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Chanteuse
Rock 'n' Roll US née Lillian Biggs le 3 Juin 1932 à Allentown (Pennsylvanie). Au
début des années cinquante, Lillian travaille comme conductrice de camion et
joue du trombone dans un orchestre de fille. En 1952, le disc jockey Alan Freed
lui demande de jouer dans un des ses shows à New York. Lors de ce spectacle elle
fait sensation avec sa tenue en lamée or et elle est signée par le label Epic.
Son premier 45 tours est publié en 1955 avec « I Want You to Be My Baby » (Epic
91115) il va se vendre a plus d’un million d’exemplaires et se classé dans le
top 20 du Bilboard l’automne 1955. « I want You to Be My Baby » est publié en
France sur un EP Philips « Rock and Roll N°1 » avec « Can’t Stop » et deux
titres des Treniers
Suite a ce succès elle apparaît dans de nombreux shows TV, mais ne se classe
plus dans les hit parades malgré d’excellentes chansons.
Son second EP Français « Rock and Roll N°2 » intitulé « La grande prêtresse du
rock and roll » est la réplique du EP américain « The High Priestess of Rock ‘n’
roll » de 1956
Il contient « Rock’n’roll Poly Santa Claus » extrait de son troisième simple
Epic et deux faces du quatrième, le fougueux « Follow the Leader » et « That’s
The Only Way To live » et un titre du sixième 45 tours US le mid tempo « The
Gypsy Goofed ». Sur le recto du 45 tours on trouve un commentaire surréaliste
signé Boris Vian !
Lillian Briggs tournera aussi dans le film de Jerry Lewis “Ladies Man” (Le
tombeur de ces dames) et enregistrera de nombreuses B.O. de films
Elle se retire du show business au début des années 70. Elle est décédée le 11
Avril 1998 à Miami des suites d’un cancer du poumon
Rockabilly
bombshell Lillian Briggs was born in 1932 and raised in Allentown, PA. She was
splitting duties playing trombone in Joy Cayler's All-Girl Orchestra with her
day job driving a laundry truck when in 1952 she was discovered by legendary DJ
Alan Freed, who featured Briggs in a series of his New York stage shows.
Seemingly poured into her skin-tight silver and gold lamé dresses, the singer
immediately became a crowd favorite, and in 1954 talent scout
Jack Petrill helped land her a solo contract with Epic. Briggs' punchy 1955
debut single "I Want You to Be My Baby" went on to sell over a million copies,
and she became a staple of the variety show circuit, appearing on Jack Paar's
Tonight Show and The Steve Allen Show and graduating to the big
screen for the 1961 Jerry Lewis vehicle The Ladies Man. However, Briggs'
recording career stalled, and a series of novelty singles — including "Boogie
Blues," "The Teens in Jeans From New Orleans," and "Rock and Roly-Poly Santa
Claus" — went nowhere. She also recorded for the Coral and Sunbeam labels before
retiring from music in the early '70s. Briggs then relocated to Miami Beach,
where she became a partner in the waterfront resort Turnberry Isle; her business
dealings made her a very wealthy woman, and she lived the high life during the
decades to follow. Her many personal connections also made her a footnote to one
of the biggest scandals of the 1980s — Briggs regularly loaned her yacht "Monkey
Business" to various friends and contacts, and it was aboard the ship that
aspiring Presidential candidate Gary Hart was photographed with mistress Donna
Rice, bringing his political aspirations to a swift end. Briggs died of lung
cancer in Miami on April 11, 1998.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Briggs
Talents : Vocals, Trombone
Style musical : Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll
I
WANT TO BE MY BABY (1955)
CAN'T STOP
(1955)
HEY BA BA RE BOP (1958)
HOORAY FOR THE ROCK (1959)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t., Singles & EP
| 1955 | 78 t. EPIC 9115 (US) | . |
I Want You To Be My Baby
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| 1955 | SP EPIC 5-9115 (US) | . |
I Want You To Be My Baby
/ Don't Stay Away Too
Long |
| 1955 | SP EPIC 5-9120 (US) | . | Give Me A Band And My Baby / It Could've Been Me |
| 1955 | SP EPIC 5-9138 (US) | . | Rock 'n' Roll-y Poly Santa Claus /
Can't Stop
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| 1956 | SP EPIC 5-9141 (US) | . | Follow The Leader / That's The Only Way To Live |
| 1956 | SP EPIC 5-9151 (US) | . | Eddie, My Love / The Teen In Jeans From New Orleans |
| 1956 | SP EPIC 5-9166 (US) | . | The Gypsy Goofed / Too Close For Comfort |
| 1956 | SP EPIC 5-9190 (US) | . | I'll Be Gone / Mean Words |
| 1956 | EP EPIC EG 7163 (US) |
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THE HIGH PRIESTESS OF ROCK `N ROLL -
I Want You To Be My Baby
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| 1956 | EP PHILIPS 425004 (AUS) |
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LILLIAN BRIGGS -
I Want You To Be My Baby
/ Don't
Stay Away Too Long / Give Me A Band And My Baby / It Could've Been Me |
| 1956 | EP PHILIPS 426020 (F) |
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ROCK AND ROLL 1 - Lilian BRIGGS :
I Want You To Be My Baby
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The TRENIERS : Good
Rockin' To Night / Rock 'n' Roll Call / Lilian BRIGGS :
Can't Stop
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| 1956 | EP PHILIPS 426020 (NL) |
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LILLIAN BRIGGS -
I Want You To Be My Baby
/ Don't Stay Away Too Long / Follow The Leader / Thats The Only Way To Live |
| 1956 | EP PHILIPS 426032 (F) |
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LA DEESSE PRETRESSE DU ROCK AND ROLL - Follow The Leader / That's The Only Way To Live / Rock 'n' Roll Poly Santa Claus / The Gypsy Goofed |
| 1957 | SP EPIC 5-9214 (US) | . | Sugar Blues / Boogie Blues |
| 1957 | SP EPIC 5-9249 (US) | . | I / She Sells Seashells |
| 1958 | SP SUNBEAM 104 (US) | . | Come Here / Will We Meet Again |
| 1958 | SP SUNBEAM 114 (US) | . |
Hey Ba Ba Re Bop
/ I've Got Your Heart |
| 1959 | SP CORAL 9-62108 (US) | . |
Rag Mop / Smile For The People |
| 1959 | SP CORAL 9-62136 (US) | . | Blues In The Night / Is There A Man In The House |
| 1959 | SP CORAL 9-62156 (US) | . |
Hooray For The Rock
/ Diddy Boppers |
| 1960 | SP CORAL 9-62193 (US) | . | Be Mine / Not A Soul |
| 1960 | SP CORAL 9-62223 (US) | . | I Care For You / That's What It's Like To Be Lonesome |
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Album
| 1962 | LP 12" CORONET CSX-218 (US) |
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SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS AND LILIAN BRIGGS - Screamin' Jay HAWKINS & Lillian BRIGGS - Hear Voices / Handy Man / Just Don't Care / Why Did You Lie / Follow That Girl / Come Here / We Will Meet / Fly Too High / We'll Meet Again / Nobody Knows / Dixieland Band |
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