Harry Hepcat
Harry Hepcat is an American first-generation rock and roll artist, performing rock, blues, doo-wop and rockabilly over seven decades. He is noted as a singer, guitarist, band leader, songwriter, radio disc-jockey, writer, and media personality. A 1981 review stated, "His honest sense of fun distinguishes him from humorless idol-worshipers and from slapstick cretins..." He was a frequent guest on WCBS-FM in 'New York City' (The Doo-Wop Shop) and, at the other end of the rock spectrum, was one of the first listed in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 1998 and featured on the organization's first CD. Elvis Presley once said of him, to George Anderson, "Harry was a Hepcat is like a brother, not by blood, but by what he does." Biography Harry Hepcat was born in Columbia, South Carolina. His grandfather had played trumpet in a band before World War I. His mother Irene was a music lover who sang around the house and played her 78 rpm records often. Her dream of being a chorus line dan ...
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