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((Short description|American rock musician (1935–1971)))
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'''Vincent Eugene Craddock''' (February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971), known as '''Gene Vincent''', was an American [[rock and roll]] musician who pioneered the style of [[rockabilly]]. His 1956 top ten hit with his backing band [[the Blue Caps]], "[[Be-Bop-a-Lula]]", is considered a significant early example of rockabilly.<ref name=pc8/> His chart career was brief, especially in his home country of the US, where he notched three top 40 hits in 1956 and 1957, and never charted in the top 100 again.  In the UK, he was a somewhat bigger star, racking up eight top 40 hits from 1956 to 1961.

Vincent was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] and the [[Rockabilly Hall of Fame]]. He is sometimes referred to by his somewhat unusual nickname/moniker the "Screaming End".<ref>((Cite web |date=2021-10-12 |title=Gene Vincent: The hero before The Beatles |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/gene-vincent-heror-the-beatles/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US))</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=https://vivelerock.net/gene-vincent/|title=GENE VINCENT|first=Ian|last=Chaddock|website=Vivelerock.net|access-date=May 22, 2021|archive-date=December 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228151827/https://vivelerock.net/gene-vincent/|url-status=dead))</ref>

==Biography==
===Early life===
Craddock was born February 11, 1935, in [[Norfolk, Virginia]],<ref name="Larkin">((cite book |title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] |date=1997 |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |isbn=1-85227-745-9 |editor=Colin Larkin |editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |edition=Concise |page=1218))</ref> to Mary Louise and Ezekiah Jackson Craddock.<ref name="musicianguide.com">((Cite web|url=https://musicianguide.com/biographies/1608000576/Gene-Vincent.html|title=Gene Vincent Biography|website=Musicianguide.com|access-date=May 22, 2021))</ref>  His musical influences included [[country music|country]], [[rhythm and blues]], and [[gospel music|gospel]]. His favorite composition was [[Egmont (Beethoven)|Beethoven's Egmont overture]]. He showed his first real interest in music while his family lived in Munden Point (now [[Virginia Beach]]), in [[Princess Anne County, Virginia|Princess Anne County]], Virginia, near the [[North Carolina]] line, where they ran a country store. He received his first guitar at the age of twelve as a gift from a friend.

Craddock's father volunteered to serve in the [[United States Coast Guard|U.S. Coast Guard]] and patrolled American coastal waters to protect Allied shipping against German [[U-boat]]s during [[World War II]]. Craddock's mother maintained the general store in Munden Point. His parents moved the family to Norfolk, the home of a large naval base, and opened a general store and sailors' tailoring shop.

Craddock dropped out of school in 1952, at the age of seventeen, and enlisted in the [[United States Navy]]. As he was under the age of enlistment, his parents signed the forms allowing him to enter. He completed boot camp and joined the fleet as a crewman aboard the fleet oiler ((USS|Chukawan|AO-100|6)), with a two-week training period in the repair ship ((USS|Amphion|AR-13|6)), before returning to the ''Chukawan''. He never saw combat but completed a [[Korean War]] deployment. He sailed home from Korean waters aboard the battleship ((USS|Wisconsin|BB-64|6)) but was not part of the ship's company.

Craddock planned a career in the Navy and, in 1955, used his $612 re-enlistment bonus to buy a new [[Triumph Engineering|Triumph]] motorcycle. On July 4, 1955, while he was in Norfolk, his left leg was shattered in an auto crash.<ref>((Cite book|last=Henderson|first=Derek|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70671058|title=Gene Vincent: a companion|year=2005|publisher=Spent Brothers Productions|isbn=0-9519416-7-4|location=Southampton|page=3|oclc=70671058))</ref> He refused to allow the leg to be amputated, and the leg was saved, but the injury left him with a limp and pain. He wore a steel sheath as a [[leg brace]]<ref>((cite book |first1=Jean-Éric |last1=Perrin |author-link1=:fr:Jean-Éric Perrin |first2=Jerôme |last2=Rey |first3=Gilles |last3=Verlant |author-link3=Gilles Verlant |title=Les Miscellanées du rock |year=2009 |location=Paris |publisher=Éditions Fetjaine / La Martinière |page=252 |isbn=978-2-35425-130-7 |quote=Gene choisit de se faire poser une gaine d'acier autour des restes de son membre))</ref> for the rest of his life. Most accounts relate the accident as the fault of a drunk driver who struck him. Years later in some of his music biographies, there is no mention of an accident, but it was claimed that his injury was due to a wound incurred in combat in Korea.<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">((cite book| first= John
| last= Tobler
| year= 1992
| title= NME Rock 'n' Roll Years
| publisher= Reed International Books
| location= London
| page= 231
| id= CN 5585))</ref> He spent time in the [[Portsmouth Naval Hospital]] and was medically discharged from the navy shortly thereafter.<ref name="Larkin"/>

===Early music career===
Craddock became involved in the local music scene in Norfolk. He changed his name to Gene Vincent and formed a rockabilly band, Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (a term used in reference to enlisted sailors in the U.S. Navy).<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.rockabillyhall.com/LatestNewsGV.html|title=Official Gene Vincent website|publisher=Rockabillyhall.com|access-date=2014-04-24|archive-date=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105110313/http://www.rockabillyhall.com/LatestNewsGV.html|url-status=dead))</ref> The band included Willie Williams on rhythm guitar (replaced in late 1956 by [[Paul Peek]]), Jack Neal on upright bass, Dickie Harrell on drums (died May 31, 2023, at age 82),<ref name="obiDH">((cite web |url=https://www.lovingfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Richard-Harrell-6/#!/Obituary|title=Richard Dickie Be-Bop Harrell Sr.|date=|accessdate=July 8, 2023|website=lovingfuneralhome.com))</ref> and [[Cliff Gallup]] on lead guitar.<ref name="Larkin"/> He also collaborated with another rising musician, [[Jay Chevalier]] of [[Rapides Parish, Louisiana]]. Vincent and His Blue Caps soon gained a reputation playing in various [[country music|country]] bars in Norfolk. There they won a talent contest organized by a local radio DJ, "Sheriff Tex" Davis, who then became Vincent's manager.<ref>((cite news|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2956395.ece|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711034403/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2956395.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2012|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|location=London, UK|title=Sheriff Tex Davis|date=September 13, 2007|access-date=May 3, 2010))</ref>

===Biggest hits===
[[File:Woman Love - Be-Bop-a-Lula ad - Cash Box 1956.jpg|thumb|Advertisement featured in ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' magazine, 2 June 1956]] 
In 1956 he wrote "[[Be-Bop-a-Lula]]", which drew comparisons to [[Elvis Presley]]<ref name=pc8>((Gilliland |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19756/m1|title=Show 8 – The All American Boy: Enter Elvis and the Rock-a-Billies. [Part 2] |show=8)) Track 3.</ref> and which ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine later listed as number 103 on its [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|"500 Greatest Songs of All Time"]].<ref name=rs>((cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/gene-vincent-and-his-blue-caps-be-bop-a-lula-20110526|title=The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=2008-04-10|date=December 9, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622142703/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/2|archive-date=June 22, 2008|url-status=live))</ref> Local radio DJ "Sheriff Tex" Davis arranged for a demo of the song to be made, and this secured Vincent a contract with [[Capitol Records]].<ref name="Larkin"/> He signed a publishing contract with [[Bill Lowery (record producer)|Bill Lowery]] of the Lowery Group of music publishers in Atlanta, Georgia. "Be-Bop-a-Lula" was not on Vincent's first album and was picked by Capitol producer [[Ken Nelson (United States record producer)|Ken Nelson]] as the B-side of his first single, "Woman Love". Prior to the release of the single, Lowery pressed promotional copies of "Be-Bop-a-Lula" and sent them to radio stations throughout the country. By the time Capitol released the single, "Be-Bop-a-Lula" had already gained attention from the public and radio DJs. The song was picked up and played by other U.S. radio stations (obscuring the original A-side song) and became a hit, peaking at number 7 and spending 20 weeks on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' pop chart((sfn|Henderson|2005|p=152)) and reaching number 5 and spending 17 weeks on the ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' chart,<ref>((cite web|date=|title=Cash Box Country Singles 11/03/56|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives-c/50s_files/19561103C.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210311111104/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives-c/50s_files/19561103C.html|archive-date=March 11, 2021|website=CASHBOX Magazine|access-date=March 11, 2021))</ref> and launching Vincent's career as a rock-and-roll star.<ref>((Cite book|last=Bronson|first=Fred|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32014167|title=Billboard's hottest hot 100 hits|date=1995|publisher=Billboard Books|isbn=0-8230-7646-6|edition=|location=New York|pages=253|oclc=32014167))</ref>

After "Be-Bop-a-Lula" became a hit, Vincent and His Blue Caps were unable to follow it up with the same level of commercial success, although they released critically acclaimed songs like "Race with the Devil" (number 96 on the ''Billboard'' chart and number 50 on the ''Cash Box'' chart) and "[[Bluejean Bop]]" (number 49 on the ''Billboard'' chart and another million-selling disc).<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs"/>

Cliff Gallup left the band in 1956, and Russell Williford joined as the new guitarist for the Blue Caps. Williford played and toured Canada with Vincent in late 1956 but left the group in early 1957. Gallup came back to do the next album and then left again. Williford came back and exited again before Johnny Meeks joined the band.<ref>((cite web|last=Dregni|first=Michael|date=2019-04-22|title=Cliff Gallup|url=https://www.vintageguitar.com/32416/cliff-gallup/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210303103647/https://www.vintageguitar.com/32416/cliff-gallup/|archive-date=March 3, 2021|website=Vintage Guitar® magazine|access-date=March 3, 2021))</ref><ref>((cite web|last=Carey|first=Kevin|date=2009-02-01|title=Russell Williford. The Best Known, Unknown Blue Cap|url=http://tims.blackcat.nl/messages/russell_williford.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210303111507/http://tims.blackcat.nl/messages/russell_williford.htm|archive-date=March 3, 2021|access-date=March 3, 2021))</ref> The group had another hit in 1957 with "[[Lotta Lovin']]" (highest position number 13 and spending 19 weeks on the ''Billboard'' chart and number 17 and 17 weeks on the ''Cashbox'' chart). Vincent was awarded gold records for two million sales of "Be-Bop-a-Lula",<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">((cite book
| first= Joseph
| last= Murrells
| year= 1978
| title= The Book of Golden Discs
| edition= 2nd
| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins
| location= London
| page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/87 87]
| isbn= 0-214-20512-6
| url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/87
))</ref> and 1.5&nbsp;million sales of "Lotta Lovin'".((citation needed|date=April 2014)) The same year he toured the east coast of Australia with [[Little Richard]] and [[Eddie Cochran]], drawing audiences totaling 72,000 to their Sydney Stadium concerts. Vincent also made an appearance in the film ''[[The Girl Can't Help It]]'', with [[Jayne Mansfield]], performing "Be-Bop-a-Lula" with the Blue Caps in a rehearsal room.<ref name="Larkin"/> "Dance to the Bop" was released by Capitol Records on October 28, 1957.<ref name="rcs-discography1">[http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/artists/v/vinc5000.htm] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326065652/http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/artists/v/vinc5000.htm|date=March 26, 2010))</ref> On November 17, 1957, Vincent and His Blue Caps performed the song on the nationally broadcast television program ''The Ed Sullivan Show''.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/the-ed-sullivan-show/gene-vincent-andamp-the-blue-caps---georgia-gibbs---carol-burnett/episode/111360/summary.html|title=The Ed Sullivan Show, Season 10, Episode 8, November 17, 1957: Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps, Georgia Gibbs, Carol Burnett, Johnny Carson|publisher=TV.com|access-date=2014-04-24|archive-date=February 16, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216074103/http://www.tv.com/the-ed-sullivan-show/gene-vincent-andamp-the-blue-caps---georgia-gibbs---carol-burnett/episode/111360/summary.html|url-status=dead))</ref> The song spent nine weeks on the ''Billboard'' chart and peaked at number 23 on January 23, 1958 and reached number 36 and spent eight weeks on the ''Cashbox'' chart. It was Vincent's last American hit single.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.thevideobeat.com/rock-roll-movies/hot-rod-gang-1958.html|title=HOT ROD GANG DVD Movie – 1958 Movie on DVD! – Gene Vincent Movie Hot Rods – Hot Rod Gang|publisher=Thevideobeat.com|access-date=2014-04-24))</ref> The song was used in the movie ''Hot Rod Gang'' for a dance rehearsal scene featuring dancers doing the [[West Coast Swing]].<ref name="rcs-discography1"/><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051741|title=Hot Rod Gang (1958)|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=2014-04-24))</ref>

Vincent and His Blue Caps also appeared several times on ''[[Town Hall Party]]'', California's largest country music barn dance, held at the Town Hall in Compton, California.<ref>((cite web|author=Hillbilly-Music.com |url=http://www.hillbilly-music.com/programs/story/index.php?prog=170 |title=Town Hall Party|publisher=hillbilly-music.com |access-date=2012-04-29))</ref> They appeared on October 25, 1958, and July 25 and November 7, 1959.<ref>((cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808469645/details |title=Gene Vincent – At Town Hall Party Production Details|publisher=Movies.yahoo.com|access-date=2012-04-29))</ref>  However, by the end of 1959 the Blue Caps were no longer part of the billing on Gene Vincent records.  The late 1959 single "Wild Cat" was credited solely to Gene Vincent, and this would be the case on all subsequent Gene Vincent releases.

===Europe===
A dispute with the [[Internal Revenue Service|US tax authorities]] and the American Musicians' Union over payments to his band and his having sold the band's equipment to pay a tax bill led Vincent to leave the United States for Europe.<ref>((Cite book|last=Farren|first=Mick|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/784882138|title=The Mammoth Book of Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll.|publisher=Constable & Robinson|year=2010|isbn=978-1-84901-461-8|editor-last=Driver|editor-first=Jim.|location=London|pages=50–51|chapter=Gene Vincent – The Genesis of the Dark Side|oclc=784882138))</ref>

On December 15, 1959, Vincent appeared on [[Jack Good (producer)|Jack Good]]'s TV show, ''Boy Meets Girl'', his first appearance in England. He wore black leather, gloves, and a medallion, and stood in a hunched posture.<ref name="Larkin"/> Good is credited with the transformation of Vincent's image.<ref name="Larkin"/> After the TV appearance he toured France, the Netherlands, [[West Germany|Germany]] and the [[UK]] performing in his US stage clothes.<ref>Farren, Mike (2004). ''Gene Vincent There's One in Every Town''. Do Not Press. pp. 75–80. ((ISBN|1-904316-37-9)).</ref>

On April 16, 1960, while on tour in the UK, Vincent, [[Eddie Cochran]] and the songwriter [[Sharon Sheeley]] were involved in a high-speed traffic accident in a private-hire taxi in [[Chippenham]], [[Wiltshire]]. Vincent broke his ribs and collarbone and further damaged his weakened leg.<ref name="Larkin"/> Sheeley suffered a broken pelvis. Cochran, who had been thrown from the vehicle, suffered serious brain injuries and died the next day. Vincent returned to the United States after the accident.((citation needed|date=December 2017))

While they were preparing to board their taxi, Vincent and Cochran had rebuffed [[Tony Sheridan]]'s request to ride along with them to the next venue. After escaping that fateful road accident,<ref>https://www.rte.ie/radio/doconone/771586-are-you-tony-sheridan Martin Duffy. ''Are You Tony Sheridan?'' (RTÉ [[Doc on One]] radio documentary), 17 July 2010.</ref> Sheridan soon relocated to Hamburg, where he helped influence the musical training of many British groups who would later become part of the [[British Invasion]], including one of his backing bands, [[the Beatles]].

Promoter [[Don Arden]] had Vincent return to the UK in 1961 to do an extensive tour in theatres and ballrooms,<ref name="Larkin"/> including the Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley<ref name=":0">Ronnie Wood (Show) in conversation with Paul McCartney confirmed meeting Vincent at the venue. sky.com/ronnie</ref> with Chris Wayne and the [[The Echoes (English group)|Echoes]]. In 1962 Vincent was on the same bill as the Beatles in Hamburg; Paul McCartney recalled an incident with a pistol at Vincent's girlfriend's hotel.<ref name=":0" /> In 1963 Vincent appeared in court for pointing a gun at his then wife Margaret Russell and threatening to kill her, though his wife said in court that she had forgiven him.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.spentbrothers.com/archives/2005/06/02/singer_who_pointed_gun_at_wife_says_she_forgives_me/|title=Gene Vincent &#124; Singer who pointed gun at wife says 'She forgives me'|website=Spentbrothers.com|access-date=May 22, 2021))</ref> After the overwhelming success of the UK tour, Vincent moved to Britain in 1963. On a UK tour Vincent had pulled a gun on [[Jet Harris]], Harris hid behind [[John Leyton]], the situation was defused and the three would later become friends.<ref>((Cite book|last=Cochran|first=Bobby|url=|title=Three Steps to Heaven: The Eddie Cochran Story|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|year=2003|isbn=978-0-634-03252-3|pages=177|language=|chapter=U. K. Tour))</ref> His accompanying band, [[Sounds Incorporated]], a six-piece outfit with three saxophones, guitar, bass and drums, went on to play with the [[the Beatles|Beatles]] at their [[Shea Stadium]] concert. Vincent toured the UK again in 1963 with the [[The Outlaws (UK band)|Outlaws]], featuring future [[Deep Purple]] guitar player [[Ritchie Blackmore]], as a backing band. Vincent's alcohol problems marred the tour, resulting in problems both on stage and with the band and management.<ref>Bloom, Jerry (2008). ''Black Knight''. Omnibus Press.</ref>

===Later career===
((more citations needed section|date=August 2014))
Vincent's attempts to re-establish his American career in [[folk rock]] and [[country rock]] proved unsuccessful; he is remembered today for recordings of the 1950s and early 1960s released by [[Capitol Records]].<ref name="Larkin"/> In the early 1960s, he also put out tracks on EMI's [[Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia]] label, including a cover of [[Arthur Alexander]]'s "Where Have You Been All My Life?" A backing band called the Shouts joined him.

[[File:Genevincent015e.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Vincent, 1967]]
In 1966 and 1967, in the United States, he recorded for [[Challenge Records (1950s)|Challenge Records]], backed by ex-members of the [[the Champs|Champs]] and [[Glen Campbell]]. Challenge released three singles in the US, and the UK [[London Records|London]] label released two singles and collected recordings on to an LP, ''Gene Vincent'', on the UK London label in 1967. Although well received, none sold well. In 1968 in a hotel in Germany, Vincent tried to shoot Paul Raven, later to find fame as [[Gary Glitter]]. He fired several shots but missed and a frightened Raven left the country the next day.<ref>((cite web|url=http://channelhopping.onthebox.com/2012/12/14/regrettable-television-this-your-life-gary-glitter|title=Regrettable Television: This Is Your Life, Gary Glitter|publisher=Channelhopping.onthebox.com|date=December 14, 2012|access-date=2014-04-24))</ref>
 
In 1969, he recorded the album ''I'm Back and I'm Proud'' for long-time fan [[John Peel]]'s [[Dandelion Records]],<ref name="Larkin"/> produced by [[Kim Fowley]] with arrangements by [[Skip Battin]] (of the [[the Byrds|Byrds]]), [[Mars Bonfire]] on rhythm guitar, Johnny Meeks (of Blue Caps and Merle Haggard's [[The Strangers (American band)|The Strangers]]) on lead guitar, [[Jim Gordon (musician)|Jim Gordon]] on drums, and backing vocals by [[Linda Ronstadt]] and Jackie Frisco.((sfn|Henderson|2005|p=34)) While recording the track "Sexy Ways" for the album Vincent threatened to get a gun from his car and shoot [[Paul A. Rothchild]] and [[John Densmore]] if they did not leave the studio; the pair then left the studio quickly.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.spentbrothers.com/archives/2011/03/16/im_back_and_im_proud/|title=Gene Vincent &#124; I'm Back and I'm Proud|website=Spentbrothers.com|access-date=May 22, 2021))</ref> He recorded two other albums for [[Kama Sutra Records]], reissued on one CD by Rev-Ola in March 2008. On his 1969 tour of the UK he was backed by the [[The Wild Angels (band)|Wild Angels]], a British band that had performed at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] with [[Bill Haley & His Comets]] and [[Duane Eddy]]. Because of pressure from his ex-wife Margaret Russell, the [[Inland Revenue]] and promoter [[Don Arden]], Vincent returned to the US.<ref>((Cite book|last=Hagarty|first=Britt|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11869138|title=The day the world turned blue: a biography of Gene Vincent|date=1984|publisher=Blandford|isbn=0-7137-1531-6|location=Poole|pages=245|oclc=11869138))</ref>

His final US recordings were four tracks for Rockin' Ronny Weiser's Rolling Rock label, a few weeks before his death. These were released on a compilation album of tribute songs, including "Say Mama", by his daughter, Melody Jean Vincent, accompanied by Johnny Meeks on guitar. On 19 September 1971, he began his last series of gigs in Britain.((sfn|Henderson|2005|p=4)) He was backed by Richard Cole and Kansas Hook (Dave Bailey, Bob Moore, and bass player Charlie Harrison from Poco and Roger McGuinn's Thunderbyrd). They recorded four tracks ("Say Mama", "Be-Bop-A-Lula", "Roll Over Beethoven", "[[Distant Drums (song)|Distant Drums]]") at the BBC studios in [[Maida Vale]], London, for [[Johnnie Walker (DJ)|Johnnie Walker's]] [[BBC Radio 1|Radio 1]] show. The fifth record ("[[Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On]]") remained unfinished.((sfn|Henderson|2005|p=36)) He managed one show at the Garrick Night Club in [[Leigh, Greater Manchester|Leigh]], [[Lancashire]], and two shows at the Wookey Hollow Club in [[Liverpool]] on October 3 and 4. Vincent then returned to the US and died a few days later. In September, 1974, BBC launched pop label BEEB with a maxi single by Vincent ("Roll Over Beethoven", BEEB 001). The single comprised three of these tracks.<ref>((cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=BBC's BEEB to Bow With Maxi-Single |url= |magazine=Billboard |location= |publisher= |date=1974-09-14|page=56 |access-date=))</ref> The four tracks are now on Vincent's album ''White Lightning''.((citation needed|date=December 2017))

==Death and legacy==
Vincent died at the age of 36 on October 12, 1971, from a combination of a ruptured ulcer, [[internal hemorrhage]] and [[heart failure]], while visiting his father in [[Saugus, California]].((sfn|Henderson|2005|p=4))<ref>((Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13860782|title=The Harmony illustrated encyclopedia of rock|date=1986|publisher=Harmony Books|others=Clifford, Mike., Frame, Pete, 1942-, Tobler, John., Hanel, Ed., St. Pierre, Roger., Trengove, Chris.|isbn=0-517-56264-2|edition=5th|location=New York|pages=221|oclc=13860782))</ref><ref>((Cite book|last=Farren, Mick.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56452920|title=Gene Vincent : there's one in every town|date=2004|publisher=Do-Not Press|isbn=1-904316-37-9|location=London|pages=138|oclc=56452920))</ref> He is interred at Eternal Valley Memorial Park, in [[Newhall, California]].

Vincent is mentioned in one of [[Ian Dury]]'s earliest songs, "Upminster Kid"<ref name=starkey2022>((cite web | last=Starkey | first=Arun | title=Exploring the influence of Gene Vincent on Ian Dury | website=Far Out Magazine | date=12 October 2022 | url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-influence-of-gene-vincent-on-ian-dury/ | access-date=28 April 2023))</ref> (on the 1975 Kilburn and the High Roads album ''[[Handsome (Kilburn and the High-Roads album)|Handsome]]''<ref>((cite web | last=Erlewine | first=Stephen Thomas | title=Kilburn & the High Roads - Handsome Album Reviews, Songs & More | website=AllMusic | date=31 December 1969 | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/handsome-mw0000595977 | access-date=28 April 2023))</ref>), with the words "Well Gene Vincent Craddock remembered the love of an Upminster rock 'n' roll teen". Vincent had died just four years earlier.<ref name=starkey2022/> More well-known is the single from Dury's first solo album, "[[Sweet Gene Vincent]]", from ''[[New Boots and Panties!!]]'' in 1977. He wrote the lyrics after spending six weeks of research on Vincent, which included reading two biographies. His songwriting partner [[Chas Jankel]] had to trim it considerably, after Dury's original version, Jankel joked, "would have taken around 15 minutes to perform". The opening lyrics to the song were:<ref name=starkey2022/>((blockquote|Blue Gene baby / Skinny white sailor, the chances were slender / The beauties were brief / Shall I mourn you decline with some Thunderbird wine / And a black handkerchief? / I miss your sad Virginia whisper / I miss the voice that called my heart.))

[[Robert Gordon (musician)|Robert Gordon]] paid tribute with the song "[[The Catman]]" on his ''[[Rock Billy Boogie]]'' album.

French rock n' roller [[Eddy Mitchell]] paid homage with the 1979 song "Good Bye Gene Vincent".

The rockabilly band [[Stray Cats]] also paid homage to Vincent, alongside [[Eddie Cochran]], in their single "Gene and Eddie".

Vincent was the first inductee into the [[Rockabilly Hall of Fame]] upon its formation in 1997.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.rockabillyhall.com/Certificates.html|title=Rockabilly Hall of Fame Inductess|access-date=February 24, 2014|publisher=Rockabillyhall.com|archive-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518131612/http://www.rockabillyhall.com/Certificates.html|url-status=dead))</ref> The following year he was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref>((cite web|last=McDonald|first=Sam|date=January 11, 1998|orig-year=|title=Gene Vincent: Early Rocker's Legacy Bops Into Hall of Fame|url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19980111-1998-01-11-9801090154-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210211144831/https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19980111-1998-01-11-9801090154-story.html|archive-date=February 11, 2021|access-date=|website=Daily Press|publication-date=1998-01-11))</ref> Vincent has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 1749 North Vine Street.<ref>((Cite web|date=2019-10-25|title=Gene Vincent| url=https://walkoffame.com/gene-vincent/|access-date=2021-02-11|website=Hollywood Walk of Fame|language=en-US))</ref><ref>((cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Gene Vincent - Hollywood Star Walk|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/gene-vincent/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210211160449/http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/gene-vincent/|archive-date=February 11, 2021|access-date=|website=Los Angeles Times))</ref> In 2012, his band, the Blue Caps, were retroactively inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by a special committee, alongside Vincent.<ref>((cite magazine|last=|first=|date=2012-02-09|title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Adds Six Backing Groups to the Class of 2012|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-adds-six-backing-groups-to-the-class-of-2012-77581/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210214122746/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-adds-six-backing-groups-to-the-class-of-2012-77581/|archive-date=February 14, 2021|access-date=|magazine=Rolling Stone))</ref><ref>((cite magazine|last=|first=|date=2012-02-09|title=Rock Hall Inducting Bands of 6 Iconic Members Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/506261/rock-hall-inducting-bands-of-6-iconic-members|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210214123353/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/506261/rock-hall-inducting-bands-of-6-iconic-members|archive-date=February 14, 2021|access-date=|magazine=Billboard))</ref> On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, Vincent was honored with a Norfolk's Legends of Music Walk of Fame bronze star embedded in the Granby Street sidewalk.<ref>((cite web|last=McDonald|first=Sam|date=2003-09-09|title=Region's Legends to be Honored|url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20030909-2003-09-09-0309090064-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210213120408/https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20030909-2003-09-09-0309090064-story.html|archive-date=February 13, 2021|access-date=|website=Daily Press))</ref><ref>((cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Legends of Music Walk of Fame|url=https://www.downtownnorfolk.org/go/legends-of-music-walk-of-fame|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210213121825/https://www.downtownnorfolk.org/go/legends-of-music-walk-of-fame|archive-date=February 13, 2021|access-date=|website=Downtown Norfolk))</ref>

Writing for [[AllMusic]], [[Ritchie Unterberger]] called Vincent "an American rockabilly legend who defined the greasy-haired, leather-jacketed, hot rods 'n' babes spark of rock and roll."<ref>((cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Ritchie|date=n.d.|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gene-vincent-mn0000803720|title=Gene Vincent|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=March 21, 2019))</ref> ''[[Village Voice]]'' critic [[Robert Christgau]] was less impressed by the musician's career, saying "Vincent was never a titan – his few moments of rockabilly greatness were hyped-up distillations of slavering lust from a sensitive little guy who was just as comfortable with 'Over the Rainbow' in his normal frame of mind." However, he included Vincent's [[compilation album]] ''The Bop That Just Won't Stop'' (1974) in his "basic record library", published in ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]'' (1981).<ref name="CG">((cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: V|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=V&bk=70|access-date=March 21, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com))</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
* ''[[Bluejean Bop!]]'' (Capitol T764. US & UK) (8/13/1956)
* ''[[Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps]]'' (Capitol T811, US & UK) (1957)
* ''Gene Vincent Rocks! And the Blue Caps Roll'' (Capitol T970, US & UK) (3/1958)
* ''A Gene Vincent Record Date'' (Capitol T1059, US & UK) (11/1958)
* ''Sounds Like Gene Vincent'' (Capitol T1207, US & UK) (6/1959)
* ''Crazy Times'' (Capitol T1342, US & UK mono) (Capitol ST1342, US & UK stereo) (3/1960)
* ''The Crazy Beat of Gene Vincent'' (Capitol T 20453, UK) (1963)
* ''Shakin' Up a Storm'' (Columbia 33-OSX 1646, UK) (1964)
* ''Gene Vincent'' (London HAH 8333, UK) (1967)
* ''I'm Back and I'm Proud'' (Dandelion D9 102, US) (1969) (Dandelion 63754, UK) (1970)
* ''Gene Vincent'' (Kama Sutra KSBS 2019, US) (1970) retitled ''If Only You Could See Me Today'' (Kama Sutra 2361009, UK) (1971)
* ''The Day the World Turned Blue'' (Kama Sutra KSBS 2027, US) (1970) (Kama Sutra 2316005, UK) (1971)

===Compilations and bootlegs===
* ''Rhythm in Blue'' (bootleg) (Bluecap Records BC2-11-35, Canada) (1979)
* ''Be-Bop-a-Lula'' (bootleg) (Koala KOA 14617, US) (1980)
* ''Forever Gene Vincent'' (Rolling Rock LP 022, US) (1980) (contains four rare recordings by Vincent)
* ''Dressed in Black'' (Magnum Force MFLP 016, UK) (1982)
* ''Gene Vincent with Interview by Red Robinson'' (bootleg) (Great Northwest Music Company GNW 4016, US) (1982)
* ''From LA to Frisco'' (Magnum Force MFLP 1023, UK) (1982)
* ''For Collectors Only'' (Magnum Force MFLP 020, UK) (1984)
* ''Rarities Vol 2'' (bootleg) (Doktor Kollector DK 005, France) (1985)
* ''Rareties'' ((sic)) (bootleg) (Dr Kollector CRA 001, France) (1986)
* ''Important Words'' (Rockstar RSR LP 1020, UK) (1990)
* ''Lost Dallas Sessions'' (Rollercoaster RCCD 3031) (1998)
* ''Hey Mama!'' (Rollercoaster ROLL 2021, UK) (1998)

===EPs===
* ''Hot Rod Gang'' (Capitol EAP 1–985 US & UK) (9/58)
* ''Be-Bop-a-Lula '62'' (Capitol EAP 1-20448 France) (62)
* ''Live and Rockin''' (Fan club issue UK) (69)
* ''The Screamin' Kid Live!'' (bootleg) (no label 20240 France) (69)
* ''The Screaming Kid'' (bootleg) (no label 20.266 France) (69)
* ''Rainyday Sunshine'' (Rollin' Danny RD1 UK) (80)
* ''On Tour with Gene Vincent & Eddie Cochran'' (Rockstar RSR-EP 2013 UK) (86)
* ''In Concert Vol 1'' (bootleg) (Savas SA 178305 France) (88)
* ''The Last Session'' (Strange Fruit SFNT 001 UK) (88)
* ''Hey Mama!'' (Rollercoaster RCEP 123 UK) (98)
* ''Blue Gene'' (Norton EP-076 US) (99)
(NB: This listing omits the many EPs of album tracks & compilations)

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center;
|-
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Titles (A-side, B-side)<br /><small>Both sides from same album except where indicated</small>
!rowspan="2"|US single
!rowspan="2"|UK single
!colspan="3"|Peak chart positions 
!rowspan="2"|US album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
!align=centre| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
!align=centre| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]
!align=centre| [[CHUM Chart|CAN]]
|- 
| rowspan="4"|1956
| align="left"|"[[Be-Bop-a-Lula]]"<br /><small>b/w "Woman Love" </small>
| Capitol 3450
| Capitol 14599
| 7
| 16
| —
| align="left" rowspan="2"|''Gene Vincent's Greatest!''
|-
| align="left"|"Race with the Devil"<br /><small>b/w "Gonna Back Up Baby" (non-album track) </small>
| Capitol 3530
| Capitol 14628
| 96
| 28
| —
|-
| align="left"|"Blue Jean Bop"<br /><small>b/w "Who Slapped John"</small>
| Capitol 3558
| Capitol 14637
| —
| 16
| —
| align="left" rowspan="2"|''Bluejean Bop''
|-
| align="left"|"Jumps, Giggles and Shouts"<br /><small>b/w "[[Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine|Wedding Bells]]"</small>
| N/A
| Capitol 14681
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="4"|1957
| align="left"|"Crazy Legs"<br /><small>b/w "Important Words"</small>
| Capitol 3617
| Capitol 14693
| —
| —
| —
| align="left" rowspan="2"|''The Bop That Just Won't Stop (1956)''
|-
| align="left"|"B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go"<br /><small>b/w "Five Days" (non-album track)</small>
| Capitol 3617
| Capitol 14693
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"|"[[Lotta Lovin']]"<br /><small>b/w "Wear My Ring" (non-album track)</small>
| Capitol 3763
| Capitol 14763
| 13
| —
| 2
| align="left"|''Gene Vincent's Greatest!''
|-
| align="left"|"Dance to the Bop"<br /><small>b/w "I Got It"</small>
| Capitol 3839
| Capitol 14808
| 23
| —
| 6 <ref>((cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/58-01-06-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - January 6, 1958))</ref>
| align="left" rowspan="4"|Non-album tracks
|-
| rowspan="5"|1958
| align="left"|"I Got a Baby"<br /><small>b/w "Walkin' Home from School"</small>
| Capitol 3874
| Capitol 14830
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"|"Baby Blue"<br /><small>b/w "True to You" </small>
| Capitol 3959
| Capitol 14868
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"|"Rocky Road Blues"<br /><small>b/w "Yes I Love You Baby" (from ''Gene Vincent's Greatest!'')</small>
| Capitol 4010
| Capitol 14908
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"|"Git It"<br /><small>b/w "Little Lover" (from ''Gene Vincent's Greatest!'')</small>
| Capitol 4051
| Capitol 14935
| —
| —
| —
| align="left"|''A Gene Vincent Record Date''
|-
| align="left"|"Say Mama"<br /><small>b/w "Be Bop Boogie Boy" </small>
| Capitol 4105
| Capitol 14974
| —
| —
| —
| align="left"|Non-album tracks
|-
| rowspan="3"|1959
| align="left"|"Over the Rainbow"<br /><small>b/w "Who's Pushing Your Swing" </small>
| Capitol 4153
| Capitol 15000
| —
| —
| —
| align="left"|''Gene Vincent's Greatest!''
|-
| align="left"|"Summertime"<br /><small>b/w "[[Frankie and Johnny (song)|Frankie and Johnnie]]" (from ''Gene Vincent Rocks! And the Blue Caps Roll'')</small>
| N/A
| Capitol 15035
| —
| —
| —
| align="left"|''A Gene Vincent Record Date''
|-
| align="left"|"The Night Is So Lonely"<br /><small>b/w "[[Right Now (Gene Vincent song)|Right Now]]" </small>
| Capitol 4237
| Capitol 15053
| —
| —
| —
| align="left" rowspan="2"|Non-album tracks
|-
| rowspan="4"|1960
| align="left"|"Wild Cat"<br /><small>b/w "Right Here on Earth" </small>
| Capitol 4313
| Capitol 15099
| —
| 21
| —
|-
| align="left"|"My Heart"<br /><small>b/w "I Got to Get You Yet" </small>
| N/A
| Capitol 15115
| —
| 16
| —
| align="left"|''Sounds Like Gene Vincent''
|-
| align="left"|"Pistol Packin' Mama"<br /><small>US B-side: "Anna Annabelle"<br />UK B-side: "Weeping Willow" </small>
| Capitol 4442
| Capitol 15136
| —
| 15
| —
| align="left" rowspan="2"|Non-album tracks
|-
| align="left"|"Anna Annabelle"<br /><small>b/w "Accentuate the Positive" (from ''Crazy Times'')</small>
| N/A
| Capitol 15169
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="6"|1961
| align="left"|"Jezebel"<br /><small>b/w "Maybe" (from ''Sounds Like Gene Vincent'') </small>
| N/A
| Capitol 15179
| —
| —
| —
| align="left"|''Bluejean Bop''
|-
| align="left"|"If You Want My Lovin'"<br /><small>b/w "Mister Loneliness" </small>
| Capitol 4525
| Capitol 15185
| —
| —
| —
| align="left"|Non-album tracks
|-
| align="left"|"She She Little Sheila"<br /><small>b/w "Hot Dollar" </small>
| N/A
| Capitol 15202
| —
| 22
| —
| align="left"|''Crazy Times''
|-
| align="left"|"I'm Going Home"<br /><small>b/w "Love of a Man" </small>
| N/A
| Capitol 15215
| —
| 36
| —
| align="left"|Non-album tracks
|-
| align="left"|"Brand New Beat"<br /><small>b/w "Unchained Melody" (from ''Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps'') </small>
| N/A
| Capitol 15231
| —
| —
| —
| align="left"|''Gene Vincent Rocks! And the Blue Caps Roll''
|-
| align="left"|"[[Lucky Star (Gene Vincent song)|Lucky Star]]"<br /><small>b/w "Baby Don't Believe Him"</small>
| Capitol 4665
| Capitol 15243
| —
| —
| —
| align="left" rowspan="11"|Non-album tracks
|-
| 1962
| align="left"|"Be-Bop-a-Lula '62"<br /><small>b/w "King of Fools" </small>
| N/A
| Capitol 15264
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="3"|1963
| align="left"|"Held for Questioning"<br /><small>b/w "You're Still in My Heart" </small>
| N/A
| Capitol 15290
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"|"[[Crazy Beat (Gene Vincent song)|Crazy Beat]]"<br /><small>b/w "High Blood Pressure" </small>
| N/A
| Capitol 15307
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"|"Where Have You Been All My Life"<br /><small>b/w "Temptation Baby" </small>
| N/A
| Columbia 7174
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="3"|1964
| align="left"|"Humpity Dumpity"<br /><small>b/w "A Love 'Em and Leave 'Em Kinda Guy" </small>
| N/A
| Columbia 7218
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"|"La Den Da Den Da Da"<br /><small>b/w "The Beginning of the End" </small>
| N/A
| Columbia 7293
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"|"Private Detective"<br /><small>b/w "You Are My Sunshine" </small>
| N/A
| Columbia 7343
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="2"|1966
| align="left"|"Bird Doggin'"<br /><small>b/w "Ain't That Too Much" </small>
| <small>Challenge 59337</small>
| London 10079
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"|"[[Lonely Street (Carl Belew song)|Lonely Street]]"<br /><small>b/w "I've Got My Eyes on You"</small>
| <small>Challenge 59347</small>
| London 10099
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1967
| align="left"|"Born to Be a Rolling Stone"<br /><small>b/w "Hurtin' for You Baby" </small>
| <small>Challenge 59365</small>
| N/A
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="2"|1969
| align="left"|"Be-Bop-a-Lula '69"<br /><small>b/w "Ruby Baby" </small>
| N/A
| Dandelion 4596
| —
| —
| —
| align="left"|''I'm Back and I'm Proud''
|-
| align="left"|"Story of the Rockers"<br /><small>b/w "Pickin' Poppies" </small>
| Playground 100<br />Forever 6001
| Spark 1091
| —
| —
| —
| align="left"|Non-album tracks
|-
| rowspan="3"|1970
| align="left"|"White Lightning"<br /><small>b/w "Scarlet Ribbons" </small>
| N/A
| Dandelion 4974
| —
| —
| —
| align="left"|''I'm Back and I'm Proud''
|-
| align="left"|"Sunshine"<br /><small>b/w "Geese" </small>
| <small>Kama Sutra 514</small>
| N/A
| —
| —
| —
| align="left"|''Gene Vincent''
|-
| align="left"|"The Day the World Turned Blue"<br /><small>US B-side: "How I Love Them Old Songs"<br />UK B-side: "High on Life" </small>
| <small>Kama Sutra 518</small>
| <small>Kama Sutra 2013 018</small>
| —
| —
| —
| align="left"|''The Day the World Turned Blue''
|-
|}

==Film appearances==
* ''[[The Girl Can't Help It]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Hot Rod Gang]]'' (1958, a.k.a. ''Fury Unleashed'')
* ''[[It's Trad, Dad!]]'' (1962, a.k.a. ''Ring a Ding Rhythm'')
* ''[[Live It Up! (film)|Live It Up!]]'' (1963, a.k.a. ''Sing and Swing'')
* ''The Rock And Roll Singer'' (1970) - documentary of Vincent's London tour of 1969<ref>((Cite web |date=2015-03-24 |title=BBC Arts - BBC Arts, The Rock and Roll Singer |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02mpbst |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=BBC |language=en-GB))</ref>

Vincent was played by [[Carl Barât]] in the 2009 film ''[[Telstar (film)|Telstar]]''

==Bibliography==
* Britt Hagarty: ''The Day The World Turned Blue'' Blandford Press (1984) ((ISBN|0-7137-1531-6))
* Susan Vanhecke: ''Race With the Devil: Gene Vincent's Life in the Fast Lane.'' Saint Martin's Press (2000) ((ISBN|0-312-26222-1))
* Steven Mandich: ''Sweet Gene Vincent (The Bitter End)'' Orange Syringe Publications. (2002) 1000 Printed. ((ISBN|0-9537626-0-2))
* Mick Farren: ''Gene Vincent. There's One In Every Town'' The Do-Not Press (2004) ((ISBN|1-904316-37-9))
* John Collis: ''Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran, Rock 'N' Roll Revolutionaries'' Virgin Books (2004) ((ISBN|1-85227-193-0))
* Derek Henderson: ''Gene Vincent, A Companion'' Spent Brothers Productions (2005) ((ISBN|0-9519416-7-4)) (NB contains an extensive Bibliography on Gene Vincent)

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.rockabillyhall.com/GeneVincent.html Official Gene Vincent website] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210210457/http://www.rockabillyhall.com/GeneVincent.html |date=February 10, 2021 )) from Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
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* [https://www.facebook.com/pages/GENE-VINCENT-FAN-CLUB/228785458542 Official fan club Gene Vincent Lonely Street]
* [http://www.spentbrothers.com Derek Henderson's Gene Vincent website]
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1921/gene-vincent Findagrave: Gene Vincent]
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