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Hardrock Gunter

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Aliases
Hardrock Gunter and His Town & Country Music
Hardrock Gunter and The Pebbles
Sid "Hardrock" Gunter
Real name
Sidney Louis Gunter Jr
Born
February 27, 1925
Died
March 15, 2013
Country
United States
IPI
00013014550 2 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Guitarist, singer and songwriter, and an ancestor of both early rock and roll and rockabilly. His song "Birmingham Bounce" from 1950 is a contender for the title as first rock and roll record. Gunter's nickname has nothing to do with the music he plays; instead, Gunter acquired the nickname when the trunk of a van fell on his head, causing him no apparent discomfort. Gunter left the music business in the 1960s to go into insurance, but started performing again in 1995. He is also a master storyteller.
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Covers by Hardrock Gunter

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 2000 Collins and Harlan
1961 Marty Robbins with Ray Conniff
August 1958 Hank Penny
1961 (unknown), Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys
February 1951 The 5 Red Caps
  1961 "T" Texas Tyler - The Man with a Million Friends REC, Red Foley REL
1961 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
June 1958 Linda Brannon and The Singing Sons
  2000 The Jesters [US1] REL, Lonzo and Oscar with The Winston County Pea Pickers REC
2000 Irving Gillette (Henry Burr)
August 1958 "Little" Jimmy Dickens
1961 (unknown), Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
1961 Tex Ritter and His Texans
2000 Little Willie Littlefield
June 1958 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
August 1958 Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Lulu Belle and Scotty
  2000 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
1961 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
August 1958 "Little" Jimmy Dickens
2000 Al Dexter and His Troopers
August 1958 Fiddlin' John Carson
February 1952 Pee Wee King and His Band featuring Redd Stewart
September 1951 The Dominoes
2000 Ted Weems and His Orchestra
September 1951 The Dinning Sisters with Jan Garber and His Orchestra
  1961 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
2000 Ethel Waters and The Jazz Masters
August 1958 Virginia Liston
2000 (unknown), Hugh Cross
2000 Ernest Tubb
2000 Bob Thompson [US1]
December 1953 Hank Penny
1961 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
  2000 Nat "King" Cole REC, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra REL
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