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Chanteur Rockabilly US
né Eugene Lamarr Syrios, le 7 Février 1942 en Georgie, mais installé encore
enfant à San Diego (Californie). Gene La Marr a enregistré chez Spry (58), Flame
(59) et
Cenco Records (61). Il est décédé le 8 Avril 2007.
Rockabilly
cat Gene Lamarr remains best known among vintage rock & roll connoisseurs for
his 1958 cult classic "That Crazy Little House on the Hill." Born Eugene Lamarr
Syrios in Georgia on February 7, 1942, he spent virtually his entire childhood
in the San Diego area. Given his first guitar as a young boy, he later learned
to play with the aid of a boarder who swapped lessons for lodging. By the age of
12 Lamarr was playing in local honky tonks as a member of Joel Hill & the
Strangers before embracing rockabilly two years later. At just 16, he and his
band the Blue Flames signed to the local indie Spry to cut his debut single,
"That Crazy Little House on the Hill," penned by Gaynel Hodge of "Earth Angel"
fame. The record was a local hit, and in mid-1958 Lamarr issued a follow-up,
"You Can Count on Me." After one final Spry effort, 1959's "Moon Eyes," he
founded his own Flame label to issue "Hammerhead," an instrumental spotlighting
his ferocious guitar work. "Just a Stranger" soon followed, but despite a rabid
local fan base Lamarr's records failed to generate much attention outside of the
Southern California market, and after one last single, the 1961 Cenco label
effort "Baby What Would You Do," his recording career ground to a halt. Despite
headlining the occasional country gig, Lamarr largely abandoned music in favor
of raising a family, working for a quarter century with defense industry
contractor General Dynamics before retiring in 1991. In the autumn of his life
he assembled a home recording studio and began working on new material. An album
was nearing completion at the time of Lamarr's death from heart failure on April
8, 2007.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Lamarr
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll
YOU DON'T LOVE ME ANYMORE
(1958)
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THAT CRAZY
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE HILL
(1958)
YOU CAN
COUNT ON ME
(1958)
Just A Little Bit Longer
(1958)
Close
To Me (1958)
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Years in activity :
1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
04/1958 | SP SPRY 113-45 (US) | Gene LA MARR & His BLUE
FLAMES -
You Don't Love Me Anymore
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05/1958 | SP SPRY 114-45 (US) | Gene LA MARR & His BLUE
FLAMES -
You Can Count On Me
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06/1958 | SP SPRY 115-45 (US) | Gene LA MARR & His BLUE
FLAMES -
Moon Eyes
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09/1959 | SP FLAME 1101-45 (US) | Gene LA MARR & The BLUE FLAMES - Hammerhead [instr.] / Sharkskin [instr.] |
10/1959 | SP FLAME 1102-45 (US) | Gene LA MARR & The BLUE FLAMES - Just A Stranger / I'm Gonna Make It Up To You |
12/1961 | SP CENCO 111 (US) | Gene LAMARR -
That Way /
Baby What Would You Do
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1962 | SP CENCO 126 (US) | Gene LAMAR - That's Why I Cry / I Love Your Love |
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