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Eddie Cochran

1938 - 1960

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Edward Ray Cochran ( KOK-rən; October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American rock and roll musician. His 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. Cochran experimented with multitrack recording, distortion techniques, and overdubbing, even on his earliest singles. Cochran played the guitar, piano, bass, and drums. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eddie Cochran is the 416th most popular musician (down from 288th in 2019), the 2,438th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,639th in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Musician.

Eddie Cochran is most famous for his song "Summertime Blues" and for his tragic death in a car accident at the age of 21.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Eddie Cochran ranks 416 out of 3,175. Before him are Cliff Williams, Billy Martin, Sonny Rollins, Jan Kubelík, Art Blakey, and Jermaine Jackson. After him are Andy Summers, Radu Lupu, Leopold Godowsky, Dave Holland, Geezer Butler, and David Popper.

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Among people born in 1938, Eddie Cochran ranks 128. Before him are Jerry West, Morihiro Hosokawa, Tereza Kesovija, Tom Regan, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, and Fred Stolle. After him are Ted Turner, Nayef Hawatmeh, Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Marien Ngouabi, Sergei Novikov, and Cabu. Among people deceased in 1960, Eddie Cochran ranks 56. Before him are Carl Keenan Seyfert, Paul Abraham, Aly Khan, Vicki Baum, Jussi Björling, and Yan Xishan. After him are Maurice de Broglie, José Antonio Aguirre, Abram Ioffe, Pierre Reverdy, Alexandre Benois, and Edwin Fischer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eddie Cochran ranks 2,438 out of 20,380. Before him are Dean Acheson (1893), Karen Grassle (1942), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966), Freddie Prinze Jr. (1976), Billy Hayes (1947), and Marisa Tomei (1964). After him are Pat Hingle (1924), Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944), Charles "Buddy" Rogers (1904), Treat Williams (1951), Holly Hunter (1958), and John O. Brennan (1955).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Eddie Cochran ranks 120. Before him are Art Tatum (1909), David Ellefson (1964), Billy Martin (1981), Sonny Rollins (1930), Art Blakey (1919), and Jermaine Jackson (1954). After him are Peggy Lee (1920), Ry Cooder (1947), Moby (1965), Eric Carr (1950), Ray Parker Jr. (1954), and Charles Mingus (1922).

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