This day in music history.

October 12, 1971, Gene Vincent dies from a ruptured stomach ulcer at the age of 36. He died at his fathers house in California. Gene was born Vincent Eugene Craddock, on February 11, 1935, in Virginia. Gene was an alcoholic and basically drank himself to death. Gene's biggest hit was "Be Bop A Lula" in 1956. He was the first inductee into the Rockabilly Hall Of Fame upon its formation in 1997. He played his last concerts at the Wookey Hollow Club in Liverpool on October 3rd and 4th, 1971.
Be Bop A Lula
Well,
be-bop-a-lula, she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula, I don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula, she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula, I don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula, she's my baby
love
My baby love,
my baby
love
Well,
she's the girl in the red
blue jeans
She's the queen of all the teens
She's the one that I know
She's the one that loves me so
Say
be-bop-a-lula, she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula, I don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula, she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula, I don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula, she's my baby
love
My baby love,
my baby love
Well, she's the one that gots that beat
She's the one with the flyin' feet
She's the one that walks around the store
She's the one that gets more more more
Be-bop-a-lula, she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula, I don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula, she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula, I don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula, she's my baby
love
My baby love,
my baby love