Sidney Louis Gunter, Jr. wurde am 27. Februar 1925 in Birmingham, Alabama, geboren. Schon mit 13 Jahren gründete er seine erste Band. Im März 1950 kam seine erste Platte auf den Markt (BAMA). Der Titel "Birmingham Bounce", von ihm selbst geschrieben, erreichte im Mai 1950 den ersten Platz der Country-Charts. Es war aber leider nicht seine Aufnahme sondern die von Red Foley aufgenommene Version. Hardrock, dieser Spitzname rührt von einem Unfall her wo ihm eine Kühlerhaube auf den Kopf fiel, ihn dabei aber nicht sonderlich verletzte. In unserem Sprachgebrauch würden wir "Harter Schädel" sagen. Hardrock Gunter wurde eigentlich nie sehr populär, trotzdem wird er heute als einer der Väter des Rockabilly angesehen.
Hier seine Single-Diskografie:
BAMA (ob auch als 45 RPM ist derzeit unbekannt)
03 50....104....HARDROCK GUNTER AND THE PEBBLES..Birmingham Bounce/How Can I Believe You Love Me
07 50....201....HARDROCK GUNTER AND THE PEBBLES..Gonna Dance All Night/Why Don't You Show Me That You Care
BULLET (ob auch als 45 RPM ist derzeit unbekannt)
01 51....725....HARDROCK GUNTER And the PEBBLES..The Little Things You Do/My Bucket's Been Fixed
03 51....727....HARDROCK GUNTER And The PEBBLES..Maybe, Baby, You'll Be True To Me/Rifle, Belts And Bayonets
BAMA (ob auch als 45 RPM ist derzeit unbekannt)
03 51....202....HARDROCK GUNTER..Lonesome Blues/Dad Gave Me Hog Away
DECCA
04 51....9-46300....HARDROCK GUNTER..Honky Tonk Blues (45 80433)/Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night (45 80430)
07 51....9-46350....HARDROCK GUNTER..I've Done Gone Hog Wild/I Believe That Mountain Music Is Here To Stay
09 51....9-46363....ROBERTA LEE And HARDROCK GUNTER..Sixty Minute Man (45 81422)/HARDROCK GUNTER And ROBERTA LEE..Tennessee Blues (45 81423)
09 51....9-46367....HARDROCK GUNTER..Dixieland Boogie/If I Could Only Live My Dreams
11 51....9-46383....HADROCK GUNTER..Don't You Agree (45 81426)/Hesitation Boogie (45 81424)
01 52....9-46401....HARDROCK GUNTER..Silver And Gold/Senator From Tennessee
05 52....9-28191....HARDROCK GUNTER..Honky Tonk Baby (45 82770)/I'm Looking For Another You (45 82771)
M-G-M
06 53....K11520....HARDROCK GUNTER..Like The Lovers Do/Naptown, Indiana
10 53....K11596....HARDROCK GUNTER..Sunday Angel/Where Have You Been
DECCA
12 53....9-28932....HARDROCK GUNTER..You Played On My Piano (45 82140)/Perfect Woman (45 82141)
SUN
05 54....201....HARDROCK GUNTER..Gonna Dance All Night (U-112)/Fallen Angel (U-113)
KING
01 55....45—1416....HARDROCK GUNTER..First, Last And Always Game Of Love/I Won't Tell Who's To Blame
10 55....45—1505....HARDROCK GUNTER..I Put My Britches On Just Like Everybody Else (45—K4014)/I'll Give 'Em Rhythm (45—K4011)
11 55....45—4858....HARDROCK GUNTER..Turn The Other Cheek/Before My Time
CROSS COUNTRY
07 56....CX524-35....THE RYTHM (sic!) ROCKERS Vocal HARDROCK GUNTER..Juke Box Help Me Find My Baby/-36 THE RYTHM (sic!) ROCKERS Vocal & Fiddle by SONNY DURHAM..Fiddle Bop (dann SUN 248)
SUN
09 56....248....RHYTHM ROCKERS rechts Mitte: Vocal Buddy Durham..Fiddle Bop (U 208)/RHYTHM ROCKERS rechts Mitte: Vocal Hardrock Gunter..Juke Box, Help Me Find My Baby (U 209) (Delta-Nr.: 10748/50) (CROSS COUNTRY 524)
EMPEROR
03 57....45—112....HARDROCK AND THE RHYTHM ROCKERS rechts Mitte: Vocal with Buddy Durham Singers..Whoo! I Mean Whee! (VG 57 45 1)/We Three (VG-57-45-2)
ISLAND
01 58....IR6...Side 7....Vocal: SIDNEY JO LEWIS (=Hardrock Gunter)..Boppin' To Grandfather's Clock (HO8W 0502)/Side 8....Beggars Can't Be Choosers (HO8W 0503)
CULLMAN
01 59....45-6406....HARDROCK GUNTER..Let Me Be A Fool/It Will Show
03 59....45-6410....HARDROCK GUNTER..Is It Too Late/If You Want To Be A Queen
D
02 60....1112....HARDROCK GUNTER..Jumping Mule/Traveling
GEE GEE
?? 61....104....HARDROCK GUNTER..The Summer/Spring Has Sprung
EMPEROR
02 62....45-EM-B-H 1-62....BY BUDDY AND HARDROCK..Hillbilly Twist (45-EM-B-H 1-62-A)/BY HARDROCK AND BUDDY..As Long As You're Happy (45 EM B-H 1-62-B) (dann STARDAY 581)
STARDAY
02 62....581....HARDROCK GUNTER & BUDDY DURHAM..Hillbilly Twist/As Long As You're Happy (EMPEROR 1-62)
Keep Searchin'
Gerd
Hier seine Single-Diskografie:
BAMA (ob auch als 45 RPM ist derzeit unbekannt)
03 50....104....HARDROCK GUNTER AND THE PEBBLES..Birmingham Bounce/How Can I Believe You Love Me
07 50....201....HARDROCK GUNTER AND THE PEBBLES..Gonna Dance All Night/Why Don't You Show Me That You Care
BULLET (ob auch als 45 RPM ist derzeit unbekannt)
01 51....725....HARDROCK GUNTER And the PEBBLES..The Little Things You Do/My Bucket's Been Fixed
03 51....727....HARDROCK GUNTER And The PEBBLES..Maybe, Baby, You'll Be True To Me/Rifle, Belts And Bayonets
BAMA (ob auch als 45 RPM ist derzeit unbekannt)
03 51....202....HARDROCK GUNTER..Lonesome Blues/Dad Gave Me Hog Away
DECCA
04 51....9-46300....HARDROCK GUNTER..Honky Tonk Blues (45 80433)/Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night (45 80430)
07 51....9-46350....HARDROCK GUNTER..I've Done Gone Hog Wild/I Believe That Mountain Music Is Here To Stay
09 51....9-46363....ROBERTA LEE And HARDROCK GUNTER..Sixty Minute Man (45 81422)/HARDROCK GUNTER And ROBERTA LEE..Tennessee Blues (45 81423)
09 51....9-46367....HARDROCK GUNTER..Dixieland Boogie/If I Could Only Live My Dreams
11 51....9-46383....HADROCK GUNTER..Don't You Agree (45 81426)/Hesitation Boogie (45 81424)
01 52....9-46401....HARDROCK GUNTER..Silver And Gold/Senator From Tennessee
05 52....9-28191....HARDROCK GUNTER..Honky Tonk Baby (45 82770)/I'm Looking For Another You (45 82771)
M-G-M
06 53....K11520....HARDROCK GUNTER..Like The Lovers Do/Naptown, Indiana
10 53....K11596....HARDROCK GUNTER..Sunday Angel/Where Have You Been
DECCA
12 53....9-28932....HARDROCK GUNTER..You Played On My Piano (45 82140)/Perfect Woman (45 82141)
SUN
05 54....201....HARDROCK GUNTER..Gonna Dance All Night (U-112)/Fallen Angel (U-113)
KING
01 55....45—1416....HARDROCK GUNTER..First, Last And Always Game Of Love/I Won't Tell Who's To Blame
10 55....45—1505....HARDROCK GUNTER..I Put My Britches On Just Like Everybody Else (45—K4014)/I'll Give 'Em Rhythm (45—K4011)
11 55....45—4858....HARDROCK GUNTER..Turn The Other Cheek/Before My Time
CROSS COUNTRY
07 56....CX524-35....THE RYTHM (sic!) ROCKERS Vocal HARDROCK GUNTER..Juke Box Help Me Find My Baby/-36 THE RYTHM (sic!) ROCKERS Vocal & Fiddle by SONNY DURHAM..Fiddle Bop (dann SUN 248)
SUN
09 56....248....RHYTHM ROCKERS rechts Mitte: Vocal Buddy Durham..Fiddle Bop (U 208)/RHYTHM ROCKERS rechts Mitte: Vocal Hardrock Gunter..Juke Box, Help Me Find My Baby (U 209) (Delta-Nr.: 10748/50) (CROSS COUNTRY 524)
EMPEROR
03 57....45—112....HARDROCK AND THE RHYTHM ROCKERS rechts Mitte: Vocal with Buddy Durham Singers..Whoo! I Mean Whee! (VG 57 45 1)/We Three (VG-57-45-2)
ISLAND
01 58....IR6...Side 7....Vocal: SIDNEY JO LEWIS (=Hardrock Gunter)..Boppin' To Grandfather's Clock (HO8W 0502)/Side 8....Beggars Can't Be Choosers (HO8W 0503)
CULLMAN
01 59....45-6406....HARDROCK GUNTER..Let Me Be A Fool/It Will Show
03 59....45-6410....HARDROCK GUNTER..Is It Too Late/If You Want To Be A Queen
D
02 60....1112....HARDROCK GUNTER..Jumping Mule/Traveling
GEE GEE
?? 61....104....HARDROCK GUNTER..The Summer/Spring Has Sprung
EMPEROR
02 62....45-EM-B-H 1-62....BY BUDDY AND HARDROCK..Hillbilly Twist (45-EM-B-H 1-62-A)/BY HARDROCK AND BUDDY..As Long As You're Happy (45 EM B-H 1-62-B) (dann STARDAY 581)
STARDAY
02 62....581....HARDROCK GUNTER & BUDDY DURHAM..Hillbilly Twist/As Long As You're Happy (EMPEROR 1-62)
Keep Searchin'
Gerd
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