From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Tue Mar 5, 2002  1:17 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Whitey Pullen
 
WHITEY PULLEN

Born Dwight A. Pullen, 5 March 1931, Blountsville, Alabama
Died 24 November 1961, California

The California Death Index shows Pullen's year of birth as 1931, not
1935, as was generally assumed till now. He was band manager at the
Red Barn in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1956 and was responsible for booking
Gene Vincent into his club. After this he and his wife followed Gene back
to Los Angeles where he took on the responsibilities of road manager for
Gene. He also wrote "She She Little Sheila" (with Jerry Merritt) and "Every-
body's Got a Date" for Gene Vincent ; these were released on Gene's LP
"Crazy Times" (Capitol T 1342) in 1959.
Before that, Pullen had recorded one great R&R single for the Carlton label
in 1958, "Sunglasses After Dark"/"Teenage Bug" (credited to Dwight Pullen),
which has been reissued on various compilations and repro 45s. Next
(1958-59) came a stint with the Sage label, where he recorded as Whitey
Pullen. Fine recordings again, which include "Tuscaloosa Lucy", "Let's All
Go Wild" and "Moonshine" (aka "Moonshine Liquor"), but they didn't sell.
Some of the Sage records were reissued in the seventies by Ronnie Weiser
on his Rollin' Rock label. Pullen died of cancer at the age of only 30.

His songs have been released on various artists compilations, but I don't
know about a CD, just one LP on Revival records (Euro bootleg).
See more info here:
http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/p/pull1000.htm

(With thanks to Tapio)