Jeannie Sterling: The Wonder of You
Jeannie Sterling: The Wonder of You – 1959
MORE ...Gordon Terry: It Ain’t Right
Gordon Terry performs his hit song ‘It Ain’t Right’ live, backed by the great Billy Mize and the equally talented Cliff Crofford. Another clip documenting the birth of authentic rockabilly.
MORE ...Ozark Jubilee Boys: Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Ozark Jubilee Boys perform “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” live in this country tinged version of Jerry Lee Lewis’s rhythm & blues hit. Witness rockabilly in the making as this young western swing band goes rock & roll. According to Wikipedia – The origins of the song are disputed, but the writing is co-credited to […]
MORE ...Diane Jewitt: How to Yodel
In this vintage performance, the yodeling is entirely live and more contemporaneous, with a decidedly rockabilly slant.
MORE ...Cliff Crofford & Billy Mize: Tell Him No
Billy Mize and Cliff Crofford’s harmonies for “Tell Him No” typify the Bakersfield Sound. From a local television broadcast out of Compton, California in the late 1950’s.
MORE ...Joe Maphis: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (and LOUD, LOUD music) performed by Joe Maphis & wife Rose Lee, LIVE in 1959. Maphis. known for the flatpicking style he developed in the 1930’s, sings magnificent harmony with wife Rose in this 1950’s crowd-pleaser.
MORE ...Skeets McDonald & Joe Maphis: Mona Lisa
From a live broadcast in 1959 on KTTV in Los Angeles, Skeets McDonald and Joe Maphis perform a countrified version of Nat King Cole’s Mona Lisa. Performing on Town Hall Party, a show broadcast over radio and television during the 1950s, became something of a hometown Grand Ol’ Opry for the large community of Okies […]
MORE ...Jimmy Pruett: Boogie Woogie
Born in 1925, Jimmy Pruett, a lifelong resident of Los Angeles, California, grew up blind. In his youth, he learned both guitar and piano, developing his own unique style by the age of nine. It was around then that country artist Stuart Hamblen discovered Pruett and gave him a spot on his radio show on […]
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