& His Skyrockets
Rockabilly
always klick on pic’s.
Essington, Pennsylvania, USA
Born Feb. 3, 1933, Died 1985 (aged 57)
Birth name Ray Coleman (born February 3, 1933 in Essington, Pennsylvania - (Died 1985?)) is/was an American country and rockabilly musician.
Life Ray Coleman was born in 1933 in Essington, Pennsylvania. Even as a child, he was influenced by the country and learned to play the guitar. As a young and youthful man, he was fascinated by Bill Haley, who just became a local in Philadelphia with his band, the Four Aces of Western Swing. Later, Coleman was discovered by Haley and Jack Howard, owner of the record label Arcade Records. Haley took him on tour and other public appearances in the early 1950s. In 1957, when rock 'n' roll had already hit the country, Coleman made his first recordings for Howard's arcade label and released the single Jukebox Rock and Roll / Rock, Chicken Rock. It followed in 1958 singles for the small Saliano label and Skyrocket Records, a sublabel of Arcade. In 1956 Coleman was offered an appearance in the movie Rock Around the Clock, which included Bill Haley, but a disagreement between Coleman and producer Sam Katzman failed. In 1978 and 1980, Rollercoaster Records released a large part of Coleman's recordings on LP's Rockaphilly! and The Return of Rockaphilly! released.
Original release, ARCADE AR-147 (US) 06/1957 ; This release, re-issue on ROLLER COASTER Rrc 2000 (GB) [1978]
Jukebox rock’n’roll b/w Rock chicken rock