Gene Vincent • “Be Bop A Lula” • 1964 This is rare live footage of one of the founders of rock and roll, Gene Vincent, on European television, doing his signature hit “Be Bop A Lula” in 1964 for an enthusiastic crowd. “Be-Bop-a-Lula” is a rockabilly song first recorded in 1956 by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps. Richie Unterberger of AllMusic said the track “epitomized rockabilly at its prime in 1956 with its sharp guitar breaks, spare snare drums, fluttering echo, and Vincent’s breathless, sexy

On this Day in Rock and Roll History - June 5 1956 Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula" is released in America where it will reach #5 and sell over a million copies. Although he never quite matched that success, his 1957 releases, "Lotta Lovin'" reached #13 and "Dance to the Bop" climbed to #23. Vincent died in 1971 at the age of 36 of a seizure brought on by a bleeding ulcer. | Johnny Rock and Roll Radio