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Rocky Burnette (born Jonathan Burnette, 12 June 1953, Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River ....
, Tennessee
Tennessee

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, United States
United States

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) is the son
Son

A son is a male reproduction; a boy, man, or male animal in relation to either or both of his parents. The female equivalent is a daughter....
 of rock and roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 pioneer, Johnny Burnette
Johnny Burnette

John Joseph "Johnny" Burnette was a Rockabilly pioneer. Along with his older brother Dorsey Burnette and a friend named Paul Burlison, Johnny Burnette was a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio....
. He is best known for his 1980 hit single "Tired of Toein' the Line
Tired of Toein' the Line

"Tired of Toein' the Line" is the name of a song written and performed by Rocky Burnette. The song became an international hit when released as a single in 1980 in music....
."

y Burnette was part of the early 1980s revival of the rockabilly
Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, and emerged in the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a Portmanteau word of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development....
 style. He released his first album, Son of Rock 'n' Roll, on EMI America in 1979.






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Rocky Burnette (born Jonathan Burnette, 12 June 1953, Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River ....
, Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
) is the son
Son

A son is a male reproduction; a boy, man, or male animal in relation to either or both of his parents. The female equivalent is a daughter....
 of rock and roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 pioneer, Johnny Burnette
Johnny Burnette

John Joseph "Johnny" Burnette was a Rockabilly pioneer. Along with his older brother Dorsey Burnette and a friend named Paul Burlison, Johnny Burnette was a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio....
. He is best known for his 1980 hit single "Tired of Toein' the Line
Tired of Toein' the Line

"Tired of Toein' the Line" is the name of a song written and performed by Rocky Burnette. The song became an international hit when released as a single in 1980 in music....
."

Career

Rocky Burnette was part of the early 1980s revival of the rockabilly
Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, and emerged in the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a Portmanteau word of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development....
 style. He released his first album, Son of Rock 'n' Roll, on EMI America in 1979. In the summer of 1980, his single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 "Tired of Toein' the Line" became a Top Ten hit in the United States. The song
Song

A song is a musical musical composition which contains vocal parts that are performed, 'sung,' and feature words , commonly accompanied by musical instruments ....
 was also popular internationally. EMI America's financial problems interfered with promotion efforts for the follow-up singles (several of which became hits in other countries), and Burnette's second album, Heart Stopper, was not successful.

In 1981, Burnette toured Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 with the final version of his late father's The Rock and Roll Trio
The Rock and Roll Trio

The Rock and Roll Trio was the name of a rockabilly group which was formed in Memphis, Tennessee during the 1950s. They were also known as "Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio" and the "Johnny Burnette Trio"....
. He also used the band on his next album, Get Hot or Go Home! on Enigma Records
Enigma Records

Enigma Records was a popular rock music and alternative music record label in the 1980s. It was initially a division of Greenworld Distribution, an independent music importer/distributor, from which it split off in 1985 to become its own company....
. It also sold poorly, and Enigma dropped Burnette and the Trio rather than release a follow-up.

Burnette worked with Rosie Flores
Rosie Flores

Rosie Flores is a rockabilly and country music artist of Mexican American heritage. Her music blends rockabilly, honky tonk, jazz, and Western swing along with traditional influences from her Tex-Mex heritage....
 and Dwight Twilley
Dwight Twilley

Dwight Twilley is an American pop/rock singer and songwriter, best known for the Top 20 hit singles "I'm on Fire " and "Girls" ....
 in the mid-1990s, and also contributed vocals and the original "Trouble Is I'm in Love With You" to Paul Burlison
Paul Burlison

Paul Burlison was a pioneer rockabilly guitarist and a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio. Burlison was born in Brownsville, Tennessee, Tennessee, where he was exposed to music at an early age....
's 1997 Train Kept A-Rollin' . In 1996, Burnette released Tear It Up on Core Records, which went bankrupt almost immediately after its release.

Burnette continued to tour internationally, and wrote the European hit "You Got Away With Love" for Percy Sledge
Percy Sledge

Percy Sledge is an United States Rhythm and blues and soul music performer....
 in 1997.

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