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23 sty 2024 · “We did a tour in Australia in the early part of ’58, the early part,” Allison, who covered the song under the moniker Ivan, recalled. “There was a fellow there named Johnny O’Keefe, and he had a number one record at the time, which was ‘Wild Child’.
18 paź 2019 · Unlike most drummers, Allison didn’t miss the opportunity to push his own sound and vision. He took the alias Ivan to release a cover of Johnny O’Keefe’s ‘The Wild One’ entitled ‘Real Wild Child’. The song was better than the original, but it is hard to imagine anyone sounding less like a real wild child.
5 mar 2022 · The result of that search started me on a new journey, down a new rabbit hole as I pursued the story behind Real Wild Child by Ivan. Ivan, it turns out, was the middle name of Jerry Allison,...
7", 45 RPM, Single. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1958 Vinyl release of "Real Wild Child" on Discogs.
Jerry Ivan Allison (August 31, 1939 – August 22, 2022) was an American musician. He was best known as the drummer for the Crickets [1] and co-writer of their hits "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue", recorded with Buddy Holly. [2]
22 sie 2022 · Ivan (11) Real Name: Jerry Ivan Allison. Profile: American composer and musician born August 31, 1939, in Hillsboro, Texas Best known as drummer of The Crickets (2). He took the alias Ivan (11) for a couple of songs, "Real Wild Child", (which was amongst others covered by Iggy Pop 28 years later) and "Frankie Frankenstein" (1959, Coral 62081).
In 1958 the song was released as a single by Jerry Ivan Allison, a member of The Crickets, using the name Ivan. Retitled "Real Wild Child," the song became a moderate hit, peaking at #68 on the Billboard Hot 100 .
