Rockabilly/country.. Singer - Sparkle Moore. Real name Barbara Morgan. Born 1936 in Omaha, Nebr. Rockabilly bombshell Sparkle Moore was born Barbara Morgan in Omaha in 1936. The quintessential bad girl, she dressed in leather (and often in men's clothes), with her short blonde hair greased back in an Elvis Presley-styled pompadour --dubbed "Sparkle" in honor of a supporting character in the "Dick Tracy" comic strip, she signed to the Cincinnati-based Fraternity label to issue her debut single, the hiccupping "Rock-a-Bop," in late 1956, and though still just 20 years old she toured the U.S. in support of the record, even opening for Gene Vincent at the peak of his fame. (A planned appearance on radio's Grand Ol' Opry was canceled due to a bout with laryngitis, however.) The sultry yet sinister "Killer" followed in 1957, but soon after Moore learned she was pregnant and abruptly quit performing to focus on raising a family- <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sparkle+Moore+With+Dan+Belloc+And+His+Orchestra">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.