Music
Rocker Gene Vincent was certainly broke and near-forgotten by the time he died in late 1971, even if his song “Be-Bop-A-Lula” had sold about 9 million copies by then.
Aug. 19, 1994
*** GENE VINCENT “The Screaming End” Razor & Tie In “Be-Bop-A-Lula,” his only Top 10 single, Gene Vincent sounded so much like Elvis Presley that, the story goes, Elvis’ mother called her son to congratulate him on another hit when she heard it on the radio in the summer of 1956.
Feb. 28, 1997
Entertainment & Arts
Composer, pianist and musical arranger Gene Vincent de Paul, who collaborated on the Academy Award-winning score for the 1954 musical “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” died Saturday at his Northridge home.
Feb. 29, 1988
Movies
In the brave new world of writer-director Andrew Niccol’s “Gattaca,” genetics is God.
Oct. 24, 1997
‘Be-Bop-A-Lula’ Style Was Born in the ‘50s, but Vincent’s Blue Caps Are Still Firing in Their 50s
Aug. 17, 1996
They had only come for a visit, this playwright, this actor and this director, here at this Newhall cemetery to visit the grave of rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Gene Vincent.
June 25, 1993
Sports
George Steinbrenner signed his resignation letter Monday, effectively ending his 17 1/2-year grip on the New York Yankees.
Aug. 21, 1990
Science & Medicine
Dr. Victor A.
July 24, 2008
No one has brought a woolly mammoth back from extinction, but a team of scientists has brought back a woolly mammoth gene, discovering that it and others unique to the long-vanished elephant-like beasts probably helped the animals withstand the harsh cold of the Arctic tundra.
July 2, 2015
Vincent Price’s favorite performances
Oct. 10, 2011