American singer and guitarist (died 1971)

Gene Vincent

Vincent Eugene Craddock, 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. 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.

Born

1935

February 11

Died

1971

Era

1930s

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Gene, in brief

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1935 Born
1971 Died

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The world in 1935

When Gene arrived

april 1 India's central banking institution, the Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
april 11 Stresa Front: Opening of the conference between the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, the Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs Pierre Laval to condemn the German violations of the Treaty of Versailles.
april 14 The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, sweeps across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
april 23 The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.

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Brian Clough 1935–2004 English footballer and manager (died 2004) Charles Grodin 1935–2021 American actor and talk show host (died 2021) Daniel Quinn 1935– American author and environmentalist (died 2018) David Prowse 1935–2020 English actor (died 2020) Dennis Potter 1935– English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1994) Donald Lynden-Bell 1935–2018 English astrophysicist and astronomer (died 2018) Edward Said 1935– Palestinian-American theorist, author, and academic (died 2003) Elvis Presley 1935–1977 American singer and actor (born 1935) Felipe Alou 1935– Dominican-American baseball player, coach, and manager

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