Joe Clay

Joe Clay ( b. 1939 as Clayborne Joseph Cheramie ) is an American rockabilly singer, who by the Rockabilly Revival became famous especially in the 1980s.

Life

He grew up in Harvey, Louisiana, Joe Clay played with 12 years in a country band. He had his first public appearance with his band at the radio station WWWE. The Vik Records, he then got a record deal, his first publication, as written by Rudy Grayzell Duck Tail and Sixteen Chicks, as well as subsequent singles were unheeded. Also an appearance on the Ed Sullivan show could not bring the desired breakthrough, instead played Clay as a background musician for Elvis Presley. The next 30 years he played in the evening in New Orleans ' bars, during the day he worked as a bus driver. During the 1980s, Clay gained unexpected fame in Europe, of which he knew nothing, however. Willie Jeffrey finally persuaded him to take a tour.

Joe Clay is next to rockabilly legends such as Sleepy LaBeef or Sonny West one of the few singers who still occur today.

Discography

• Did You Mean Jelly Bean
• Doggone
• Goodbye, Goodbye
• Slippin ' Out And Sneakin ' In
• You Look That Good To Me