Werly Fairburn

Werly Fairburn ( born November 27, 1924 in Folsom, Louisiana; † 18 January 1985) was an American country and rockabilly singer.

Life

Childhood and youth

Werly Fairburn was born the son of a farmer. He was Scottish, Irish, English ancestors and was related also removed with the Cherokees. Fairburn was musically influenced by the Grand Ole Opry early on, which could be heard across America. His father, who died when Fairburn was 13 years old, gave him a guitar that he mastered soon. Together with his brothers he learned to play from an older African Americans. At the outbreak of the Second World War, the now married Fairburn moved to New Orleans. In 1943 he was drafted into the Navy and spent his military service in Honolulu, Hawaii.

After his release, he returned to New Orleans, where he worked as a barber. Besides, he earned with appearances as a country musician something. He mixed the styles of Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams' with rhythm and blues. A short time later, he received the opportunity to perform at the radio station WJBW, where he also campaigned for his barber shop. He became known as the "Singing Barber " (Eng. " the singing barber "). In 1948 he got a job as WWWE disc jockey and attended a music school to improve his skills. In the early 1950s he took in the first few plates on Trumpet Records, including camping with Marie. The title is Fairburn's best-known work from this period and can already be seen as early rockabilly.

Career

After he was changed in 1955 to Columbia Records, began his ascent. Although he never had a big hit, he was known to Dallas, Texas, and so had the opportunity to perform at the Big D Jamboree and Louisiana Hayride in the. His best known title is probably Everybody's Rockin ' in the year 1956. Fairburn 1964 as an appearance graduated, heard his friend Jim Reeves sing the song I Guess I'm Crazy. Reeves took the piece on shortly before his death, just before his plane crashed, the plate came on the market. After Fairburn had moved to California in the mid-1960s, had by his success. However, he continued to perform publicly, until his death. Since 1959, he had founded several record labels, in which he also self-released singles. 1982 diagnosed him his doctors lung cancer.

Werly Fairburn died on 18 January 1985 at the age of 61 years to lung cancer. Published in 1994, the Bear Family Records CD with Fairburn's collected works.

Discography

• A Little Bit of Nothing
• Will not It Be Nice

• I'm Jealous

• All By Myself (live)
• I've Got Nothing but Love
• Old Memories Come Back