The typical stuff you see in movies and on TV is fairly acurate. Rockabilly ran its course from 1954 thru 1960. Then Dick Clark came along with American Bandstand and spoon-fed America with tamer artists like Fabian, Frankie Avalon and Paul Anka. All of sudden we discovered that our wild rockabilly was replaced by plastic home-made teen stars from Philadelphia. Some artists did stay true, although they never got decent national recognition atfer that.
Traditional country is the biggest.
Some country artists at the time slid over to do rockabilly because it was more alive. Add in blues and gospel. Surprisingly there is great revival of rockabilly. It never did die completely in Europe as fans over there are not so fast to change their taste with every new music gimmick that comes along. Our Rockabilly Hall of Fame website receives approx.