Johnny Carroll

Johnny Carroll ( born October 23, 1937 in Cleburne, Texas as John Lewis Carrell, † 18 February 1995) was an American rockabilly musician. Carroll is considered one of the most typical representative of the genre. Known titles of his include Hot Rock, Wild Wild Women and Crazy Crazy Lovin '.

  • 2.1 Singles
  • 2.2 Albums ( selection)

Life

Childhood and youth

Johnny Carroll grew up in the small town of Godley, Texas. Carroll's father William was a farmer and teacher. But he had the musical talent from his mother, Ina Mae. Unlike in most regions of the South Carroll got no racist prejudices against the African American population know because often worked Black with his father. As Godley 1947 connected to the electricity network, Carroll heard on the radio often Blues. He had shortly after he began playing guitar at the age of nine years on the radio station KCLE, his first appearance. In 1952 he founded during his high school years his own band to perform at local events.

Career

1955, the group, the first from Carroll ( guitar, vocals), Bill Buntin (bass) and Bill Hens (piano) was passed had to extend the guitarist Jay Salem. When in the same year, Hank Snow and Ferlin Husky gave a show in the city, Carroll managed to talk for a time with Husky, who offered him to perform with his band in the opening act. The performance caught the attention of studio owner John Goldman, the Carroll and his group, now called The Hot Rocks, switched to Decca Records, which, but not Carroll took his band under contract. Here he also got his stage name. Decca had his last name misspelled in the contract and from that point on, he was not called more Carrell, but Johnny Carroll.

For his first recording session Carroll traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, where he died on April 25, with session musicians known as Hank Garland, and Bob Moore his first three titles Crazy Crazy Lovin ', Trying To Get To You and Rock'n'Roll Ruby grossed. The day after, more tracks were recorded. His first single was released on May 19, 1956 Rock'n'Roll Ruby. However, his debut record could not, as well as his other singles on the Billboard Charts place. His manager T. G. Tiger gave Carroll a role in the movie rock Baby, Rock It, in which he and his band played four pieces. But the appearance in the film as well as his tour did not bring the desired success and after Carroll had a falling out with his manager because he had embezzled money to him Decca Carroll terminated the contract. The following year was a member of the KWKH Louisiana Hayride Carroll and KRLD Big D Jamboree in which he denied earlier guest appearances. Behind the scene of Hayrides learned Carroll Scotty Moore and Bill Black know who had just split up with Elvis Presley; the three became fast friends. Moore suggested Carroll, Sam Phillips, owner of Sun Records, to audition. Phillips was interested in Carroll and told him the chance to stay on his Phillips International label, but when Phillips scored a hit with Bill Justis, interest in Carroll was gone, even if you had already recorded the first images. In 1959 he signed a contract with Warner Bros. Records, who along with his band The Spinners but expired after two singles.

Carroll continued his career anyway and took until the early 1960s plates. For Gene Vincent, with whom he was also a friend, the song Maybe that appeared on Vincent's fifth album. End of the 1960s, Carroll retired from the music business and began working as an accountant in a nightclub. There he was again wounded, but recovered from the injury. Only in the late 1970s, Carroll tried in the course of the rockabilly revival back in the music business to gain a foothold. When Ronnie Weiser's Rollin 'Rock label he took from then on albums and singles and made appearances in Europe. A total of eleven times, he traveled across the Atlantic to perform at various rock and roll and rockabilly festivals.

Johnny Carroll died on 18 February 1995 to the consequences of a liver transplant, were encountered in the complications. He was inducted posthumously into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

Discography

Singles

  • Hot Rock
  • Corrine, Corrine
  • Crazy Crazy Lovin '
  • Wild Wild Women
  • Crazy Little Mama
  • Cut Out
  • Hearts Of Stone
  • Love Is A Merry- Go-Round
  • Sexy Ways
  • Stingy Thing
  • Why Cry
  • Rock It
  • Be-Bop -A- Lula Is Back On The Scene
  • Cat With The Skin
  • Havana Nights
  • Lonesome Boy
  • Sugar Lips

Albums ( selection)

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