GREAT BUDDY KNOX ROCK-A-BILLY 78 " ROCK MY LITTLE BABY TO SLEEP " COL DB 3952 E-

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A REALLY EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS RARER 1957 ROCKABILLY 78 FROM LIEUTENANT BUDDY KNOX WITH THE RHYTHM ORCHIDS ON UK COLUMBIA

ROCK YOUR LITTLE BABY TO SLEEP

b/w   DON'T MAKE ME CRY

BUDDY KNOX was the man who put Tex-Mex music on the map, registering the genre's first No.1 and million-seller, Party Doll - recorded at Norman Petty's tiny studio in Clovis, New Mexico - in the early Spring of 1957. And although Knox would ultimately be eclipsed by another great Texan buddy, Buddy Holly (who also, of course, recorded the greater part of his timeless legacy at Clovis), he enjoyed a hot streak of his own during the late 50s and early 60s, clocking up a healthy run of hits. Indeed, he was the first artist of the R&R era to write and record a No.1 record, and by 1958, Knox - along with colleagues Jimmy Bowen and The Rhythm Orchids - had sold upwards of 5 million records.

The first release was "Party Doll", and then at almost the same time Roulette released "I’m Sticking With You". With "Party Doll" going number one and selling well over a million singles and "I’m Sticking With You" being a top 40 hit and single sales over one million, the band was on top of the world. That same year Buddy Knox and the Rhythm Orchids released "Rock Your Little Baby To Sleep", a top 20 hit, and "Hula Love", a top 10 hit. Both singles sold over one million copies.

But somehow, in spite of - or more probably, because of - his commercial successes, Buddy Knox's name never quite seemed to stir the collective loins of R&R's self-appointed cognoscenti as did some of his more obscure, often far less-talented contemporaries. For starters, although steeped in Country, R&R and Rockabilly, Buddy's Tex-Mex music had fewer rough edges: his singing style was jaunty and easygoing rather than fast and frantic, relaxed rather than highly-strung. Furthermore, having been to university, he was an educated, intelligent and highly articulate man, pretty much the antithesis of a great many of the rednecks and yokels whose Rockabilly 'credentials' allegedly eclipsed his own.

Buddy nonetheless went on to carve out a long, successful career, ultimately spending more than 40 years on the road, gigging regularly right up until his sad death, from cancer, in February 1999. He remained a magnificent live performer throughout his life - perhaps never better evidenced than his performance at The Rainbow in 1976, when, as a late addition to the bill, by common consensus Buddy stole the honours at The Sun Sound Show over Jack Scott, Warren Smith and Charlie Feathers.

BUDDY KNOX - ROCK YOUR LITTLE BABY

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