Rockabilly singer and songwriter Ralph Joseph 'Jody' Reynolds, best known for his fifties hit 'Endless Sleep', has died aged 75.
Although 'Endless Sleep', often seen as one of the first melodramatic teen pop songs, was Reynolds biggest commercial success, he wrote and recorded a number of other songs in the fifties and early sixties, and continued to occasionally record and perform throughout his life, being inducted into Nashville's Rockabilly Hall Of Fame in 1999. He also ran a music store in Palm Springs, and later moved into real estate.
Musician Alan Clark, a friend of Reynolds who toured with him in the 80s, confirmed the Rockabilly man had died on 7 Nov.