On 4 May 1956, Gene Vincent & his Blue Caps (Cliff Gallup, lead guitar; Dickie "Be-Bop" Harrell, drums; Wee Willie Williams, rhythm guitar; and Jack Neal, upright bass) recorded four songs in Nashville: "Race with the devil", "I sure miss you", "Woman Love" (a Jack Rhodes composition recorded by Jimmy Johnson on Starday) and "Be-Bop-A-Lula", a song Gene Vincent wrote with his manager, Sheriff Tex Davis, and which reached number 7 in the charts.
"Be-Bop-A-Lula"/"Woman Love" was released as a single by Capitol (F3450) on 2 June 1956.
1956 was a great year for rock and roll. In that year Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly, Johnny Burnette, Gene Vincent... would begin their musical careers (some of them solo) and would begin to make themselves known by recording some of their best-known songs.
Elvis would become a rock and roll idol after recording "Heartbreak hotel". 1956, a very big year, ..., fifty years already.
Alex Ruiz
Radio Funny
