Hillbilly Bop / Rock ’n’ Roll / Rockabilly
Years active 1952-1960
always klick on pic’s
Albert Lea, Minnesota, USA
Born October 3, 1938; Died April 17, 1960 (aged 21), Bath, Sommerset, England
Edward Ray Cochran (/ˈkɒkrən/; October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American musician. Cochran's rockabilly songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody" and "Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s. He experimented with multitrack recording, distortion techniques, and overdubbing even on his earliest singles. He played the guitar, piano, bass, and drums. His image as a sharply dressed and good-looking young man with a rebellious attitude epitomized the stance of the 1950s rocker, and in death he achieved an iconic status.
Cochran was involved with music from an early age, playing in the school band and teaching himself to play blues guitar. In 1954, he formed a duet with the guitarist Hank Cochran(no relation), and when they split the following year, Eddie began a songwriting career with Jerry Capehart. His first success came when he performed the song "Twenty Flight Rock" in the film The Girl Can't Help It, starring Jayne Mansfield. Soon afterwards, he signed a recording contract with Liberty Records. … Read the original text here >>> Eddie Cochran
as Cochran Brothers "Hank Cochran" real name: Garland Perry. (born 1935, Isola, Mississippi)
as Jerry Capehart & Eddie Cochran