"Be-Bop-a-Lula" -GENE VINCENT | FRANKS BASS COVERS & TAB

"Be-Bop-a-Lula" GENE VINCENT | FRANKS BASS COVERS & TAB

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"Be-Bop-a-Lula" GENE VINCENT | FRANKS BASS COVERS & TAB

Released May 22, 1956
Album: The Best Of Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps

THE ARTIST
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.

Vincent was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

Vincent is featured singing the song in the movie "The Girl Can't Help It", starring Jayne Mansfield, which was released in December 1956.

Died at the age of 36 on October 12, 1971, from a combination of a
Ruptured ulcer, internal hemorrhage and heart failure,

THE SONG
Vincent and his first manager Bill "Sheriff Tex" Davis, bought the song from writer Donald Graves for $25 bucks. Dickie Harrell, drummer for the band said "It happened a lot in those days. Guys would take the sure money."
Released as the B-side of Vincent's first single, a provocative number called "Woman Love."

Radio stations in the United States wanted nothing to do with "Woman Love," and the BBC banned it, so Capitol flipped the sides and put out "Be-Bop-a-Lula" as the A-side; for some reason the scandalous "Woman Love" was deemed inoffensive when relegated to a B-side.

Drummer Dickie Harrell impulsively screamed during an early performance of the song; Vincent approved of the addition to the tune, so he screamed every time the group performed the song -- including in the studio.

Along with "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles, this is mentioned in the first line of the Dire Straits song, "Walk Of Life." The line is: "Here comes Johnny singing oldies goldies, Be-Bop-a-Lula baby What'd I Say."