Dennis Herrold

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Dennis Herrold (born December 12, 1927 in Albemarle , Virginia , † February 7, 2002 in Truth or Consequences , New Mexico ) was an American rockabilly musician . Not much was known about Herrold for a long time. In 2009 the author Dik de Heer was able to uncover part of his life, but information about Herrold is still difficult to get.

Life

Childhood and youth

Not much is known about Herrolds' career. Most of the insights into his career come from an interview by Bill Millar with Dub Dickerson and from information from the US authorities. Dennis Herrold was born in Virginia in 1927, where he also spent his childhood. Before Herrold joined the US Army in 1946 , he worked as a metal worker, among other things.

Career

At the time of his musical career, in 1957 and 1958, Herrold lived with his wife Erma Lee in Dallas , Texas . On October 17, 1957, Herrold held his only session for Imperial Records . He got in touch with Imperial through Dub Dickerson. Herrold recorded a total of four tracks, but only Hip Hip Baby and Make With the Lovin 'were released in January 1958. Dub Dickerson said in 1997: “ I knew Dennis did a little picking but I didn't know he did any singing [...]. I wasn't aware of him doing my stuff! “All the songs were written by Dub Dickerson, who was a friend of Herrold's and who also wrote the song Stood Up with Herrold's wife , which hit number two on the charts in the version by Ricky Nelson . Herrold himself made a demo recording of the song.

Herrold's record, however, largely sold poorly and then disappeared from the record business. Herrold and his wife divorced in the late 1950s. In the 1960s and 1970s, Herrold played in small bars in El Paso , Texas, trying to get the rights to Stood Up , but ultimately failed. Nevertheless, he received the royalty for a certain time, as his ex-wife Erma Lee and her new husband could not be found.

After living in El Paso for a long time, Herrold died in New Mexico in 2002 . Herrold's songs were first re-released in 1974 by Collector Records on the LP I Love Rock and Roll . Herrold's original never-released song, Yiou Arouse My Curiosity , was first featured on Bear Family Records in 1997 on the twelfth edition of That'll Flat Git It! released.

Discography

year title Record company
1958 Hip Hip Baby / Make With the Lovin ' Imperial Records
Unpublished titles
1957
  • Hip Hip Baby (old version)
  • Don't push away
  • You Arouse My Curiosity
 Imperial Records

literature

  • Alexander Petrauskas: The Curios Case of Dennis Herrold (2015), American Music Magazine # 140.

swell

  1. ↑ Bill Millar: That'll Flat Git It! - Vol. 12 (1997), Liner Notes; Bear Family Records

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personal data
SURNAME Herrold, Dennis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rockabilly musician
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Albemarle , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 2002
Place of death Truth or Consequences , New Mexico