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It was banned in several US radio markets, because the term 'rumble' was a slang term for a gang fight, and it was feared that the piece's harsh sound glorified juvenile delinquency. [10] The record is the only instrumental single ever banned from radio in the United States. [12] [13]
Howie achieved both national and international fame recognition, [1] for his hit 45 record, "Real Gone Daddy/This Old Bomb of Mine", released in 1957. Regarded as one of the most significant and influential Rockabilly musicians of his era, Howie's music currently resides on over 100 record compilations of the best rockabilly music ever produced ...
One of the first written uses of the term rockabilly was in a press release describing Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula". [120] Three weeks later, it was also used in a June 23, 1956, Billboard review of Ruckus Tyler's "Rock Town Rock". [121] The first record to contain the word rockabilly in a song title was "Rock a Billy Gal", issued in November ...
[10] [11] [12] The piece was released under the name "the Rambler Trio featuring Arthur Smith" by the independent Super Disc Records label. Regionally "Guitar Boogie" did well, due in part to Smith's appearances on popular radio programs, such as Charlotte, North Carolina WBT 's Carolina Hayride .
Because of his rising popularity on the radio, he got a recording contract with Tetra Records in New York City. [2] With his band members, Cat Gibson and Ted Barton, henceforth calling themselves The Rockabillies , Flagg recorded his first record in 1956, Howie Stange .
Top recording artists press Congress on royalties for songs played on radio. Judy Kurtz. February 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM.
In 2000, the CD Bonnie Lou - Doin' the Tennessee Walk: The Best of the King Years [49] was released by British Westside Records, featuring all of her King hits. It is rated 4.5 (of 5) stars by AllMusic which calls it "an excellent anthology of an artist whose genre-straddling recordings will appeal to '50s country, rock, and pop music lovers".
Lonnie Mack wailed a soul ballad as gutsily as any black gospel singer. The anguished inflections which stamped his best songs had a directness which would have been wholly embarrassing in the hands of almost any other white vocalist." [123] – Bill Millar, History of Rock; 1992: "The first of the guitar-hero records is also one of the best.