JUNGLE ROCK

Created on 22/12/2003
Latest update on 08/02/2024

Artist: Hank Mizell
Author: Hank Mizell/Ralph Simonton
Label: Eko
Year: 1958

Not a retro character like Shakin' Stevens but a genuine fifties rockabilly cat. Eko was producer Gene Parsons' Chicago label. Six months later distributed by King (reissued on Ace cd King Rockabilly). His career was finally boosted two decades later when European rockabilly collectors rediscovered this King gem, opening up the comeback gates for someone who never got anywhere in the first place.

Covers:

1976:

Hank Mizell [reissue on British Charly: n°1 NL, n°2 B, n°3 UK]

1978:

Shakin' Stevens

1983:

Marshall Crenshaw

1989:

Tail Gators

1989:

Tav Falco

1994:

Replacements

1997:

Fall

Contact


If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:

Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)

info@originals.be

No Facebook No Twitter