Eddie Bond

Eddie Bond at the Memphis Music Festival , 2008

Eddie James Bond (born July 1, 1933 in Memphis , Tennessee , † March 20, 2013 in Bolivar (Tennessee) ) was an American country and rockabilly singer.

Life

Childhood and youth

Eddie Bond grew up in Memphis. He was influenced by the country stars Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff . At the age of eight he bought his first guitar with the money he had saved. As a teenager he performed in pubs and bars in and around Memphis. After successfully completing school, he worked, among other things, in a furniture factory and as a truck driver. He then signed up for 18 months in the US Navy .

Career

After his discharge from the army, Bond formed his own band, The Stompers , which consisted of Reggie Young (guitar), John Hughey (bass) and Johnny Fine (drums). Although he did not yet have a record deal, he accompanied later stars like Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash on their tours through the southern states. Bond had already tried in vain to get a record deal with Sun Records and Meteor Records . In 1955, Bond played in the newly founded Memphis branch of the West Coast label Ekko Records and got a recording contract. His first two country singles, Double Duty Lovin '/ Talking Of The Wall and Love Makes A Fool (Everyday) / Your Eyes came out in late summer of the same year. All pieces were not recorded with his band, but with various other musicians, including the guitarist Jerry Byrd . However, the plates largely received no public attention. At the same time, Bond was regularly heard on the KWEM program.

After the failures at Ekko, Bond and his Stompers moved to Mercury Records in 1956 . There they switched to popular rockabilly, which turned out to be successful. At their first session, Bond and his band recorded covers of Sonny Fisher's Rockin 'Daddy and Ray Charles ' I Got a Woman , which sold well. The next single, Slip Slip Slipin 'In / Flip Flop Mama was also a success. Bond toured with stars like Jerry Lee Lewis , Elvis Presley and Johnny Horton and made appearances at the Louisiana Hayride , America's most famous radio show alongside the Grand Ole Opry . After the record contract with Mercury expired in 1957, Bond continued to record numerous records over the next few years, including with D Records , Memphis Records and his own label, Stomper Time Records . He also made some unpublished recordings for Sun Records and recorded a gospel album on Sun's sub-label Phillips International in 1961 . Bond's songs from this time were mostly country, but often also gospel pieces or rockabilly songs. At the time, his own radio show had high ratings and he appeared on it himself. In 1973, Tap Records released a new version of Rockin 'Daddy .

He was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame for his contributions to rockabilly music . His Mercury songs from 1956 are now considered rockabilly classics.

Eddie Bond died on March 20, 2013 at the age of 79.

Discography

year	Title A	Title B	Label	#
1955	Talking off the wall	Double duty lovin '	Ekko	1015
1955	Love Makes a Fool (Every Day)	Your eyes	Ekko	1016
1956	Rockin 'daddy	I've got a woman	Mercury	70826X45
1956	Slip, slip, slipin'-in	Flip, flop mom	Mercury	70882X45
1956	Boppin 'Bonnie	Baby, baby, baby (What Am I Gonna Do)	Mercury	70941X45
1957	They Say We're Too Young	You're part of me	Mercury starday	71067x45
1957	Hershey Bar	Lovin 'you, lovin' you	Mercury starday	71153x45
1957	Love, love, love	Backslidin '	Mercury starday	71237x45
1958	The Blues Got Me	Standing in your window	D.	1016
1959	Can't win for losing	When the Juke Box Plays	Stomper time	1155
1959	Boo Bop Da Caa Caa	You'll Never Be a Stranger to Me	Stomper time	1156
1959	It's Been So Long Darling	Your Old Standby	Stomper time	1162
1960	The Little Black Book	Is My Ring On Your Finger	Coral	9-62200
1960	Can't win for losing	You'll Never Be a Stranger to Me	Wildcat	W0058
1960	I walk alone	Only One Minute More	spa	25-1001
1961	This Ole Heart of Mine	Second chance	United Southern Artists	5-106
1962	Tomorrow I Will Be Gone	(Let's) Make the Parting Sweet	Memphis	M-105
1962	As Long As I'll Forgive	I Guess I've Got the Blues	Pen	114
1963	As Long As I'll Forgive	I Guess I've Got the Blues	Decca	31469
1963	Every Part of Me	In From Stepping Out	diplomat	660S-1502
1964	Big Boss Man	Empire	Tagg	6408
1964	Monkey and the Baboon	Short honeymoon	diplomat	645D-8566
1964	I Can't Fight This Much Longer	Now and Then	Gold wax	107
1965	I just found out	Back to Vietnam	Millionaire	MC-108
1965	Raunchy	Cold Dark Waters	Memphis	M-114
1965	Here comes the train	Someday I'll Sober Up	Memphis	M-115
1965	Here comes the train	Someday I Will Sober Up	K-Ark	643
1966	The Little Black Book	Is My Ring on Your Finger	Millionaire	698B-9721
1966	Let the Good Times Roll	You don't miss your water	villa
1968	Running Drunk	We Live in Separate Ways	XL	360
1969	Second chance	Buford Pusser Goes Hunting with a Switch	tab	670
1973	Rocking daddy	That Glass	tab	677
1979	Blue Suede Shoes / One Way Ticket	Rock it	104
Unpublished titles
1957	Show Me (Version 1) Show Me (Version 2) Show Me (Version 3)	Sun
1958	Broke My Guitar This Old Heart of Mine (old. Version 1) This Old Heart of Mine (old. Version 2)	Sun
1962	Back Street Affair Big Boss Man (old version) Double Duty Lovin '(old version) My Bucket's Got a Hole In It Rockin 'Daddy (old version) Standing In Your Window (old version)	Phillips Int.
	Doody Do Right King On Your Throne Patchako Hop Raunchy (old version) Someday I'll Sober Up (old version) When the Juke Box Plays (old version) You Nearly Lose Your Mind

Web links

• Eddie Bond at Discogs (English)
• Eddie Bond at Allmusic (English)
• Discography with audio samples
• Single listing on 45cat
• Eddie Bond in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary (Engl.) ( Memento of 11 April 2013 Web archive archive.today )
2. ↑ Desoto Times Tribune ( Memento from April 8, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )