Jackie Lee Cochran Rare AUTOGRAPHED Rockabilly 45 RUBY PEARL
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This is a very scarce signed copy of a scarce record. Great vintage original DECCA 9-30206 Rockabilly single Ruby Pearl/Mama Don't You Think I Know, by Jackie Lee Cochran, autographed in silver pen by the man himself ('This is my first record") to Shea, whose address label is attached. Serial number on record is: 45 9715 2. The 45 is in pretty nice condition; there are a few light scratches and imperfections, but overall it's fairly clean. I'd say it's at least in VG condition, but I'm no record guy and I know how particular record guys are, so this item is sold AS IS, No Returns. There are A very scarce vintage record signed by the artist.
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Jackie Lee Cochran (February 5, 1934, Dalton, Georgia-March 15, 1998, Burbank, California) was an American rockabilly musician, known as Jack the Cat.
Cochran first began performing on the local music scene in Gadsden, which displeased his grandmother, who wanted him to join the military. She convinced him to enlist in the Air Force, where he was stationed in San Antonio. He traveled each weekend to Abilene to play on Slim Willet's radio show. This brought him to the attention of the managers of the Big D Jamboree, who had him perform on this program as well. He was then transferred to Selma, Alabama, where he founded the country group The Flying C Ranch Boys. This group performed in local bars and restaurants, as well as on radio station WBAM. He was dismissed from the Air Force in 1955, and following this he became a member of Jimmy Swan's band in Hattiesburg. In the mid-1950s he appeared on Cliffie Stone's Hometown Jamboree in Los Angeles. He began playing rockabilly shortly after hearing Elvis Presley.
Cochran hired manager Pat O'Donnell, who came up with Cochran's "Jack the Cat" name and image. Through O'Donnell, Cochran was offered a recording contract with Sims Records. His first singles for the label appeared in 1956. After further appearances on the Big D Jamboree he was asked to play on the Spade Cooley show in California. Despite O'Donnell's disapproval, Cochran moved to the West Coast and performed on the show. He then signed with Decca Records, and his single "Ruby Pearl" sold well and nearly hit the Billboard charts, but his manager let the Decca contract lapse, and the single fizzled before charting.
After a short time with Viv Records, Cochran took up work at the Douglas Aircraft Company and quit music for a time. He restarted his career during the rockabilly revival in Europe, releasing three albums on Rollin' Rock Records in 1973 and touring Norway in 1981. He took up the nickname "Waukeen" in the 1970s as well, a name given to him by his native American grandmother. In 1985 the German record label Hydra released a successful compilation of his early recordings (later on CD) "Jack The Cat - The Jackie Lee Cochran Story". To promote the album the label boss Klaus Kettner put together a European tour for Jackie Lee Cochran which was so successful, that they teamed up for all the following tours until his death. He recorded new material for Hydra Records and Ace Records. He died in 1998 in his apartment in California at age 64.
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