Paul Peek
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Paul Edward Peek Jr. was born on June 23, 1937, in High Point, North Carolina and raised in Greenville, South Carolina. He learned to play guitar, steel guitar, and bass by the age of 12 and began performing with local country bands at 14. In 1956, Peek joined Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps, becoming one of the first rock artists to appear in movies with The Girl Can't Help It. He recorded his first single "Sweet Skinny Jenny" / "The Rock-A-Round" for National Recording Corporation in 1958. That same year, he performed "Olds-Mo-William" on Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beech Nut National TV Show. Musicians who appeared on Peek's NRC singles included Joe South, Jerry Reed, Ray Stevens, and Sonny James. Despite distribution issues, his recordings were bootlegged in Europe for years and later re-released on CD by NRC. Peek's biggest sellers were "Brother-In-Law (He's A Moocher)" (1961), reaching Number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Pin The Tail On The Donkey" (1966), which reached Number 91 on the chart. In the early 1980s, Peek and other former Blue Caps members made several appearances at rockabilly festivals in England. He continued to perform professionally until his health declined. Paul Edward Peek Jr. died from cirrhosis in Lithonia, Georgia, on April 3, 2001. In 2012, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Peek as a member of The Blue Caps by a special committee.
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