| Title: | Welcome to the CD Notes Conference |
| Notice: | Welcome to COOKIE |
| Moderator: | COOKIE::ROLLOW |
| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Mar 03 1989 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1517 |
| Total number of notes: | 13349 |
EVEN THOUGH I WAS A TEENAGER IN THE LATE 50'S I DON'T RECALL THE
ROCKABILLY ERA AS SUCH. I BOUGHT A ROCKABILLY CD RECENTLY AND HADN'T
HEARD ANY OF THE SONGS. I UNDERSTAND RICKY NELSON WAS SOMEWHAT
OF A ROCKABILLY ARTIST. I GUESS I WAS ASLEEP WHEN THIS EAR WENT
THROUGH. ANYBODY REMEMBER ROCKABILLY? MABEY THIS IS THE WRONG
PLACE TO BE ASKING THIS QUESTION. TED
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| 770.1 | I Was Just A Kid Then, But... | RSTS32::VMILLER | What you don't mean can't hurt you | Tue Jun 02 1987 20:08 | 14 |
I remeber rockabilly (just a little!!). It was a short-lived attempt
to popularize the style of some of the country/western bar singers.
People didn't seem to eat it up as much as was hoped...
Rockabilly is still alive in those bars, but the people that listen
to it every night don't know that it has a special name - to them,
it's the only kind of music that there is :-)
Vernon
P.S. Someone is gonna say it anyway, so I might as well say it
now. When you write a Note, don't use all upper case, BECAUSE
IT'S REALLY HARD ON THE EYES.
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| 770.2 | Don't You Step On My Blue Suede Shoes! | MRMFG1::PLACEMENT | Take it all in STRIDe | Thu Apr 07 1988 14:35 | 9 |
I don't know if Carl Perkins would appreciate being called a bar
singer, but he is generally credited with the advemt of rockabilly
in the middle fifties. Other popular artists such as Guy Mitchell,
Gene Vincent, Marty Robbins, and even the King Himself kept it alive
for several years afterward.
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