Line #10 Main/Rockabilly


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2	Primary Stylistic Influences:
3	+ early RockAndRoll, Electric {{Blues}}, RAndB, CountryMusic,
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6	Secondary Stylistic Influences:
7	+ {{Pop}} (to varying degrees)
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10	Rockabilly is a musical style which could be described as the missing link between CountryMusic, {{Bluegrass}} and RockAndRoll. It originated in the American South in TheFifties. Typical for the genre is the vocal twang (pretty close to yodeling) and a strong emphasis on rhythm, provided by guitar, upright bass, and a stripped down drum kit. Solos are provided on electric guitar. Backup vocals are often shouted.
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12	It was popularized by early rock 'n' roll singers such as Music/BillHaleyAndHisComets, whose "Rocket 88" (1951) is widely seen as the first recognizable rockabilly song. The genre quickly got picked up by other early rock 'n' roll pioneers such as Music/CarlPerkins, Music/ElvisPresley and Music/JerryLeeLewis, but also country singers such as Music/JohnnyCash. As rock and roll eventually got more popular rockabilly ran out of steam by the early 1960s. In the 1970s and 1980s acts such as Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival, Music/DonMcLean, Music/LindaRonstadt and Music/BrianSetzer (and his bands Music/StrayCats and Music/TheBrianSetzerOrchestra) caused a revival of the genre. Still in the 1970s, {{psychobilly}}, a fusion of rockabilly, {{punk rock}} and themes inspired by {{horror films}}, the subgenre has the bands Music/TheCramps and Music/TheMeteors as a pioneers. Since 1997 the genre even has a Rockabilly Hall of Fame in Nashville.
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14	!! Examples of rockabilly artists:
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16	* Music/TheBigBopper: Best known for "Chantilly Lace" (1958)
17	* Music/JohnnyCash: His earliest recordings, "Hey Porter", "Folsom Prison Blues" and "Cry! Cry! Cry!" are examples.
18	* Music/EddieCochran
19	* Duane Eddy: Best known for his guitar instumentals, such as "Because They're Young" and "Rebel Rouser".
20	* Music/TheEverlyBrothers[[/index]]
21	* Charlie Feathers: Fans of the film ''Film/KillBill'' may recognize his songs "That Certain Female" and "Can't Hardly Stand It", which was one of several rockabilly songs covered by Music/TheCramps.[[index]]
22	* [[index]]Music/TennesseeErnieFord
23	* Music/BillHaleyAndHisComets: "Rocket 88" (1951) is seen as the first rockabilly hit.
24	* [[Creator/BillyBobThornton The Boxmasters]]: Contemporary band fronted by actor Billy Bob Thornton whose initial style was a GenreMashup of Rockabilly and [[MediaNotes/TheBritishInvasion Merseybeat]] styles
25	* Music/BuddyHolly
26	* Music/JohnnyHorton
27	* Wanda Jackson: One of the first women to make a mark in rock 'n' roll.
28	* The Johnny Burnette Trio: Well remembered for "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (1956), which was the first rock 'n' roll sound to use guitar distortion.
29	* Music/JerryLeeLewis
30	* Music/ImeldaMay is a 21st century Irish singer who made several albums in a modern-rockabilly style.
31	* Music/RickyNelson
32	* Music/RoyOrbison
33	* Carl Perkins: The first rockabilly singer to break through nationally, with his original version of "Blue Suede Shoes" climbing up to #2 in early 1956.
34	* Music/ElvisPresley: ''Music/TheSunSessions'' (1976) is a compilation album which collects his earliest work which is closer to the rockabilly sound than his later work would be.
35	* Music/MartyRobbins: See especially ''Music/GunfighterBalladsAndTrailSongs'' (1959)
36	* Arkie Shibley and the Mountain Dew Boys: Their hit "Hot Rod Race" (1950) is an early example of the genre.
37	* [[Muisc/ShakinStevens Shakin' Stevens]]
38	* Music/StrayCats: Led a revival of the style in TheEighties.
39	* Music/ConwayTwitty in The50s, prior to becoming more famous as a Country singer
40	* Gene Vincent: Scored his biggest hit with "Be-Bop A Lula".
41	* Link Wray: Well remembered for "Rumble".
42	* Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, a 1970's group who biggest hit was a cover of the rockabilly tune "Hot Rod Lincoln" which originated as an answer song to "Hot Rod race".
43	* Ronnie Self: "Bop a Lena" (1956).
44	* Robert Gordon: "Red Hot" (1977).
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