Joe Rock was an American movie producer best remembered today for producing a series of short comedies starring Stan Laurel in the 1920's. Stan Laurel Stan Laurel (June 16, 1890 – February 23, 1965), born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, was a comedian and member of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy. ...
Former BOC bassist, Joe Bouchard, is in the mix of putting out a new album and I got the chance to chat with him about the upcoming album and his days with BOC.
Joe: I stayed in the group after Albert left because it was my career at the time and I loved performing.
Joe: Albert was fired from BOC after a period of dissatisfaction with his performance on stage.
JoeRock, who, legend has it, wrote the words to "Since I Don't Have You" while at a traffic light in 1958, died in Nashville Tuesday of complications from quadruple-bypass surgery.
Rock's biggest claim to fame, the single "Since I Don't Have You" with a melody written by vocalist Jimmy Beaumont, hit the U.S. charts in March of '59 for Beaumont's doo-wop group, the Skyliners, climbing as high as No. 12.
Rock wrote the words to "Since I Don't Have You" on the way to rehearsal a day after having his young heart broken by a girl who left him to attend airline school in Tulsa, Okla. Beaumont wrote the melody and original top tenor Janet Vogel added the heavenly vocal finale.
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