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Rock 'n Roll Volume 2.
''Rock And Roll Volume 2.'' is a 12" vinyl album by Gene Summers and five other artists. This was the first album ever released on Summers. It was issued in 1973 on the Collector Records imprint, a re-issue label located in the Netherlands. It is not available on CD. Production and album credits Session musicians included: James McClung, Benny Williams, Gary Moon, Rene Hall, Plas Johnson, Earl Palmer, Red Callendar, David (Dave) Martin, Glen Keener, Charlie Mendias, Mel Robinson, Bobby Rambo, Joe Ramirez Combo, Jack Castleberry, C. B. Williams, Ernest Walker, Joe Cook, Al Struble, Larry Jannasch, Kenny Hargis, Dan Edwards, Glen Struble, Eddie Wayne Hill, Joel Colbert, Leonard Walters, Joe Donnell, Tommy Morrell, Art McNulty, Ronnie Dawson, Marvin ("Smokey") Montgomery, Bill Hudson, Dale Sellers, Jerry Stembridge, David Briggs, Stu Basore, Charlie McCoy, Mike Leech and Hayward Bishop. The background vocal groups were The Five Masks and The Jordanaires plus (Al Struble, Dan Edwards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Summers
David Eugene Summers (January 3, 1939 – February 17, 2021) was an American rockabilly singer, songwriter and guitarist. His most famous recordings include the late 50s " School of Rock 'n Roll", "Straight Skirt", " Nervous", "Gotta Lotta That", " Twixteen", "Alabama Shake", "Fancy Dan" and his biggest-selling single " Big Blue Diamonds". Summers was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Southern Legends Entertainment & Performing Arts Hall of Fame in 2005. He still performed worldwide and celebrated his 50th anniversary as a recording artist in 2008 with the release of ''Reminisce Cafe''. Early life and rise to first success Summers was born in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Duncanville High School in 1957 and attended Arlington State College, now known as the University of Texas at Arlington. That same year, he formed the rockabilly band the Rebels and performed on ''Joe Bill's Country Picnic'' on KRLD-TV where they were spotted by songwriter Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Of Rock 'n Roll
"School of Rock 'n Roll" is a song composed by James McClung in 1958 and published by Song Productions, BMI the same year. It was originally recorded by American rockabilly singer Gene Summers and his Rebels, and was first released in February 1958 by Jan Records #11-100. It was flipped with "Straight Skirt" a teen novelty 45 which became the group's first big regional hit. "School Of Rock 'n Roll" later became widely known as one of the top 100 rock 'n roll records of the era. In the 1970s, at the beginning of the rockabilly revival in Europe, "School Of Rock 'n Roll" was re-discovered by a new legion of rockabilly fans and bands. Since that time it has become a classic dance floor-filler and has renewed Summers' career to the extent of worldwide concert appearances since 1980. Acclaim In 2005 "School of Rock 'n Roll" was selected by Bob Solly and Record Collector Magazine as one of the ''100 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Records''. "School Of Rock 'n Roll" was also present in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straight Skirt
"Straight Skirt" (later "Straight Skirts") is a song written by Mary Tarver in 1958 and published by Song Productions, BMI the same year. It was originally recorded by Gene Summers and his Rebels, a rockabilly band from Dallas, Texas and was first released in February 1958 by Jan Records #11-100. On March 8, 1958, '' Cash Box'' picked it as their 'Sleeper of the Week'. In ''Billboard'' 's 'Reviews of Pop Records' they wrote: "The artist is backed by a chorus and cheerful rockabilly support on this blues. The kids might take to this". "Straight Skirt" was flipped with " School Of Rock 'n Roll", an upbeat rockabilly song written by James McClung who was a high school friend of Summers. McClung was also the original guitarist for The Rebels and would continue to work with Summers well into the mid-1960s. In the 1970s, at the beginning of the rockabilly revival in Europe, " School Of Rock 'n Roll" and "Straight Skirt" were re-discovered by a new legion of rockabilly fans and bands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twixteen
{{Infobox song , name = Twixteen , cover = , alt = , type = single , artist = Gene Summers & His Rebels , album = , A-side = Twixteen , B-side = I'll Never Be Lonely , released = 1958 , recorded = 1958 - Hollywood, California , studio = , venue = , genre = Rockabilly , length = 1:51 , label = Jane Records (distributed by Jay Gee Record Corp.) , writer = Mary Tarver , producer = , prev_title = , prev_year = , next_title = , next_year = "Twixteen" is a song written by Mary Tarver in 1958 and published by Ted Music, BMI. It was first recorded by Gene Summers and His Rebels in 1958 and issued by Jan/Jane Records. The "Twixteen" recording session took place at the Liberty Records Studios in Hollywood, California and featured René Hall and James McClung on guitar, Plas Johnson on saxophone, Earl Palmer on drums, and George "Red" Callendar on bass. The flipside of "Twixteen" was " I'll Nev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotta Lotta That
"Gotta Lotta That" is a song written by Bernice Bedwell in 1958 and published by Song Productions, BMI. It was first recorded by Gene Summers and His Rebels in 1958 and issued by Jan/Jane Records. The "Gotta Lotta That" recording session took place at the Liberty Records Studios in Hollywood, California and featured Rene Hall and James McClung on guitar, Plas Johnson on saxophone, Earl Palmer on drums, and George "Red" Callendar on bass. The flipside of "Gotta Lotta That" was " Nervous". Reviews ''Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...'' - June 1958 - 'Reviews of New Pop Records' by Gene Summers - "Gotta Lotta That" - "A swinging, blues effort that really moves and rocks. Good sound and solid performance by Summers with fine guitar support". "Gotta Lott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nervous (Gene Summers Song)
"Nervous" is a rockabilly/doo-wop song first recorded by Gene Summers and His Rebels in 1958 and later covered by Robert Gordon and Link Wray, among others. It was composed by Mary Tarver in 1957, published by Ted Music, BMI and issued on Jan/Jane Records. The "Nervous" recording session took place at Liberty Records Studios in Hollywood, California in June 1958 and featured Rene Hall and James McClung on guitar, Plas Johnson on saxophone, Earl Palmer on drums, and George "Red" Callendar on bass. The background vocal group was the ''Five Masks'' (Al "TNT" Bragg, Cal Valentine, Robert Valentine, Billy Fred Thomas and Jesse Lee Floyd). The flipside of "Nervous" was " Gotta Lotta That". Reviews BILLBOARD MAGAZINE - June 1958 ''Reviews of New Pop Records'' GENE SUMMERS Nervous....83 JAN 102 - Strong material and strong performance by the new talent. It's a powerful beat job and the kids should flip over it. Action already reported from the southwest territories. (Ted, BMI) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinyl Album
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), or simply a record, is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove usually starts near the periphery and ends near the center of the disc. At first, the discs were commonly made from shellac, with earlier records having a fine abrasive filler mixed in. Starting in the 1940s polyvinyl chloride became common, hence the name vinyl. The phonograph record was the primary medium used for music reproduction throughout the 20th century. It had co-existed with the phonograph cylinder from the late 1880s and had effectively superseded it by around 1912. Records retained the largest market share even when new formats such as the compact cassette were mass-marketed. By the 1980s, digital media, in the form of the compact disc, had gained a larger market share, and the record left the mainstream in 1991. Since the 1990s, records conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Southern Cat Rocks On
''The Southern Cat Rocks On'' is a 12" vinyl album by Gene Summers, his second album release. It is a compilation of tracks he recorded in Texas between 1962 and 1975. Production and album credits All selections were recorded at Real To Reel Studios, Garland, Texas except "Dance Dance Dance", "Chapel Bells Ringing" and "Almost 12:O'Clock" (Top Ten Studios, Dallas) and "Bonnie Parker" (Summit Sound Studio, Dallas). Session musicians included James McClung, Glen Keener, David (Dave) Martin, Charlie Mendias, Melvin Robinson, Joe Cook, Al Struble, Larry Jannasch and Kenny Hargis plus the Joe Ramirez Combo. Background vocals: Al Struble, Glen Struble and Larry Jannasch. Engineers: Dave Garner, Bob ("Git-It") Kelly and Bob Sullivan. Producers include Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery and Gene Summers. A Michael Cattin Production. It was released in 1975, on the Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri *Swiss, North Carolina * Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reminisce Cafe
''Reminisce Cafe'' is a landmark album by Gene Summers, released in 2008. It is his 50th anniversary album issued by Seduction Records on February 1, 2008, exactly 50 years to the day of the release of his first hit single " School of Rock 'n Roll"/ "Straight Skirt". Track listing # "Reminisce Cafe" (Joe Hardin Brown) – 3:29 # "She Bops a Lot" ( Floyd Dakil) – 2:19 # "Just Together" (Dea Summers, Shawn Summers, Gene Summers) – 2:59 # "Rockin' Fever" (Dea Summers, Gene Summers) - 2:12 # "Crazy Cat Corner" (Dea Summers, Gene Summers) – 2:20 # "I Won't Take Any Less" (William Becker) – 2:11 # "(It's Love Baby) 24 Hours a Day" (Ted Jarrett) – 2:58 # "Do a Little Roll" (Jacky Guerard) – 2:56 # "Heartbreak City Limits" (Gene Summers) – 2:48 # " Love Me Tender" (Vera Matson, Elvis Presley) – 2:54 # "Gonna Drive 'em Up a Wall" (Shawn Summers, Gene Summers) – 2:18 # "So" – (Dea Summers, Gene Summers) - 2:36 Bonus tracks ''(Bonus tracks are excerpts from Gene Summ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
