GENE VINCENT Hand signed Original Autograph plus Book

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HERE I HAVE A NR MINT COPY OF THE 1ST EDITION HARDBACK BY MICK FARREN THE STORY OF GENE VINCENT AND THE BLUE CAPS...................IN NEAR MINT CONDITION A SUPERB READ APROX 170 PAGES..........ALSO AN ORIGINAL SIGNED AUTOGRAPH A FULL SIGNATURE WITH FLORISH FROM GENE ON A BRITISH NEWSPAPER CUTTING 100% ORIGINAL..THANKS FOR LOOKING * PLEASE SEE OUR OTHER AUCTIONS.........Check out my other items!

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". He started playing in various country bands in his native Norfolk, Virginia after leaving the United States Navy with a permanent leg injury. He signed at Capitol Records with his backing band The Blue Caps.

After "Be-Bop-A-Lula" became a huge hit in 1956, 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. By the 1960s, Vincent's career had mostly ended in the US, though he maintained a huge and discerning audience in Europe, especially England and France. 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.

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. Actually, they hired the driver and car which was a Ford Consul. The car was to suffer a blowout tyre causing it to swerve and cannon 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 fiance, Eddie Cochran.

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.

He has achieved a genuine legendary status and his work is respected, and often copied, by singers and groups World Wide. 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.

Gene Vincent died from a ruptured stomach ulcer 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.

Cover versions of songs by Gene Vincent

• A 1989 live recording of "Race With The Devil" (from John Peel's 50th birthday party) was released by The Fall on their 2000 compilation album Backdrop.
• "Rollin' Danny" was released by The Fall as a single (titled "Rollin' Dany") in 1985.
• '"Be Bop A Lula" was released by John Lennon on the 1975 album Rock 'n Roll
• "Blue Jean Bop" was released by Paul McCartney on the 1999 album Run Devil Run.
• "Get It" was released by Dave Edmunds and Rockpile on the 1977 album Get It
• Jeff Beck released an entire album of Gene Vincent covers, Crazy Legs, in 1993
• "Catman" was released by The Birthday Party on their early ep (titled "Hee-Haw").

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