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2016931 | Play | I'll Sail My Ship Alone | 03:04 Tools | |
2016929 | Play | Seven Nights to Rock | 17:49 Tools | |
2016930 | Play | Moon's Rock | 02:24 Tools | |
2016932 | Play | Cherokee Boogie | 03:04 Tools | |
2016983 | Play | St. Louis Blues | 01:56 Tools | |
2016933 | Play | Pipeliner Blues | 01:58 Tools | |
2016935 | Play | Grandpa Stole My Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
2016934 | Play | Jambalaya | 00:00 Tools | |
2016940 | Play | Make Friends | 02:04 Tools | |
2016958 | Play | Jenny Lee | 02:03 Tools | |
2016936 | Play | Sweeter Than the Flowers | 02:53 Tools | |
2016941 | Play | Mona Lisa | 00:00 Tools | |
2016945 | Play | Rocket to the Moon | 00:00 Tools | |
2016939 | Play | Pipeliner's Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
2016944 | Play | Shoot The Moon | 00:00 Tools | |
2016938 | Play | Triflin' Woman Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
2016957 | Play | I Done It | 00:00 Tools | |
2016948 | Play | I Left My Heart In Texas | 00:00 Tools | |
2016964 | Play | Honolulu Rock-A Roll-A | 00:00 Tools | |
2016951 | Play | Good Deal Lucille | 00:00 Tools | |
2016942 | Play | Don't Ever Take My Picture Down | 00:00 Tools | |
2016977 | Play | Well Oh Well | 00:00 Tools | |
2016937 | Play | Jole Blon | 02:35 Tools | |
2016943 | Play | Southern Hospitality | 00:00 Tools | |
2016954 | Play | NINE TENTHS OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER | 00:00 Tools | |
2016946 | Play | Ain't Get No Grindin' | 00:00 Tools | |
2016970 | Play | Ragged But Right | 00:00 Tools | |
2016973 | Play | Cherokee Boogie (Eh-Oh-Aleena) | 00:00 Tools | |
2016949 | Play | Bottom Of The Glass | 02:28 Tools | |
2016950 | Play | Wabash Cannonball | 02:15 Tools | |
2016953 | Play | Moon's Tune | 00:00 Tools | |
2016947 | Play | Well, Oh Well | 00:00 Tools | |
2016955 | Play | I Was Sorta Wonderin' | 01:57 Tools | |
2017098 | Play | The Lonesome Hearted Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
2016972 | Play | Goodnight Irene | 00:00 Tools | |
2016968 | Play | Tokyo Boogie | 00:00 Tools | |
2016963 | Play | Foggy River | 00:00 Tools | |
2016961 | Play | You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry | 02:24 Tools | |
2016966 | Play | Rheumatism Boogie | 00:00 Tools | |
2016956 | Play | New Pretty Blonde (New Jole Blon) | 00:00 Tools | |
2016952 | Play | Good Times Gonna Roll Again | 02:07 Tools | |
2016960 | Play | Louisian | 02:33 Tools | |
2016962 | Play | Magnolia Rag | 00:00 Tools | |
2016971 | Play | All I Need Is You | 00:00 Tools | |
2016982 | Play | It's A Sin To Love You Like I Do | 00:00 Tools | |
2016987 | Play | What's The Matter With The Mill | 00:00 Tools | |
2017014 | Play | Lay Me Down Beside My Darling | 00:00 Tools | |
2016965 | Play | Moons Rock | 00:00 Tools | |
2017016 | Play | Jole Blon's Sister | 00:00 Tools | |
47858274 | Play | Rock 'N' Roll Mr. Bullfrog | 00:00 Tools | |
86872664 | Play | I'm Mad At You | 00:00 Tools | |
2016959 | Play | Ragged, But Right | 00:00 Tools | |
2017143 | Play | What Have I Done That Made You Go Away | 00:00 Tools | |
2017003 | Play | Over The Waves | 00:00 Tools | |
2016988 | Play | Leaving You With A Worried Mind | 00:00 Tools | |
2016967 | Play | The Leaves Mustn't Fall | 02:42 Tools | |
2017002 | Play | I'm Gonna Move Home Bye And Bye | 00:00 Tools | |
2016976 | Play | Moonshine Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
2017001 | Play | Country Boogie | 00:00 Tools | |
2017009 | Play | Hey Mr Cotton Picker | 00:00 Tools | |
47858277 | Play | Columbus Stockade Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
2016969 | Play | Jole Blon Is Gone Amen | 00:00 Tools | |
2016974 | Play | Downstream | 00:00 Tools | |
2017017 | Play | Early Morning Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
47858276 | Play | Farewell | 00:00 Tools | |
2016985 | Play | Sugar Beet | 00:00 Tools | |
2016994 | Play | Good Times Are Gonna Roll | 00:00 Tools | |
2017006 | Play | I'll Take Your Hat Right Off My Rack | 00:00 Tools | |
2017039 | Play | I'm Mad With You | 00:00 Tools | |
2017146 | Play | I'm Tired Of You | 00:00 Tools | |
47858280 | Play | New Pretty Blonde (Jole Blon) | 00:00 Tools | |
2017114 | Play | Honolulu Rock & Roll | 00:00 Tools | |
2017028 | Play | Short but Sweet | 00:00 Tools | |
47858278 | Play | Colinda | 00:00 Tools | |
2016989 | Play | Broken Dreams | 00:00 Tools | |
86872665 | Play | FOGGY RIVER (Master) | 00:00 Tools | |
47858281 | Play | Truckers rag | 00:00 Tools | |
2017023 | Play | Without A Port Of Love | 00:00 Tools | |
2017005 | Play | Alice from Dallas | 00:00 Tools | |
2017007 | Play | Seven Nights To Rock (Full Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
2016998 | Play | Cush Cush Ky-Yay | 02:03 Tools | |
2017117 | Play | New Pretty Blonde | 00:00 Tools | |
2016981 | Play | Blue Tears | 00:00 Tools | |
2016980 | Play | Piano Breakdown | 00:00 Tools | |
2017083 | Play | Sweet Rockin' Music | 00:00 Tools | |
47858282 | Play | The Cajun Coffee Song (1962-64) | 00:00 Tools | |
47858283 | Play | Good Deal, Lucille (1954) | 00:00 Tools | |
2017020 | Play | The cajun coffee song | 00:00 Tools | |
2017004 | Play | New Jole Blon | 00:00 Tools | |
2017053 | Play | Jole' Blon | 00:00 Tools | |
47858285 | Play | New Milk Cow Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
2017101 | Play | Showboy Special | 00:00 Tools | |
2017046 | Play | Memphis Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
2017079 | Play | When A Soldier Knocks And Finds Nobody Home | 00:00 Tools | |
86872666 | Play | There's a Chill on the Hill Tonight | 00:00 Tools | |
2017048 | Play | Too Many Irons in the Fire | 00:00 Tools | |
2017027 | Play | Heartless Lover | 00:00 Tools | |
47858284 | Play | New Jolie Blond (New Pretty Blonde - 1947) | 00:00 Tools | |
2017018 | Play | Think It Over | 00:00 Tools | |
47858289 | Play | I’ll Sail My Ship Alone | 00:00 Tools | |
2017041 | Play | Maybe It's All for the Best | 00:00 Tools | |
2017033 | Play | The Wedding of the Bugs | 00:00 Tools | |
2017137 | Play | Moonshine Polka | 00:00 Tools | |
2017116 | Play | rockin' rollin' mama | 00:00 Tools | |
2016996 | Play | Save A little Dream For Me | 00:00 Tools | |
2017147 | Play | What My Eyes See My Heart Believes | 00:00 Tools | |
2016991 | Play | What's the Matter with the Mill? | 00:00 Tools | |
2017152 | Play | Dood Deal Lucille | 00:00 Tools | |
47858288 | Play | I'll Said My Ship Alone | 00:00 Tools | |
2017040 | Play | I Don't Know What To Do | 00:00 Tools | |
47858330 | Play | Mr. Honky Tonk Man | 00:00 Tools | |
2016979 | Play | Hey Shah | 00:00 Tools | |
47858299 | Play | Corinna Corinna | 00:00 Tools | |
2017012 | Play | You Had Your Way | 00:00 Tools | |
2017045 | Play | Keep a Light in the Window for Me | 00:00 Tools | |
2016978 | Play | Big Big City | 02:01 Tools | |
2017042 | Play | Trouble Trouble | 00:00 Tools | |
47858287 | Play | Kangaroo Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
47858298 | Play | Mr. Teardrop | 00:00 Tools | |
2017131 | Play | Sweet Georgia Brown | 00:00 Tools | |
47858290 | Play | There's A Little Bit Of Heaven Everywhere | 00:00 Tools | |
2017138 | Play | Rock'N'NRoll Mr Bullfrog | 00:00 Tools | |
2017135 | Play | Good Deal, Lucille | 00:00 Tools | |
2017097 | Play | Wait A Minute | 00:00 Tools | |
2017032 | Play | If You Don't Want No More of My Loving | 00:00 Tools | |
2017054 | Play | A Mighty Pretty Waltz | 00:00 Tools | |
2017011 | Play | That's Me | 00:00 Tools | |
2017156 | Play | Worries on My Mind | 00:00 Tools | |
2017047 | Play | I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate | 00:00 Tools | |
2017095 | Play | Honululu Rockarolla | 00:00 Tools | |
2017025 | Play | Seven Nights to Rock - Countdown | 00:00 Tools | |
2017124 | Play | Seven Nights to Rock [Full Version] | 00:00 Tools | |
2017029 | Play | Jose the Mexican Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
2017013 | Play | So Long | 00:00 Tools | |
2016995 | Play | Why Don't You Love Me | 00:00 Tools | |
2017015 | Play | The Tie That Binds | 00:00 Tools | |
47858309 | Play | Moon's Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
2017160 | Play | Let Me Rock You Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
2017049 | Play | When You're Smiling | 00:00 Tools | |
2017084 | Play | I Didn't Think You'd Ever Really Go | 00:00 Tools | |
2016997 | Play | A Maiden's Prayer | 00:00 Tools | |
2016993 | Play | I'm So Blue | 00:00 Tools | |
2017157 | Play | Man in the Moon | 00:00 Tools | |
2017000 | Play | Stay All Night, Stay A Little Longer | 00:00 Tools | |
2017093 | Play | I Was A Sorta Wonderin' | 00:00 Tools | |
2017024 | Play | Mr. Honkey Tonk Man | 00:00 Tools | |
2016975 | Play | Rocket Totthe Moon | 00:00 Tools | |
47858336 | Play | I'm on My Way Home | 00:00 Tools | |
2017102 | Play | The Lonesome Hearted | 00:00 Tools | |
2017125 | Play | In the Blue of the Night | 00:00 Tools | |
2017136 | Play | Salty Dog Rag | 00:00 Tools | |
2016990 | Play | A Million Regrets | 00:00 Tools | |
2017019 | Play | My Tears Will Pour Just Like Rain | 00:00 Tools | |
2017064 | Play | Rock'n'Roll Mr. Bullfrog | 00:00 Tools | |
2017082 | Play | I Ain't No Beatle (But I Want To Hold Your Hand) | 00:00 Tools | |
2017037 | Play | The writin' on the wall | 00:00 Tools | |
47858337 | Play | I Really Know What Lonesome Can Be | 00:00 Tools | |
47858295 | Play | My Baby's Gone | 00:00 Tools | |
2017111 | Play | No Stranger | 00:00 Tools | |
2017077 | Play | Crippled for Life | 00:00 Tools | |
47858291 | Play | Aint Get No Grindin | 00:00 Tools | |
2017119 | Play | I Can't Love You | 00:00 Tools | |
47858292 | Play | Jolé Blon's Sister | 00:00 Tools | |
2017058 | Play | I'm Waiting For Ships That Never Come In | 00:00 Tools | |
2017008 | Play | Hey, Mr. Cotton Picker | 00:00 Tools | |
2017031 | Play | Jambalaya (On the Bayou) | 00:00 Tools | |
2017139 | Play | I'll Pour the Wine | 00:00 Tools | |
2017030 | Play | Jole Blon Is Gone, Amen | 00:00 Tools | |
47858342 | Play | Nobody's Darlin' But Mine | 00:00 Tools | |
76754207 | Play | I Was Sorta Wondering | 00:00 Tools | |
47858294 | Play | Anything That's Part of You | 00:00 Tools | |
2017155 | Play | Fools Like Me | 00:00 Tools | |
47858293 | Play | Moon Mullican - The Leaves Mustn't Fall | 00:00 Tools | |
2017108 | Play | Stay All Night, Stay A Little Longer - Intro | 00:00 Tools | |
76754209 | Play | Worried Mind | 00:00 Tools | |
2017106 | Play | Gimme My Dime Back, Give Me My Money | 00:00 Tools | |
47858341 | Play | Another Night Is Coming | 00:00 Tools | |
2017036 | Play | Moons Tune | 00:00 Tools | |
2017026 | Play | Oh She's Gone (But Not Forgotten) | 00:00 Tools | |
2017154 | Play | Wanted | 00:00 Tools | |
2017113 | Play | I'm Hanging Up All My Work Clothes | 00:00 Tools | |
47858296 | Play | Nobody Knows But My Pillow | 00:00 Tools | |
2017133 | Play | Ooglie, Ooglie, Oogie Tokyo Boogie | 00:00 Tools | |
2017107 | Play | My Love | 00:00 Tools | |
2017060 | Play | Everyone Knows That I'm Lonely | 00:00 Tools | |
2017044 | Play | (New Pretty Blonde) New Jole Blon | 00:00 Tools | |
47858300 | Play | Where Beautiful Flowers Grow | 00:00 Tools | |
47858302 | Play | I've Got Nobody But You | 00:00 Tools | |
47858318 | Play | The Lamp Of Life Is Burning Low | 00:00 Tools | |
2017134 | Play | What's The Matter At The Mill | 00:00 Tools | |
2017062 | Play | Quarter Mile Rows | 00:00 Tools | |
2017034 | Play | Lonesome Hearted Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
47858335 | Play | Sweeter Than The Flowes | 00:00 Tools | |
47858310 | Play | She Once Lived Here | 00:00 Tools | |
47858307 | Play | Red Wagon | 00:00 Tools | |
47858308 | Play | Truck Driver's Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
47858297 | Play | I've Got Nobody But You (prev. unissued) | 00:00 Tools | |
86872667 | Play | New Pretty Blond (New Jole Blon) | 00:00 Tools | |
47858311 | Play | Love Is The Light That Leads Me Home | 00:00 Tools | |
47858301 | Play | SWEET THAN THE FLOWERS | 00:00 Tools | |
47858303 | Play | Nine Tenth of Tennessee River | 00:00 Tools | |
47858304 | Play | Honolulu Rock-A-Roll-A | 00:00 Tools | |
47858313 | Play | Draft Board Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
47858323 | Play | Just to Be With You | 00:00 Tools | |
2017021 | Play | This Glass I Hold | 00:00 Tools | |
47858314 | Play | That's What I Like About The South | 00:00 Tools | |
47858305 | Play | Let Me Rock You, Baby (prev. unissued) | 00:00 Tools | |
88967086 | Play | Everyone Knows That I'm Lonely (prev. unissued) | 00:00 Tools | |
2017038 | Play | I'm Going Back To Sadie | 00:00 Tools | |
2017096 | Play | Draggin' The Bow | 00:00 Tools | |
2017043 | Play | No Good For Nothin' Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
47858312 | Play | Jolie Blon | 00:00 Tools | |
47858321 | Play | Big, Big City | 00:00 Tools | |
2017074 | Play | Trucker's Rag (Instr.) | 00:00 Tools | |
2017159 | Play | Rock and Roll Mr Bullfrog | 00:00 Tools | |
47858324 | Play | Every which-a way | 00:00 Tools | |
86872670 | Play | I Ain't No Beatle | 00:00 Tools | |
47858315 | Play | Louisian' | 00:00 Tools | |
47858316 | Play | I Can't Love You (prev. unissued) | 00:00 Tools | |
47858317 | Play | I Didn't Think You'd Ever Really Go (prev. unissued) | 00:00 Tools | |
2017067 | Play | Sundown Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
47858319 | Play | You Don't Have to Be a Be a Baby to Cry | 00:00 Tools | |
47858320 | Play | Love Don't Have a Guarantee | 00:00 Tools | |
47858332 | Play | This glas I hold | 00:00 Tools | |
88967087 | Play | Love Is the Light (That Leads Me Home) | 00:00 Tools | |
2017132 | Play | Nine Tenths of Tennessee River | 00:00 Tools | |
2017128 | Play | Sweeter Than The Flowers No 2 | 00:00 Tools | |
47858322 | Play | Gonna Get Tight | 00:00 Tools | |
47858327 | Play | Nine Tenth Of Tennessee | 00:00 Tools | |
47858334 | Play | Mr. Tears | 00:00 Tools | |
47858325 | Play | I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) | 00:00 Tools | |
2017087 | Play | Gimme My Dime Back Give Me My Money | 00:00 Tools | |
47858326 | Play | Boog-A-Boo Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
47858328 | Play | Foggy River (alt. take) | 00:00 Tools | |
2017061 | Play | Rock and Roll Mr. Bullfrog | 00:00 Tools | |
2017120 | Play | Wanted (Alt. Take) | 00:00 Tools | |
47858329 | Play | The Lamp Of Life (Is Burning Low) | 00:00 Tools | |
47858331 | Play | Gamblin' Blackie | 00:00 Tools | |
2017115 | Play | The Lonesone Hearted Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
47858333 | Play | Cherokee Boogie (Eh Oh Aleena) | 00:00 Tools | |
88967088 | Play | Too Wet to Plow | 00:00 Tools | |
2016984 | Play | Seven Nights to Rock (Moon Mullican) | 00:00 Tools | |
86872668 | Play | Aint Get No Grinding | 00:00 Tools | |
76754208 | Play | Good Night Irene | 00:00 Tools | |
86872669 | Play | What Have I Done | 00:00 Tools | |
2017078 | Play | Jessie | 00:00 Tools | |
47858338 | Play | What's The Matter With Deep Elem | 00:00 Tools | |
47858339 | Play | Pipeliner’s blues | 00:00 Tools | |
47858343 | Play | A Crushed Red Rose (And A Faded Blue Ribbon) | 00:00 Tools | |
47858340 | Play | You Can't Take it with You | 00:00 Tools | |
88967089 | Play | Farewell (Instrumental) | 00:00 Tools | |
76754210 | Play | A Thousand And One Sleepless Nights | 00:00 Tools | |
76754211 | Play | Rock N Roll Mr Bullfrog | 00:00 Tools | |
76754212 | Play | I'm Hanging Up All of My Work Clothes | 00:00 Tools | |
47858344 | Play | Trifflin' Woman Blues | 00:00 Tools |
Aubrey Wilson Mullican (March 29, 1909 – January 1, 1967), known as Moon Mullican, was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and pianist. However, he also sang and played jazz, rock 'n' roll and the blues. He was associated with the hillbilly boogie style which greatly influenced rockabilly; Jerry Lee Lewis cited him as a major influence on his own singing and piano playing. Mullican once stated, "We gotta play music that'll make them goddamn beer bottles bounce on the table". Moon was born to Oscar Luther Mullican (1876–1961) and his first wife, Virginia Jordan Mullican (1880–1915), near Corrigan, Polk County, Texas. They were a farming family of Scottish, Irish and Eastern European descent. Moon was a descendant of the Mullikins of Maryland. His Scots-Irish immigrant ancestor, James Mullikin, was born in Scotland, arriving in Maryland in 1630–1640 via Northern Ireland. His paternal grandfather was Pvt. Wilson G. Mullican, who fought with the 6th Mississippi Infantry, CSA, at the Battle of Shiloh. Moon's parents, stepmother and grandparents are all buried in Stryker Cemetery, Polk County, Texas. Mullican's mother died when he was six years old. His father soon married Callie. As a child, Mullican began playing the organ, which his religious father had purchased in order to better sing hymns at church. However, Moon had befriended one of the black sharecroppers on the farm, a guitarist named Joe Jones, who introduced him to the country blues. His religious family did not always approve, and he was torn between religion and secular music. After making his mark as a local piano player, he left home at 16, and headed to Houston, where he began playing piano and singing in local clubs. His career choice was to be a singer or a preacher, and he chose the former. By the 1930s, Mullican had earned the nickname "Moon", either short for "moonshine" or from his all-night performances (sources differ). His earliest influences were popular blues artists of the day such as Bessie Smith, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Leroy Carr, together with country musicians including Jimmie Rodgers and Bob Wills. In 1936, he covered Cab Calloway's "Georgia Pine" and also sung his own compositions "Ain't You Kinda Sorry" and "Swing Baby Swing" for Leon Selph's Western swing band, The Blue Ridge Playboys. He also played and recorded with Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers, the Sunshine Boys, and Jimmie Davis. By the end of the 1930s, he had also become a popular vocalist with a warm, deep, vocal delivery. In the early 1940s, he returned to the Texas Wanderers as lead singer and pianist, sang on the hits "Truck Driver's Blues" and "I'll Keep On Loving You". However, he also made records with others including an excellent rendition of Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies", the blues ballad "Sundown Blues", an excellent jazz/blues/gospel hybrid "Lay me down beside my darling" and "Pipeliner Blues" (a song that he would return to many a time). His style at this time was very similar to rock 'n' roll. Many would not have recognised him as a country artist. As well as writing his own original blues songs, Moon also covered many of the African American blues of his time. These included the Leroy Carr/Tampa Red blues "Mean mistreater", Papa Charlie McCoy's "Too long", Ollie Shepard's "Kangaroo blues" and Georgia South's "New falling rain blues". In 1945, he put together his own band, the Showboys, who quickly became one of the most popular outfits in the Texas/Louisiana area with a mix of country music, Western swing, and Mullican's wild piano playing and singing. Although their style was highly eclectic and included country ballads, some of their music clearly foreshadowed what would later be called rock and roll. In 1946, Mullican made his first recordings as band leader, for King Records in Cincinnati. His first hit was "New Jole Blon" in 1947 (later recorded by Doug Kershaw), followed by the ballad "Sweeter Than the Flowers" in 1948. As well as the hits, he recorded many memorable and excellent songs in many styles showing a versatility that would not be seen until Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley would surface. A typical Mullican session would see him sing a country ballad one minute and then a saxophone driven blues the next. Record labels often did not know what to do with this side of his music and what he was doing would one day be called rock 'n' roll. During the late 1940s, Mullican influenced many other country artists. He had defined a style of country balladeering not hinted at in his 1930s work. This style of music influenced Jim Reeves (a band member for a while), Hank Williams (who named Moon as a favorite artist), Hank Snow, Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, and especially Jerry Lee Lewis, who covered many of Mullican's songs. It was in the realm of hillbilly boogie, however, that Mullican had his greatest influence. Many of his songs, such as "Pipeliners Blues", "Hey! Mister Cotton-Picker" and "Cherokee Boogie" (his biggest hit, in 1951) directly foreshadowed the style adopted by Haley and later rock'n'rollers. Moon also influenced Irish country and blues singer Patrick Wall, and also US rockabilly / Western swing band Cornell Hurd, who both did tribute CDs to mark Mullican's 100th birthday in 2009. Among the other songs, he recorded were the Hank Williams-style "It's a Sin to Love You Like I Do", the clever anti-war "When a Soldier Knocks and Finds Nobody Home", the bluesy ballad "There's a Chill on the Hill Tonight", the Piedmont-style blues "Triflin' Woman Blues" and the gospel anthem "Bye and Bye". He also ventured into pop with "Mona Lisa" and covered blues standards like Lead Belly's "Goodnight Irene", and Memphis Minnie's "What's the Matter With the Mill". Some songs, like "The Leaves Mustn't Fall" and "A Crushed Red Rose", were semi-autobiographical. He had many top 10 hits in this time including the No. 1 "I'll Sail My Ship Alone" as well as "Sweeter than the Flowers", "Cherokee Boogie" and many "Jole Blon" derivatives. He is also believed to have co-written "Jambalaya", made famous by Hank Williams, but which could not be credited to him because of his contract with King Records. By the end of the 1940s, he found a national audience from its radio broadcasts. With the advent of rock 'n' roll, Mullican's style of music came to the fore. He responded with his famous classic "7 Nights to Rock" as well as "Moon's Rock" and many more. He became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1951. In 1958, he was signed by Owen Bradley to Coral Records, and recorded an album called "Moon Over Mullican" which showed he could also do swing akin to Sinatra well. He is also believed to have jammed on-stage with Buddy Holly around this time. In the early 1960s, Mullican was a largely forgotten figure nationally, but based himself in Texas and carried on gigging and recording for the Starday and Spar labels. The decade saw him record country songs like "I'll Pour the Wine" and "Love Don't Have a Guarantee", together with less notable oddities including "I Ain't No Beatle, But I Wanna Hold Your Hand". One of his last records, "Love That Might Have Been", was excellent and should have been the start of a whole new stage in the singer’s career. However, Moon had a heart condition, although he continued to perform regularly. On New Year's Eve 1966, he suffered a heart attack in Beaumont, Texas, and died early in the morning on January 1, 1967. He and his wife, Eunice, who survived him (she died in 1973), had no children. Moon's epitaph is the name of one of his many hits, "I'll Sail My Ship Alone". In 1976, he was posthumously inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. There have been many posthumous compilations of his music, on various labels including Ace and Bear Family. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.