Googie Rene

Googie Rene is one of those unjustly overlooked musical figures from the rock ‘n’ roll years. Although he was the backbone of Class Records, Rene has remained something of an “underground” figure amongst the collector fraternity until the recent release of the “Wham Bam” CD on Ace. He is the son of label owner/songwriter Leon Rene (1902-1982) and was called “Googie” because that was the first word he ever uttered as an infant. By the time Googie graduated from Dorsey High School in the Los Angeles suburb of Baldwin Hills