(438) DONNIE BROOKS : ROCKABILLY TO EARLY ROCK AND ROLL : 1965 HOLLYWOOD A GO GO

DONNIE BROOKS ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME  This site has a good bio and memorial for Donnie which my friend Jerry Cole participated in.

Donnie's probably most known for his hit "Mission Bells" which was a hit in 1960. By 1965 he was appearing on local television show Hollywood A- Go Go!   Thank you to the posters of these historical
music performances on
Youtube!  I met Donny throuh Lou Bedell.

(364) DONNIE BROOKS RECORDED UNDER SEVERAL NAMES BEFORE HE HIT IT BIG

I first met DONNIE BROOKS in the late 1950's - early 1960's in New York City. Then, since he also moved out to LA, I saw him on this coast.

He became a very good friend of mine, as well as Dorsey Burnett's and P.J. Probys.

We're linking to the DONNIE BROOKS ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME LINK ABOVE!

Donnie, like many others who moved between studio work - making demos - and entertainment, recorded under different names and on different record labels before he settled on Donnie Brooks and had that hit. In 1964 he moved on to Frank Sinatra's label, Reprise (where Jimmy Bowen had become a producer), and eventually Gene Autry's Challenge, continuing his career into the 1970's.



And sadly, an article from the United Kingdown, Independent newspaper, his obit...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/donnie-brooks-439032.html