a new huge and discerning audience there, especially in England and France. By that time his career had mostly ended in the US. Consequently, he moved to England in 1960. His stage shows became "must see" events and his bands through those years were to spawn some of the most respected players in the world today. It was during his early tours of Britain that he adopted the trademark leather outfit, at the suggestion of British Rock 'n' Roll impressario, Jack Good. In 1960, while on tour in Britain, Vincent and songwriter Sharon Sheeley were seriously injured in a high-speed traffic accident in a private hire taxi travelling through Chippenham, Wiltshire on the A4. The car, a Ford Consul, suffered a blowout causing it to swerve and crash into a lamp post. Vincent broke his ribs, collarbone, and added further damage to his already weak leg, and Sheeley suffered a broken pelvis. Both Vincent and Sheeley survived, but the accident killed Vincent's tourmate and Sheeley's fiancé, Eddie Cochran. Later career: His attempts to re-establish his American career by recording in folk rock and country-rock styles proved unsuccessful, and he is most remembered today for his recordings of the 1950s and early 1960s which originally appeared on the Capitol Records label. On the album "I'm Back and I'm Proud" recorded for long-time fan John Peel's Dandelion label, Gene was backed by members of The Doors, whose lead singer, Jim Morrison, copied Gene's 'Leather Look'. He has achieved a genuine legendary status and his work is respected, and often copied, by singers and groups worldwide. His major hit, Be-Bop-A-Lula has become what is considered to be one of the top three rock'n'roll records of all time and has rightly earned Gene a place in the history of modern music. Had he managed to survive through the Punk years, he would undoubtedly still be a leading figure in contemporary rock'n'roll. On his final tour of the UK, he was backed by The Wild Angels, a British band who had previously worked at the Royal Albert Hall with Bill Haley & the Comets and Duane Eddy. Because of pressure from his ex-wife, the Inland Revenue and promoter Don Arden, Gene had to return rather swiftly to the USA. Gene Vincent died from a ruptured stomach ulcer while visiting his father in California, and is interred in the Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, California. He was the first inductee into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame on its formation in 1997. The following year he was also posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.