King Jerry Lawler - Bad News (1974) 45 rpm Barbarian 0101 - VERY RARE - VG+

$

80

It was 1974 in Memphis and wrestling was the biggest thing in Memphis. Our phone rang.  It was Barbarian Records' mogul,  Jim Blake, inviting Jim to come to Ardent Studio- B and co-produce the music for the world's first wrestling video, "Bad News," on Jerry Lawler, the number one "heel" in town.   Dickinson made Jerry comfortable in the studio by having him take off his shirt and wear his crown. The session rocked. It wound down when Jerry said, "I've got to quit and get something to eat.  If I don't eat now, I'll puke in the ring."
Countless wrestlers have strutted their stuff to their signature rock songs with their signature videos, but The King had the first one, thanks to his friends, Jim Blake  and Jim Dickinson.  Jerry's Saturday morning tv wrestling show entranced Memphis for years and the whole world tuned in when he wrestled actor Andy Kaufman.  Who didn't see news clips of Jerry slap Andy Kaufman out of his chair on the David Letterman show?  If you didn't see it, you claimed you had.
Lawler moved on to the mighty World Wrestling Federation as a wrestler and announcer.  On September 10, 2012, he won a four man tag team match, sat down behind the announcer's table, and keeled over with a massive heart attack.  He had two stents put in his heart and was sitting up, beaming at the camera two days later, even though as he said, "I've got more wires coming out of me than AT&T!"  Yesterday,  he was flown home in a private jet and was picked up at the airport in a limousine provided by Ardent Studios. Rock on, King.   Memphis loves you.  World boogie is coming!
~Posted by Dickinson Family Blog
Barbarian Records - Memphis, Tennessee based underground label founded in 1974 by Jim Blake. Barbarian Records issued a couple of 7" singles of Memphis artists as diverse as wrestler Jerry Lawler, first female Memphis punk band The Klitz' singer Lesa Aldridge and producer Jim Dickinson. Inactive since 1980.
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