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George Frayne, best known under his alias as Commander Cody and leader of the group Commander Cody and His Planet Lost Airmen, died yesterday at age 77 following a battle with cancer. "Early this morning, as I lay my head upon his shoulder, George’s soul took to flight," his wife confirmed in a Facebook post, noting that a pair of memorial events will be planned for both the East and West coasts. "I am heartbroken and weary, and I know your hearts break, too. Thank you so much for all the love you gave and the stories you shared."

Mann had his biggest commercial success with a rocking 1959 version of ‘Mona Lisa.’Carl Mann, the rockabilly singer and pianist who was one of the last of the original rockers championed by Sam Phillips at Sun Records, died on December 16 at the age of 78. Mann, described in a 2012 book as the Last Son of Sun, had his biggest commercial success with a rocking 1959 version of “Mona Lisa,” Nat King Cole’s 1950 No.1, which reached No.25 in the US. Mann became a key part of the significant revival of interest in rockabilly that swept Europe in the...

Johnny Rivers - 20 Greatest Hits 01. Do You Wanna Dance? 00:00 02. Poor Side of Town 03:08 03. It's Too Late 06:45 04. Memphis 10:30 05. A Whiter Shade of Pale 13:05 06. The Tracks of My Tears 18:43 07. Pretty Woman 21:37 08. If I Were a Carpenter 24:26 09. Respect 27:00 10. In the Midnight Hour 28:50 11. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 31:25 12. Summer Rain 37:26 13. California Dreamin 41:04 14. Hang on Sloopy 43:40 15. Rhythm of the Rain 48:09 16. Sunny 50:27 17. Hey Joe 53:00 18. Cupid 57:31 19. Multiplication 1:00:05 20....

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs (1959) / Columbia Records Marty Robbins — Vocals & guitar Grady Martin, Jack Pruett — Guitars Bob L. Moore — Bass Louis Dunn — Drums Tompall & the Glaser Brothers — Backing vocals 1. Big Iron (Robbins) 2. Cool Water (Nolan) 3. Billy The Kid (Traditional/Arr. Robbins) 4. A Hundred And Sixty Acres (Kapp) 5. They're Hanging Me Tonight (Lowe/Wolpert) 6. The Strawberry Roan (Traditional) 7. El Paso (Robbins) 8. In The Valley (Robbins) 9. The Master's Call (Robbins) 10. Running Gun (T. Glaser/J. Glaser) 11. The Little Green Valley (Robison) 12. Utah Carol (Traditional)

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GEORGE JONES - Greates Hits Full Album | Best songs of George Jones 1. He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones 2. Walk Through This World With Me - George Jones 3. A Good Year For The Roses - George Jones 4. The Race Is On - George Jones 5. Take Me - George Jones 6. Things Have Gone To Pieces - George Jones 7. Developing My Pictures - George Jones 8. Tender Years - George Jones 9. From Here To The Door - George Jones 10. You Gottta Be My Baby - George Jones Continued...

Moonshine Jamboree (1993) / Ace Records UK "The "king of the hillbilly piano players" shows up at his best on these 23 tracks, cut during his prime years, 1946 through 1954, when he was associated principally with King Records. It's easy to hear the roots of Jerry Lee Lewis's (as well as elements of Carl Perkins') sound in early cuts like "Cherokee Boogie", on which Moon Mullican and his band find room for a rippling, pounding performance on piano as well as a short, hot guitar solo around a jaunty, funny honky tonk core, and most of the rest of...

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Smutty Smith and Katrín Rósa Stefánsdóttir’s flat is covered with photos. In addition to a wall cluttered with Elvis memorabilia and concert shots of Smutty with a plethora of legendary musicians, their family photos are particularly eye-catching. In black and white, Katrín, Smutty, and their two sons gaze morosely at the camera. “We always try to do family pictures in the old-school style, where no one smiles,” Katrín laughs, in stark contrast to her deadpan likeness in the photo. “I was so happy that day because my sons were getting quite bored, so they looked perfect!” Their family photos aren’t...

t may be 2014 to the rest of us, but for the subjects in Jennifer Greenburg’s photographs, it is still 1951. The assistant professor of photography at Indiana University Northwest has been photographing America's Rockabilly community for more than ten years; people that not only dress like it’s the Fifties, but also drive perfectly preserved Cadillacs and decorate their homes with furniture to rival the retro sets of Mad Men. 'At first I thought the culture was about fashion,' the 36-year-old photographer told MailOnline. 'Then I realized it was much, much, more than that. I realized that this was a...

Marshall Lytle, the bass player for Bill Haley and the Comets during their biggest era, died on Saturday morning at 3:30 AM in his home in Port Richie, FL after battling lung cancer. He was 79. Lytle was honored one year ago when he and the rest of the Comets were among the first backing group's to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. For the Comets, the honor came 25 years after Bill Haley was accorded the same honor. Marshall started out his musical career as a guitarist but switched to double bass when he joined...

Strange song based on the true story of Elvis' first Cadillac, a 1954 Fleetwood 60 Special, which went up in smoke while he and his band were on tour.

If you are reading this you know who the Unknown is, if you are just browsing, he is the King of Swingbilly, a very talented guitarist. He plays a variey of styles from country to rockabilly to metal. He has a great sense of humor in his music too, you cant help but to laugh. Do a search for him on Youtube and get ready to be entertained! He had been quite active on his Facebook presence about the the squeeze that is put on small business, be it a hardware store or a traveling music act. I received an...

VIDEO Check out the beyond bizarre scene in the video of the 1957 low LOW budget rock'n'roll movie, "Rock Baby Rock It!" which was filmed in Dallas, Texas. The music in this movie stinks plus lacking in originality. Also the acting is horrible beyond belief. However, what makes this movie notable is the scene starting at about the 42 minute mark. It features two rednecks. The Boss redneck by the swimming pool orders his underling redneck, appropiately named "Crackers," to dance rock'n'roll in his bathing suit while wearing a gun slung over his shoulder.Yeah, it is funny but also VERY...

This song went #1... and Swan recorded it in two takes -without overdubs- with an RMI organ that Kris Kristofferson and singer Rita Coolidge had bought for him as a wedding gift. Billy Swan (dob 12 May 1942) is a multi-talented American musician, songwriter and singer, best known for the 1974 #1 single I Can Help. Born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Swan learned drums, piano and guitar at a very young age, then immediately took to writing songs. The first big break came in 1962 when Clyde McPhatter recorded Lover Please, a song written by Swan. McPhatter's version quickly became...

Wanda Jackson had no idea the influence she would have on future rock 'n' roll women when she carved a sharp, distinctive line across the heartwood of the new genre back in the 1950s and '60s. ..."I was just doing my career - not one day at a time but just plodding along, trying to get hits, working every place that you can," Jackson said. "...I don't think that far ahead. My husband says I'm like a duck. I wake up in a new world every day." Yet signs of the 72-year-old's influence are everywhere as the Americana Music Association...

This weekend over 10,000 classic cars will converge on Västerås at the Power Big Meet as car enthusiasts from Sweden, Europe and as far afield as Russia, Israel and Australia make their annual pilgrimage to the biggest Classic car event in the world. For Sweden’s Raggare, the Power Big Meet is more than just a car show - it’s a celebration of a way of life that is peculiarly Swedish, despite being entrenched in the fashions, music and motor cars of Americana. Since the 1950s, a version of the American Dream has been embraced with an enthusiasm that has endured...

BE WILD, NOT EVIL: THE LINK WRAY STORY A tribute by Jimmy McDonough © 2006 Link Wray seemed so strong, so invincible, like he'd be lurking around forever, just wailing away in some East Jesus s**thole, terrorizing another doomed amp while he stuck the neck of Screamin' Red in the dazed faces of a new batch of converts. I guess I took him for granted. The music business sure did. Link is the music for the midnight ride. No question about it, he sounds best when you have somewhere to go. Tearing down the highway in some s**tbox of a...

US President George Bush intends to invite Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, a known Elvis Presley enthusiast, to the former estate of the rock legend in Tennessee, the US Ambassador to Japan said today. Thomas Schieffer told Koizumi today that Bush intends to invite the premier to the US this year, with a possible trip to Elvis’s home, the US embassy said. Koizumi was due to visit the United States last year, but cancelled the trip ahead of snap elections in September.

ROCK 'n' Roll turned 50 this morning when an Elvis Presley recording of That's All Right Mama played simultaneously on at least 1200 radio stations worldwide, organisers said. Stations from the UK to Ukraine and Canada to Mexico carried the song as it was fed from Sun Studios, in Memphis, Tennessee. That is where Presley, a 19-year-old truck driver and two other musicians, recorded what many historians call the first rock 'n' roll song. "It was clearly the Big Bang of Rock 'n' Roll," said Kevin Kane, of the Memphis Convention and Visitor's Bureau. Sun Studios is now a national...