Ersel hickey biography
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Ersel Hickey (1934 - 2004)
Apart from the early pictures of Elvis Presley, the defining image of rock'n'roll is an oft-printed photograph of Ersel Hickey in action: a handsome twenty-something with a pompadour, holding his guitar and shaking his right leg.
He was a prolific singer and songwriter, but his only real chart success was with "Bluebirds Over The Mountain" for the Beach Boys in 1968. Again with the exception of Elvis Presley, Ersel Hickey had the most distinctive name in rock'n'roll.
Ersel hickey biography
He had been born Ersel O'Hickey, the son of an Irish father and Canadian mother, in Brighton, New York, in 1934. He was named after the family doctor, Dr Ersel. Following his father's death four years later, his mother had a breakdown and their eight children lived in foster homes.
When Hickey was 15, he travelled in a carnival with his sister, Chicky Evans, a stripper. In Columbus, Ohio, in 1952, he won a talent contest to sing like Johnnie Ray, but, ar