be bop a lula
“So I recorded a thing that I wrote. I come in dead drunk and stumbled over the bed. And me and Don Graves were looking at this bloody book; it was called “Little Lulu”. And I said, “Hell, man, it’s bebopalulu.” And he said, “Yeah, man, swinging.” And we wrote this song. And some man came to hear it … named Sheriff Tex Davis, and he bought the song from Donald Graves for $25, $25 dollars! So I recorded the song and told all my friends that I was going to get a Cadillac; cause all rock and roll singers had Cadillacs.”
- Gene Vincent (pictured below with Eddie Cochran) on the creation of the legendary song Be-Bop-A-Lula
Below is Gene Vincent’s first performance at the Town Hall Party in 1958. Gene wrote the song on a lark after his mother encouraged him to get involved in music following a tough round in the Navy which saw him severely damage his leg in a motorcycle accident. Alongside fellow legend Eddie Cochran, Gene crisscrossed the US and Europe popularizing rockabilly and picking up four wives along the way.
Gene was one of the surviving victims of the car crash that took Cochran’s life in 1960. While Gene was thankful he survived, he admitted that he was haunted by the accident until his death in his early 30’s.
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