Gene Vincent, real name Vincent Eugene Craddock, (February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971) was an American rockabillypioneer musician, best known for his hit Be-Bop-A-Lula. He performed with his backing band, the Blue Caps. After Be-Bop-A-Lula had become a huge hit (peaking at #7 and spending 20 weeks in the Billboard Pop Chart), Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps were unable to follow it up with the same level of commercial success, but released critically acclaimed songs like Race With The Devil(#96 in Billboard) and Bluejean Bop(#49). Following a visit to Europe in 1959, Vincent managed to attract a new huge and discerning audience there, especially in England and France. By that time his career had mostly ended in the US.
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Bop Street Lyrics

Gene Vincent

(talking intro by dickie and wee willie:)
Hey cat, where are ya goin man?
Man, Im going down to bop street
Tell me cat, wheres that di-rection?
Man, aint you heard? they got one of em in every town
Real cool
Ba-a-op street, ba-a-op street
Oh, its the cat and kittens of ol bop street
Jumpin jacks, they aint no square
A green paint pants and great pair
On bop street theyre the main attraction
cause theyre the cats who crave the action
A-jumpin here, a-jumpin there
A-jump jump jumpin everyhere
The jumpin jacksons are hard to beat
cause theyre the cats n kittens of ol bop street (rock)
Well, a dreamy day when it starts at nine
A-rockin and a-rollin all the time
A-green blue jeans and crazy shoes
A-jumpin on bop street, losing the blues
A-jumpin here, a-jumpin there
A-jump jump jumpin everyhere
The jumpin jacksons are hard to beat
cause theyre the cats n kittens of ol bop street (jump, jack, jump)
Well its the street where the cool cats go
To spend their time and their hard earned dough
A-boppin on bop street, goin round
The juke box music with the rockin sound
Well a-jumpin here, jumpin there
A-jump jump jumpin everyhere
The jumpin jacksons are hard to beat
cause theyre the cats n kittens of ol bop street
Ba-a-op street, ba-a-op street
Come on man, lets get going
Yeah, lets go on down to bop street
Ba-a-op street