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Lloyd Price - 100% match to The Champs

9 March 1933, Kenner, Louisiana, USA. Price, who launched his career in the early 50s performing rocking R&B, New Orleans-style, was - like his Crescent City compatriot Fats Domino - made for the rock 'n' roll era. He did not have to modify his approach at all to become a... Read more

Duane Eddy - 90% match to The Champs

26 April 1938, Corning, New York, USA. The legendary simple "twangy" guitar sound of Duane Eddy has made him one of rock 'n' roll's most famous instrumental artists. The sound was created after hearing Bill Justis' famous "Raunchy" (the song that George Harrison first learned to... Read more

Chuck Berry - 87% match to The Champs

Charles Edward Anderson Berry, 18 October 1926, San Jose, California, USA (although Berry states that he was born in St. Louis, Missouri). A seminal figure in the evolution of rock 'n' roll, Chuck Berry's influence as songwriter and guitarist is incalculable. His cogent songs... Read more

Eddie Cochran - 86% match to The Champs

Edward Raymond Cochrane, 3 October 1938, Albert Lea, Minnesota, USA, d. 17 April 1960, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. Recent information states he was raised in Minnisota, but without sight of the birth certificate, it is still possible he was born in Oklahoma City. Although... Read more

Little Richard - 85% match to The Champs

Richard Wayne Penniman, 5 December 1932, Macon, Georgia, USA. The wildest and arguably the greatest and most influential of the 50s rock 'n' roll singers and songwriters. He first recorded in late 1951 in Atlanta for RCA Records, cutting eight urban blues tracks with his mentor... Read more

Johnny & The Hurricanes - 84% match to The Champs

Formed by tenor saxophonist Johnny Paris (John Pocisk, 1940, Walbridge, Ohio, USA, d. 1 May 2006, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA), this instrumental group went through a series of line-up changes from 1957-63. With bass player Lionel "Butch" Mattice and drummer Tony Kaye, the group... Read more

Gene Vincent - 82% match to The Champs

Vincent Eugene Craddock, 11 February 1935, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, d. 12 October 1971, Newhall, California, USA. One of the original bad boys of rock 'n' roll, the self-destructive Vincent was involved in a motorcycle crash in July 1955 and his left leg was permanently damaged.... Read more

Ricky Nelson - 81% match to The Champs

Bobby Day - 79% match to The Champs

Robert Byrd, 1 July 1932, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, d. 27 July 1990. Day moved to Los Angeles in 1947 and shortly afterwards formed the Flames, who recorded under a variety of names on numerous labels throughout the 50s. Oddly, it took until 1957 before they achieved their first... Read more

Bill Haley - 77% match to The Champs

William John Clifton Haley, 6 July 1925, Highland Park, Michigan, USA, d. 9 February 1981, Harlingen, Texas, USA. Haley was one of the great pioneers of rock 'n' roll and was the first artist to take the new musical form to the world stage. His roots were in country music and he... Read more