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<html> <head> <title>Rockabilly Hall of Fame</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option 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<td>Chantilly Lace</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/786/000116438/">Dorsey Burnette</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Dec-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1979</tt></td> <td>The Rock 'n Roll Trio</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/776/000023707/">Johnny Cash</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-2003</tt></td> <td>The Man in Black</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/738/000026660/">Patsy Cline</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Mar-1963</tt></td> <td>I Fall To Pieces</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/223/000061040/">Eddie Cochran</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Oct-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-1960</tt></td> <td>Summertime Blues</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/286/000023217/">Bo Diddley</a></td> <td><center>Guitarist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-2008</tt></td> <td>Blues diddler and rectangular guitarist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/751/000086493/">Leo Fender</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Mar-1991</tt></td> <td>Electric guitarmaker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/932/000113593/">Alan Freed</a></td> <td><center>Disc Jockey</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Dec-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1965</tt></td> <td>Legendary rock-and-roll DJ</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/255/000061072/">Bill Haley</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1981</tt></td> <td>Rock Around the Clock</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/163/000213521/">Dale Hawkins</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Aug-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Feb-2010</tt></td> <td>Susie-Q</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/937/000031844/">Buddy Holly</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Feb-1959</tt></td> <td>Buddy Holly and The Crickets</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/008/000023936/">Etta James</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-2012</tt></td> <td>Soul Diva</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/582/000045447/">Brenda Lee</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Dec-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Little Miss Dynamite, I'm Sorry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/867/000023798/">Jerry Lee Lewis</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Sep-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Goodness gracious, great balls of fire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/183/000057012/">Ricky Nelson</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1985</tt></td> <td>I'm Walkin'</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/743/000024671/">Roy Orbison</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1988</tt></td> <td>Pretty Woman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/213/000085955/">Colonel Tom Parker</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jun-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-1997</tt></td> <td>Elvis Presley's manager</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/480/000022414/">Carl Perkins</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Apr-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1998</tt></td> <td>Blue Suede Shoes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/363/000024291/">Elvis Presley</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-1977</tt></td> <td>Rock and roll icon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/470/000026392/">Little Richard</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Tutti Frutti</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/496/000164004/">Tommy Sands</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Teenage Crush</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/653/000045518/">Del Shannon</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1990</tt></td> <td>1960s songwriter, Runaway</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/870/000062684/">Conway Twitty</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1993</tt></td> <td>It's Only Make Believe</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/586/000045451/">Ritchie Valens</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-May-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Feb-1959</tt></td> <td>La Bamba</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/175/000350122/">Bobby Vee</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Apr-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Take Good Care of My Baby</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/679/000070469/">Gene Vincent</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1971</tt></td> <td>Be-Bop-A-Lula</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/256/000098959/">Link Wray</a></td> <td><center>Guitarist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-2005</tt></td> <td>Rumble</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=113594" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications 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