11 Facts About Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music.

Rockabilly has spawned a variety of sub-styles and has influenced the development of other genres such as punk rock.

Rockabilly ran a service allowing anyone to come in off the street and for a modest fee, record themselves on a two-song vanity record.

Rockabilly recorded by artists prior to Presley can be described as being in the long-standing country style of Rockabilly.

Rockabilly cut several songs for Tetra Records in 1956 and 1957.

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Rockabilly's later stated, "the audience didn't know what to make of it.

Rockabilly continued to record rockabilly music well into 1964 with the release of "Alabama Shake".

Rockabilly music enjoyed great popularity in the United States during 1956 and 1957, but radio play declined after 1960.

Rockabilly music cultivated an attitude that assured its enduring appeal to teenagers.

Early rockabilly singer Barbara Pittman told Experience Music Project that "Rockabilly was actually an insult to the southern rockers at that time.

Rockabilly recorded first with 1950s guitar legend Link Wray and later with UK studio guitar veteran Chris Spedding and found borderline mainstream success.