Hank Cochran

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Hank Cochran (born August 2, 1935 in Isola , Mississippi , as Garland Perry Cochran , † July 15, 2010 in Hendersonville ) was an American country musician.

Life

Childhood and youth

Cochran had a difficult childhood, which was marked by illness and the divorce of his parents. He was also a runaway as a teenager. His uncle Otis taught him to play the guitar; with him he spent some time on the trip from Mississippi to New Mexico, where he worked in the oil fields.

Career

In the mid-1950s he formed the Cochran Brothers in California with the young Eddie Cochran (to whom he was not related) , who played country and rockabilly . In addition to radio and television appearances, Cochran made his first records during this time and joined the ensemble of the Town Hall Party with Eddie Cochran until 1956 . After the separation of the Cochran Brothers he appeared regularly in the California Hayride and in 1959 signed a contract with Pamper Music as a songwriter.

By the age of 24 he had arrived in Nashville and wrote I Fall to Pieces , which became a hit with Patsy Cline ; later she recorded his She's Got You and Why Can't He Be You . For Ray Price and Eddy Arnold , Make the World Go Away was a hit. He has also written for Burl Ives , George Strait , Merle Haggard and Ronnie Milsap . He is also considered the discoverer of Willie Nelson .

Cochran himself had seven hits in the charts between 1962 and 1980, including his first own single, the Harlan Howard song Sally Was a Good Old Girl , which reached number 20. In the top 40 of the country charts, however, Cochran was only able to place himself in 1962 and 1963 with a total of three titles: In addition to Sally Was a Good Old Girl , he achieved placements with I'd Fight The World (1962 # 23) and A Good Country Song ( 1963 # 25).

Remarks

  1. ↑ Joel Whitburn: Top 40 Country Hits 1944-2005. 2nd ed. New York: Billboard Books, 2006, p. 84

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personal data
SURNAME Cochran, Hank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cochran, Garland Perry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American country musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Isola (Mississippi)
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 2010
Place of death Hendersonville