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Eddie Cochran
Edward Ray Cochran (October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American rock and roll musician and an important influence on popular music during the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Cochran was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota as Edward Ray Cochran. He was a great rockabilly player whose importance to music is far greater than that suggested by chart success. With just two and a half minutes of music and words he could sum up a teenager’s hopes and fears and it was this ability that made him so influential; it was this that led many teenagers to follow in his footsteps and form a group.
Eddie Cochran’s musical roots were laid down while he was still at school, forming his first proper group at the age of 15 and striking up a lifelong musical partnership with his bass playing school friend Connie "Guybo" Smith. Cochran was already an accomplished player in the style of Chet Atkins when he formed the Cochran Brothers with Hank Cochran (no relation). Raising his profile by playing gigs resulted in Eddie becoming a sought after session musician and led to his other lifelong musical partnership with his Gretsch 6120 guitar.
His orange Gretsch 6120
Eddie’s opportunity to step up into the spotlight came in 1956 courtesy of the film “The Girl Can’t Help Itâ€. With his recordings making no impact on the charts or the radio he was offered a cameo role in the low budget film. He played “Twenty Flight Rock†in the film and his good looks coupled with his guitar playing and songwriting resulted in interest from major record labels for the first time – he signed with Liberty.
His first Liberty single was the atypical ballad “Sittin’ in the Balcony†that made the US Top Twenty. It wasn’t until the following year that he hit the charts with a real rocker and that was the classic teen anthem “Summertime Bluesâ€, making the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. A song that reflected teenage angst, with its lyrics as relevant today as they were then, it has been covered by numerous groups – most notably The Who. Another rocker followed in 1958 with “C’mon Everybodyâ€, again a timeless classic that has been reinterpreted down the years.
In 1960 Eddie toured the UK extensively and became a firm favorite. After a gig in Bristol his taxi crashed and he was killed – he was only 21 years old. Eddie didn’t leave a massive number of hits, but hundreds of recordings behind him. What he did leave however was more valuable, he left people understanding the joy of rock, the exuberance he felt when he was performing and he inspired many teenagers to do as he did – pick up a guitar and play.
The car and other items from the crash were impounded at the local police station until a coroners' inquest could be held. At that time, David Harman, later known as Dave Dee of the band Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, was a police cadet at the station, and taught himself to play guitar on Eddie's impounded Gretsch.
While the Sex Pistols’ biggest UK chart success was “God Save The Queen†their next two biggest sellers were the Eddie Cochran numbers “C’mon Everybody†and “Something Elseâ€.
The life of Eddie Cochran is chronicled in several publications including, “Don’t Forget Me – The Eddie Cochran Story†written by Julie Mundy and Darrel Higham (ISBN 0-8230-7931-7), “Three Steps To Heaven†written by Bobby Cochran (ISBN 0-634-03252-6).
Eddie Cochran Overdubbing
Overdubbing (the process of making an overdub, or overdubs) is a technique used by recording studios to add a supplementary recorded sound to a previously recorded performance.
Eddie Cochran was also (like Buddy Holly) an innovator in the studio, using overdubbing at a time when that practice was barely known on rock recordings.