On May 4, 1956, some kids from Norfolk, Virginia, walked into a house in a quiet part of Nashville, Tennessee, and changed the world. It was on that day when “Be-Bop-A-Lula” was recorded by Gene Vincent, Cliff Gallup, Jack Neal, Wee Willie Williams, and Dickie Harrell. They weren’t just some teenagers trying to sound like […]
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