Originally an early-1960's high school "garage band" from Council Bluffs, IA, the Rumbles began playing professionally in 1963 with the original permanent lineup of Rich Clayton and Joe Brunnworth on guitars, Warren "Bud" Phillips on bass guitar and Steve Hough (pronounced "Huff") on drums. Although he was the last to join as well as the youngest member, Hough is the only remaining "original Rumble" today.
When the Eddy Haddad Entertainment Agency of Omaha assumed management of the group in 1964, the band's popularity took off. The somewhat strange marriage of the big band leader Haddad and the raucous rock-and-roll band with the soaring vocal harmonies paid off handsomely throughout the 1960's with several hit songs and huge crowds throughout the Midwest.
1968 brought the monster single "Jezebel", which went to #1 in several Midwestern radio markets and charted on the Billboard Hot 100. A string of chart singles followed, including "Everybody's Talkin", "14 Years", "Out of Harmony", "Hey Lenora", "Push, Push" and others.
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