Matt Lucas (born July 19, 1935) is an American rock and roll, soul and blues singer, drummer and songwriter. He is best known for his "rocked-up" version of the Hank Snow country classic "I'm Movin' On." He was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 1999, the International Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Southern Legends Entertainment & Performing Arts Hall of Fame in 2005. Early life Born on July 19, 1935, in the General Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, he grew up in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. At the age of seven he discovered he was adopted when he found his adoption papers and a letter dated September 6, 1935 signed by the Assistant Superintendent Tennessee Children's Home Society Shelby County Branch. His father worked for a theater chain in Poplar Bluff, which had three theaters: The Criterion, The Jewel, The Strand, and later The Rogers Theater. This gave him an opportunity to go to the movies for free. Watching MGM musicals along with attending church services turned him on to music. At Mark Twain School he played maracas in The Mark Twain Rhythm Band, and the drums soon became his passion. One of his favorite musicians at the time was Gene Krupa, who he greatly admired for his solos and showmanship. Musical influences The first band he played with was the Ray Chilton Band, which featured five saxophones, an upright bass, a piano and drums and included four members of the Chilton family: Don (Chan), Glenn, Ray and Bill. At night he listened to the big bands from New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago on the radio and pictured himself in those bigger cities. Several times he tried to run away from Poplar Bluff to pursue his dreams of becoming a great jazz musician and at age 14 got into serious trouble when he took a cement mixer truck to run away from home. He was declared a juvenile delinquent and sentenced to a term in the Missouri Reformatory in Boonville, Missouri. After 14 months he returned home and went back to his musician friends in the black section of Poplar Buff, MO, known as The Holler. He drank, talked music, and sat in with some of the bands. As soon as he was off parole, he tried his luck in Los Angeles, California, where his musical taste was influenced by frequent visits to Dolphin's Of Hollywood,