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Kristy Marlana Wallace (born February 20, 1953), known as Poison Ivy or Poison Ivy Rorschach, is an American guitarist, songwriter, arranger, producer, and occasional vocalist who co-founded the rock band The Cramps.
The Cramps were an American rock band formed in 1976 and active until 2009. Their lineup rotated frequently during their existence, with the husband-and-wife duo of singer Lux Interior and guitarist Poison Ivy the only ever-present members.
The Cramps performing in 2006. The Cramps was an American punk rock band from New York City.Formed in April 1976, the group originally consisted of vocalist Lux Interior (Erick Purkhiser), guitarists Poison Ivy (Kristy Wallace) and Bryan Gregory (Gregory Beckerleg), and drummer Pam Balam (Pam Beckerleg).
US songwriters Leiber and Stoller wrote "Poison Ivy" for R&B vocal group The Coasters, but Thorpe preferred the cover version by The Rolling Stones. [2] They decided to cover it themselves; it was produced at Festival Records and released on the independent Linda Lee label. [17]
Lux Interior died at 4:30 a.m. on February 4, 2009, at Glendale Memorial Hospital in California.The cause of death was aortic dissection.He was survived by his wife Ivy and two brothers, Michael Purkhiser [14] and Ronald "Skip" Purkhiser, as well as a son from a previous marriage.
"Poison Ivy" is a popular song by American songwriting duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally recorded by the Coasters in 1959. [1] It went to No.1 on the R&B chart, No.7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, [2] and No.15 in the UK. This was their third top-ten hit of that year following "Charlie Brown" and "Along Came Jones".
It was followed by "Along Came Jones", "Poison Ivy" (number 1 for almost two months on the R&B chart), and "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)". [4] Changing popular tastes and changes in the group's line-up contributed to a lack of hits in the 1960s. [4]
Also known as Poison Ivy Rorschach, she also provided vocals, arranged songs and produced many of the band's records. She met Lux Interior (born Erick Lee Purkhiser) at Sacramento State College in 1972, who became the singer for The Cramps, whose work gained a cult following as well a course of European commercial success. [69] [70]