Dudley Callicut

Not every rockabilly singer was destined for legend, or even recognition in his own time -- but at least a few who started out that way in the late '50s managed to stay in music, and even to make lifelong careers out of music, if not necessarily in rock & roll. Dudley Callicutt was one. He was a 17-year-old high-school student in Charlotte, NC when he got his chance at rock & roll immortality. His cousin Rudy Callicutt wrote two songs, "Heart Trouble" and "Get Ready Baby," that Dudley recorded at Edgewood Studios in Washington, D.C., backed by the Go Boys, led by Gene Vincent ...