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Genres
  
Folk-rock, Rock

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Died
  
18 January 1985, Glendora, California, United States

Albums
  
My Heart Is On Fire, All the Time, Everybody's Rockin'

Record labels
  
Bear Family Records, Marmot Music, Black & Partners LLC, Nevada Records, Sweet Beat, Goodman & Wilson

Similar
  
Jim Reeves, Sleepy John Estes, Ray Thomas

Werly Fairburn (November 27, 1924 – January 18, 1985) was an American rockabilly musician.

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Fairburn was born near Folsom, Louisiana. In his youth, he listened to the Grand Ole Opry and old-time music ("hillbilly music") on the radio. He learned to play guitar from an old, local blues musician. When World War II began, he took a job at a New Orleans shipyard before enlisting in the U.S. Navy in Hawaii. When he returned to New Orleans, he considered a singing career, but to make a living he learned how to cut hair. In 1948 he became known as the "Singing Barber" when he broadcast on WJBW from his barber shop.

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His first album appeared on Trumpet Records in the 1950s. Over the years he recorded for Columbia, Capitol, and Savoy. Fairburn also owned a label called Milestone Records in the 1950s and 1960s. Fairburn's music blended country, blues, and New Orleans rhythm and blues (R&B). He was popular in New Orleans and in Dallas, where he performed on the Big D Jamboree. His song "I Guess I'm Crazy" was covered by Jim Reeves. His 1956 single "Everybody's Rockin'" is considered a rockabilly classic. Fairburn moved to California in the 1960s and performed until his death in 1985.

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Songs

Everybody's Rockin'
Let's Live It Over
Telephone Baby

References

Werly Fairburn Wikipedia


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