From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Tue Dec 3, 2002  6:18 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Jody Reynolds

JODY REYNOLDS

Born 3 December 1938, Denver, Colorado

Jody Reynolds had a million-seller in 1958 with "Endless Sleep" (# 5).
The single is an early example of the morbid genre called "Death Rock",
which includes "Tell Laura I Love Her", "Teen Angel", "Leader of the Pack"
among others. Reynolds charted for the last time that same year with a
number titled "Fire of Love" (# 66). Despite the lack of a string of chart
successes, his one big seller was enough to ensure Reynolds' member-
ship in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, which inducted him in 1999. In
conjunction with the honor, Tru Gems Records issued a double-CD set
of Reynolds' recordings, featuring guest performances by Bobbie Gentry,
Jimmy Bryant, and others.
Reynolds was born in Colorado, but raised in Mountain View, Oklahoma.
He learned how to play guitar during his early teen years, when he gravitated
to the Western swing sounds of Hank Thompson, Bob Wills, and Eddy Arnold.
In 1952, he founded a group called the Storms. Within three years, he was in
Texas, where he played rockabilly and caught Roy Orbison's live act.
Herb Montei, a Hollywood music publisher, turned down Reynolds when he
heard his first demo submissions. After hearing "Endless Sleep," however,
Montei agreed to manage the young rockabilly singer and he arranged for
Reynolds to record the song for Joe Green at the newly established Demon
label. Backed by Al Casey (guitar), Howard Roberts (rhythm guitar), Irving
Ashby (bass) and Ray Martinez (drums), Reynolds needed only 20 minutes
to lay out "Endless Sleep". Al Casey co-wrote the flip, the up-tempo "Tight
Capris". Reynolds' best rocker is "Beulah Lee" (1959). He also recorded for
Indigo, Smash and Brent.
Reynolds remained with the Storms throughout the 1960s. He left the
limelight during the 1970s. He now lives in Palm Springs, California, where
he is working in real estate.

More info (including the contents of the Tru Gems 2 CD-set):
http://www.rockabillyhall.com/JodyReynolds.html
Another CD release is: Endless Sleep - Gee Dee 270106-2