Sleepy LaBeef, a rock and country performer who began his career in the mid-’50s and whose concerts continued to be a draw for the rockabilly community well into this year, died Thursday at age 84. No ...

Born July 20, 1935, Sleepy Labeef grew up on a melon farm across the Arkansas state line, but headed for Texas as soon as he turned 18 in 1953. “I’d heard a lot of good things about Texas, and I just ...

SLEEPY LABEEF: (Singing) Wears loafer shoes, dungarees, red checkered shirt if you please. My boogie woogie, boogie woogie, boogie woogie country girl. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Sleepy LaBeef started ...

Sleepy LaBeef, singer and musician, died the day after Christmas at the age of 84 at his home in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. The musical world and all of us are poorer for the loss. For decades LaBeef ...

For young musicians, life’s a crap shoot as to where the road leads, and there’s no reality check like touring. For Tom Lewis, first-call rockabilly and country drummer for locals Heybale! and the ...

Sleepy LaBeef, who rose to prominence as a rockabilly artist worldwide and shared bills with the likes of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis, died Thursday at his home in Siloam Springs.

Rockabilly star and Arkansas native Sleepy Labeef died Thursday at his home, according to a Facebook post by his wife, Linda. The musician, who shared bills with Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee ...

"Sleepy LaBeef", 84, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, went to be with the Lord December 26, 2019. He was born July 20, 1935 in Smackover, Arkansas as Thomas Paulsley LaBeff, the son of the late Charles ...

Sleepy LaBeef, a rockabilly and country singer who began his career in the mid-1950s and was known as a “human jukebox” for his seemingly limitless repertoire of songs, died Dec. 26 at his home in ...

HAMDEN >> If you can think of it and it has anything at all to do with American roots music, chances are Sleepy LaBeef has lived it. One of the last of the great Sun Records rockabilly artists, LaBeef ...

Sleepy LaBeef, a rock and country performer who began his career in the mid-’50s and whose concerts continued to be a draw for the rockabilly community well into this year, died Thursday at age 84. No ...

Veteran rockabilly musician Sleepy LaBeef died this week at the age of 84. His first single was released in the late 1950s and he toured up until his death on Thursday. SLEEPY LABEEF: (Singing) Wears ...