Bluejean Bop! Explained

Bluejean Bop!
Type:	studio
Artist:	Gene Vincent
Cover:	Bluejean Bop.jpg
Released:	13 August 1956
Recorded:	June 1956
Genre:	Rock and roll
Length:	31:47
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	Ken Nelson
Next Title:	Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps
Next Year:	1957

Bluejean Bop! is the debut studio album by American rockabilly singer and his backing band Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps, featuring rock and roll music as well as covers of pop standards. It was released in 1956 on the Capitol label. Bluejean Bop! was followed by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps.

Track listing

1. "Bluejean Bop" (Hal Levy, Gene Vincent) – 2:35
2. "Jezebel" (Wayne Shanklin) – 2:38
3. "Who Slapped John?" (Tex Davis, Vincent) – 2:07
4. "Ain't She Sweet" (Milton Ager, Jack Yellen) – 2:44
5. "I Flipped" (Richard Penniman, Chilton Price) – 2:38
6. "Waltz of the Wind" (Fred Rose) – 2:59
7. "Jump Back, Honey, Jump Back" (Hadda Brooks) – 2:11
8. "Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine)" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Willie Raskin) – 2:45
9. "Jumps, Giggles and Shouts" (Davis, Vincent) – 3:06
10. "Up a Lazy River" (Sidney Arodin, Hoagy Carmichael) – 2:35
11. "Bop Street" (Tex Davis, Cliff Gallup) – 2:38
12. "Peg O' My Heart" (Alfred Bryan, Fred Fisher) – 2:27

Personnel

• Gene Vincent – guitar, vocals

The Blue Caps

• "Galloping" Cliff Gallup – lead guitar
• "Wee" Willie Williams – rhythm guitar
• "Jumpin'" Jack Neal – upright bass
• "Be-Bop" Dickie Harrell – drums