![]() ![]() As his guitar playing improved he formed a band with two friends from his junior high school. In 1953 Cochran's family moved to Bell Gardens, California. Also, rather than taking piano lessons, he began learning guitar, playing the country music he heard on the radio. He took music lessons in school but quit the band to play drums. His parents were from Oklahoma and he always said in interviews that he was from Oklahoma. 5 Posthumous releases and honors Ĭochran was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota, as Edward Raymond Cochran.His songs have been much covered by bands such as The Who, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Move, Dick Dale & his Del-Tones, Blue Cheer, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Humble Pie, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Teenage Head, Tiger Army, UFO, The White Stripes, the Stray Cats, and the Sex Pistols. In 1987 Cochran was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Though his best-known songs were released during his lifetime, more of his songs were released posthumously. Soon afterwards, Liberty Records signed him to a recording contract.Ĭochran died aged 21 after a road accident, whilst travelling in a taxi, in the town of Chippenham, Wiltshire during his British tour in April 1960 having just performed at Bristol's Hippodrome theatre. His first success came when he performed the song " Twenty Flight Rock" in the movie The Girl Can't Help It, starring Jayne Mansfield. In 1955, he formed a duet with the guitarist Hank Cochran (no relation), and when they split the following year, Cochran began a song-writing career with Jerry Capehart. He was involved with music from an early age, playing in the school band and teaching himself to play blues guitar. ![]() Ĭochran was born in Minnesota and moved with his family to California in the early 1950s. His image as a sharply dressed, rugged but good-looking young man with a rebellious attitude epitomized the stance of the 50s rocker, and in death he achieved an iconic status. He experimented with multitrack recording and overdubbing even on his earliest singles, and was also able to play piano, bass and drums. ![]() Cochran's rockabilly songs, such as " C'mon Everybody", " Somethin' Else", and " Summertime Blues", captured teenage frustration and desire in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Edward Raymond 'Eddie' Cochran (Octo– April 17, 1960) was an American musician. ![]()
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