Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran (* 3. October 1938 in Albert Lea , Minnesota as Ray Edward Cochrane ; † 17th April 1960 in Bath , UK in a car accident) was an American rock 'n' roll - and rockabilly musician. Within his short career he had success with songs like Summertime Blues and C'mon Everybody .
Life
Beginnings
The singer and guitarist, who played guitar since he was twelve, began his career in 1954 as part of the Cochran Brothers , but was not related to his partner Hank Cochran ; rather, he dropped the "e" in the surname to match the prevailing preference for hillbilly duos at the time. A record deal with the American Music Corporation led to the first single releases and television appearances in 1955. The duo separated in 1956 and Cochran worked from then on with the composer Jerry Capehart .
Career
The first demo recordings were made on April 4, 1956 in Hollywood's Gold Star Studios , where all of Cochran's big hits were later produced. After appearances in the films The Girl Can't Help It (in which he presented his famous Twenty Flight Rock and which was released in US theaters on December 1, 1956) and Ripe Blossoms (May 10, 1957), Eddie Cochran had his 1957 first chart success with the piece Sittin 'in the Balcony from the pen of John D. Loudermilk . This was followed by an Australian tour with Gene Vincent and Little Richard . The musician had his biggest hit in 1958 with Summertime Blues . This rock song about the needs of a US teenager who works in the summer vacation, is not allowed to use his parents' car and longs for a vacation, is still very well known today, not only because it has the "most erotic guitar riff of all" ( Crawdaddy ), but also through the numerous cover versions of other bands, of which the Who , Blue Cheer and Stray Cats are particularly noteworthy. There are two versions of the Eddie Cochran version in circulation; one with the correct end and one with a later blinded end.
After the death of Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper in 1959, Cochran recorded the tribute song Three Stars , which was only released after his own death.
Eddie Cochran had an accident in April 1960, one day after the end of a tour of Great Britain that he was doing with his friend Gene Vincent , during a taxi ride from Bristol to London between Bath and Chippenham (old A4) when a tire burst on the vehicle and the car hit a lamppost. He died of his head injuries 16 hours after the accident at St. Martins Hospital in Bath. Gene Vincent suffered a broken collarbone, several broken ribs and another leg injury. Manager Pat Thomkins and the 19-year-old taxi driver were unharmed. Cochran's girlfriend Sharon Sheeley suffered a fractured pelvis. The police student and later musician Dave Dee recorded the accident at the time. The musician was buried on April 25th in Glendale , California . The recently recorded song with the tragically ironic title Three Steps to Heaven became a posthumous number 1 hit in the UK.
Since Sid Vicious sang Swindle Something Else and C'mon Everybody in The Great Rock 'n' Roll in 1979 , Eddie Cochran has also been considered an early forerunner of punk rock . It is noteworthy that Eddie Cochran's loyal fan base could still expect "new" releases into the 21st century. Unpublished recordings have been tracked down in the archives of recording studios or radio and television stations around the world since the early 1970s and published on the British fan label Rockstar Records .
In 1987 Eddie Cochran was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .
Discography
US albums
- Singin 'to my Baby (Liberty LRP 3061) November 1957
Chart placements
All albums only entered the British charts posthumously . Except for Singin 'to My Baby , all albums are best-of albums or compilations .
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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UK | |||
1960 | Singin 'to my baby |
UK19 (2 weeks) UK |
the only studio album that was made during Cochran's lifetime
|
Eddie Cochran Memorial Album |
UK9 (30 weeks) UK |
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1963 | Cherished Memories |
UK15 (3 weeks) UK |
|
Singin 'to my baby |
UK15 (3 weeks) UK |
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1970 | The Very Best of Eddie Cochran |
UK34 (3 weeks) UK |
|
1979 | The Eddie Cochran Singles Album |
UK39
silver
(6 weeks)UK |
|
1988 | C'mon Everybody |
UK53 (3 weeks) UK |
|
2008 | The very best of |
UK31 (3 weeks) UK |
US singles
The Cochran Brothers:
- Mr. Fiddle / Two Blue Singin 'Stars (EKKO 1003), June 1955
- Your Tomorrows Never Come / Guilty Conscience (EKKO 1004), July 1955
- Walkin 'Stick Boogie / Rollin (Cash 1021) January 1956
- Tired and Sleepy / Fool's Paradise (EKKO 3001), June 1956
Eddie Cochran:
- Skinny Jim / Half Loved (Crest 1026), July 1956
- Dark Lonely Street / Sittin 'in the Balcony (Liberty 55056), March 1957 / January 1957
- One Kiss / Mean When I'm Mad , (Liberty 55070), March 1957
- Drive-In Show / Am I Blue , (Liberty 55087), May 1957
- Twenty Flight Rock / Cradle Baby (Liberty 55112), November 1957
- Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie / Pocketful of Hearts , (Liberty 55123), January 12, 1958
- Teresa / Pretty Girl (Liberty 55138), May 1958
- Love Again / Summertime Blues (Liberty 55144) March 28, 1958 (June 1958)
- C'mon Everybody / Don't Ever Let Me Go (Liberty 55166), October 10, 1958 / July 7, 1958
- Teenage Heaven / I Remember (Liberty 55177) January 17, 1959
- Somethin 'Else / Boll Weevil Song (Liberty 55203), June 23, 1959
- Hallelujah! I Love Her So / Little Angel (Liberty 55217), August 31, 1959 / October 23, 1959
- Cut Across Shorty / Three Steps to Heaven (Liberty 55242), March 1960
- Lonely / Sweetie Pie (Liberty 55278), August 1960
Chart placements
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
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DE | AT | UK | US | |||
1957 | Sittin 'in the balcony | - | - | - |
US18 (13 weeks) US |
Author: Johnny Dee
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Drive in show | - | - | - |
US82 (6 weeks) US |
Author: Fred Dexter
|
|
1958 | Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie | - | - |
UK31 (4 weeks) UK |
US94 (1 week) US |
Author: Ricky Page
|
Summertime Blues a |
DE25 (2 weeks) DE |
AT18 (1 month) AT |
UK18 (14 weeks) UK |
US8 (16 weeks) US |
Authors: Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capeheart
Song That Shaped Rock and Roll / Grammy Hall of Fame (1999) / 74th place of the Rolling Stone 500 |
|
C'mon Everybody | - | - |
UK6 (20 weeks) UK |
US35 (12 weeks) US |
Authors: Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capeheart
Song That Shaped Rock and Roll / Place 411 of the Rolling Stone 400 |
|
1959 | Teenage Heaven | - | - | - |
US99 (1 week) US |
Authors: Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capeheart
from the movie Go, Johnny, Go! |
Somethin 'Else b | - | - |
UK22 (4 weeks) UK |
US58 (9 weeks) US |
Authors: Eddie Cochran, Sharon Sheeley
in UK including a chart week in 1988 (100th place) |
|
1960 | Hallelujah I Love Her So | - | - |
UK22 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
Original / Author: Ray Charles
|
Three steps to heaven | - | - |
UK1 (15 weeks) UK |
- |
Author: Eddie Cochran
entered the charts less than a month after Cochran's death |
|
Sweetie pie | - | - |
UK38 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
Authors: Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capeheart
|
|
Lonely | - | - |
UK41 (1 week) UK |
- |
Author: Sharon Sheeley
|
|
1961 | Weekend | - | - |
UK15 (16 weeks) UK |
- |
Authors: Bill Post, Doree Post
|
1963 | My way | - | - |
UK23 (10 weeks) UK |
- |
Authors: Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capeheart
|
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
literature
- Bobby Cochran with Susan Van Hecke: Three steps to heaven: The Eddie Cochran Story . Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard 2003. ISBN 0-634-03252-6 .
- Julie Mundy and Darrel Higham: Don't forget me: The Eddie Cochran Story . Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing Company 2000. ISBN 0-8230-7931-7 .
swell
- ↑ a b Chart sources: Germany Austria UK USA
- ↑ a b BPI gold / platinum database (Great Britain)
- ↑ Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 by Joel Whitburn , 11th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 .
- ↑ a b 500 Songs That Shaped Rock , copy from infoplease, accessed on May 27, 2018
- ^ Grammy Hall of Fame , grammy.com, accessed May 27, 2018
- ↑ a b 74. Eddie Cochran, 'Summertime Blues' / 411. Eddie Cochran, 'C'mon Everybody' in 500 Greatest Songs of All Time , Rolling Stone, 2010 Edition, accessed May 27, 2018
Web links
- Eddie Cochran Online Tribute Center ( Memento from September 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Eddie Cochran Photo Gallery (English)
- Eddie Cochran in theInternet Movie Database(English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cochran, Eddie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cochrane, Ray Edward (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rock and roll musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1938 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Albert Lea , Minnesota |
DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1960 |
Place of death | Bath |