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ARC-0949

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Bobby Jones Collection on Gene Vincent

1950, 1957

0.07 (Linear feet)

Gene Vincent (February 11, 1935-October 12, 1971) was an American musician who pioneered the styles of rock and roll and rockabilly. His 1956 top ten hit with his band the Blues Caps, “Be-Bop-A-Lula,” is considered a rockabilly classic. He was inducted into to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

The Bobby Jones Collection on Gene Vincent consists of ESSO Standard Oil Company credit card signed by Gene Vincent dated March 31, 1957 and a poster for Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps dated 1950.

: The Bobby Jones Collection on Gene Vincent was received by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a gift from Bobby Jones on February 7, 2007.

: [Identification of Item], Bobby Jones Collection on Gene Vincent, Library and Archives, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

: Materials are in English.

: Processed by Crystal Matjasic, Project Archivist. Completed January 23, 2019. Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS and local processing manual. Collection processed through an Access to Historical Records grant from the NHPRC.

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