STRAY CATS

The Stray Cats are an American rockabilly band that formed in 1979 in New York. The group had numerous hit singles in the U.K., Australia, Canada, and the U.S..
The band first appeared in the New York area in the middle of 1979 performing under the names including The Tomcats, The Teds, and Bryan and the Tomcats, the name changing was to fool club owners who would not hire the same band for consecutive nights. Since 1983 they have used only the name Stray Cats.
The Stray Cats were mostly influenced by Eddie Cochran, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent and Bill Haley and his Comets. In the middle of 1980 the band found themselves being courted by record labels including Virgin Records, Stiff Records and Arista Records.
​Word spread quickly and soon members of the Rolling Stones, the Who and Led Zeppelin were at their shows. In 1983 the Stray Cats begin recording their third studio album "Rant and Rave with the Stray Cats", half the album was recorded in London and the rest was recorded in New York.
Find out more on the Stray Cats on KWMC's 1490 AM Classic hits Station's Little Red Rooster Show. and as always all stories and facts are by Wendy Johnson and all shows are produced by Javier Martinez Sr.

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