From:   "Dik de Heer"  
Date:  Wed Feb 27, 2002  1:18 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Hardrock Gunter
 
HARDROCK GUNTER (By Shaun Mather)

Born Sidney Louis Gunter, 27 February 1925, near Birmingham, Alabama

Sid Gunter picked up his moniker after a car bonnet fell on his head and
he didn't flinch. Influenced by his idol Hank Penny, he joined various
country bands in his teens and by the late 40's was a professional recording
and television artist. He played his country with an up-tempo beat and was
one of the first artists to play in the rockabilly style in the mid-50's.
He wrote three classics in the idiom, Birmingham Bounce, Jukebox Help Me
Find My Baby and Gonna Dance All Night. Hardrock himself recorded for
Sun among others, including MGM, but he was never able to crack the charts.
After years away from the music scene he played in Europe in the late 90's,
where his great sense of humour won him many new fans.

Recommended listening;
Gonna Rock 'n' Roll, Gonna Dance All Night - Rollercoaster CD.
Further reading: Nick Tosches, Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll
(2nd ed., 1991), p. 114-118.