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    • Feb 11, 1935
    Singer/songwriter Gene Vincent is born in Norfolk, Virginia. His seminal rock & roll record "Be-Bop-A-Lula," one of the first singles recorded at the Bradley Recording Studio in Nashville, also reaches country music's Top 5 in 1956
    Sep 11, 1955
    Elvis Presley performs the first of two shows on a Hank Snow package tour with Cowboy Copas and The Louvin Brothers at the City Auditorium in Norfolk, Virginia. In the audience: Gene Vincent
    Feb 11, 1956
    Gene Vincent marries 15-year-old Ruth Ann Hand. They stay together two years
    Apr 9, 1956
    Gene Vincent records a demo tape featuring three songs. The tape lands him a recording deal with Capitol Records, for whom he re-records one of the demo's songs, "Be-Bop-A-Lula," less than a month later
    May 4, 1956
    Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps record "Be-Bop-A-Lula" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville
    Jun 2, 1956
    Elvis Presley arrives in Oakland, California, where Scotty Moore, D.J. Fontana and Bill Black accuse him of recording "Be-Bop-A-Lula" with other musicians behind their backs. Presley assures them the record belongs to Gene Vincent
    Jun 4, 1956
    Capitol releases Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula"
    Jul 3, 1956
    While catching a train home to Memphis, Elvis Presley meets "Be-Bop-A-Lula" artist Gene Vincent for the first time at New York's Penn Station
    Jul 28, 1956
    Gene Vincent guests on NBC's "The Perry Como Show"
    Oct 18, 1956
    Just five months after playing on the classic "Be-Bop-A-Lula," Cliff Gallup takes part in his final recording session as a member of Gene Vincent's Blue Caps
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