Coast Guard and patrolled American coastal waters to protect Allied shipping against German U-boats during World War II. He received his first guitar at the age of twelve as a gift from a friend.Ĭraddock's father volunteered to serve in the U.S. He showed his first real interest in music while his family lived in Munden Point (now Virginia Beach), in Princess Anne County, Virginia, near the North Carolina line, where they ran a country store.
His favorite composition was Beethoven's Egmont overture. His musical influences included country, rhythm and blues, and gospel. Biography Early life Ĭraddock was born February 11, 1935, in Norfolk, Virginia, to Mary Louise and Ezekiah Jackson Craddock. He is sometimes referred to by his somewhat unusual nickname/moniker the "Screaming End". Vincent was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. In the UK, he was a somewhat bigger star, racking up eight top 40 hits from 1956 to 1961. His chart career was brief, especially in his home country of the US, where he notched three top 40 hits in 1956 and '57, and never charted in the top 100 again.
His 1956 top ten hit with his backing band the Blue Caps, " Be-Bop-a-Lula", is considered a significant early example of rockabilly. Vincent Eugene Craddock (Febru– October 12, 1971), known as Gene Vincent, was an American musician who pioneered the styles of rockabilly and rock and roll. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
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