From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Wed Jan 30, 2002  1:15 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : The Phantom

THE PHANTOM (By Dave Penny)

Born Jerry Lottis, 30 January 1938, Prichard, Alabama
Died September 1983, Lucedale, Mississippi

Vocalist/guitarist/composer. With his fame resting on just one wild,
late-in-the-day rockabilly release in 1960, Marty Lott (his stage name)
was tracked down in 1978 by Derek Glenister who discovered that
the masked one's musical career had begun, predictably, in country
music until he heard Elvis. He missed most of rockabilly's golden years
due to a spell in the US Navy between 1956-58 and resumed his career
by recording the amazing "Love Me" in 1958. After a series of disastrous
delays, Dot released the record in January 1960 at the insistance of an
unlikely advocate : Pat Boone, but Pat's only real contribution to rock 'n'
roll's history was made too late and the record was stillborn. Lott was
involved in a car accident in 1966 that left him partially paralysed and
unable to take advantage of his rediscovery in the late 1970s like other
obscure rockers.
Regarding the availability of his few recordings see Terry Gordon's "Rockin'
Country Syle" site: http://els51.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/p/phan1000.htm