Which pop singer survived the car crash that killed Eddie Cochran?
"in 1958, when he also appeared in his first networked BBC TV series, ""The Night and the Music"". In 1959 he recorded another single on 45 r.p.m., ""Charlie Is Their Darling""/""Loch Lomond"". He made several guest appearances in the BBC Television pop series ""Six-Five Special"". In 1960 he was the compere of a touring pop show starring Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent, during which Cochran was killed in a car accident. He also compered the summer season pop show at the Queen's Theatre, Blackpool, starring Marty Wilde, Billy Fury et al. In 1961 he got his big break on TV"
"Hill, where a plaque now marks the spot. No other car was involved. Cochran, who was seated in the centre of the back seat, threw himself over his fiancée (songwriter Sharon Sheeley) to shield her and was thrown out of the car when the door flew open. He was taken to St Martin's Hospital, in Bath, where he died of severe head injuries at 4:10 p.m. the following day. Cochran's body was flown home, and his remains were buried on April 25, 1960, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Cypress, California. Sharon Sheeley, tour manager Pat Thompkins, and singer Gene"
"Eddie Cochran Edward Ray Cochran (; 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. Cochran died at age 21 after a road accident, while travelling in a taxi in Chippenham, Wiltshire, during his British tour in April 1960,"
"in 2002, and is featured on their album ""Live at Leeds""). The glam-rock artist Marc Bolan had his main Gibson Les Paul guitar refinished in a transparent orange to resemble the Gretsch 6120 played by Cochran, who was his music hero. He was also an influence on the guitar player Brian Setzer, of Stray Cats, who plays a 6120 almost like that of Cochran, whom he portrayed in the film ""La Bamba"". The following songs also made the following chart entries in the UK: Eddie Cochran Edward Ray Cochran (; October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American"
"Vincent, and Cochran were traveling in a private hire taxi from a concert in Bristol to London airport when it blew a tire and slammed into a lamp post near Chippenham, Wiltshire. All three were rushed to hospital. Cochran, who had been thrown from the vehicle, suffered fatal brain injuries and died the next day, at the age of 21. Sheeley suffered a broken pelvis, and Vincent broke his ribs and collarbone and added further damage to his already weak leg. Following the accident she returned to the USA, where she collaborated with musician-songwriter Jackie DeShannon on a string of"
"by Cochran two days later (Dee recorded his own version several weeks later). His voice broke during the spoken lyrics about Valens and Holly. In 1987, Cochran was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His pioneering contribution to the genre of rockabilly has also been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Several of his songs have been re-released since his death, such as ""C'mon Everybody"", which was a number 14 hit in 1988 in the UK. ""Rolling Stone"" magazine ranked him number 84 on its 2003 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. Cochran's"
"be replaced by a statue. A posthumous album, ""My Way"", was released in 1964. Cochran was a prolific performer, and the British label Rockstar Records has released more of his music posthumously than was released during his life. The company is still looking for unpublished songs. One of his posthumous releases was ""Three Stars"", a tribute to J. P. Richardson, better known as the Big Bopper, and Cochran's friends Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, who had all died in a plane crash just one year earlier. Written just hours after the tragedy by disc jockey Tommy Dee, it was recorded"
"rest of the band – Dave Catching, Julian Dorio, Eden Galindo and Matt McJunkins – survived the attack. However, 36 year old Nick Alexander, who worked at the band's merchandise table during the group's European tour, was among the people killed. Following the attack, a Facebook campaign was created by Jon Morter with the intention of getting the band's cover of the Duran Duran song ""Save a Prayer"" to number one on the UK Singles Chart. The campaign was promoted by Duran Duran and headed up by Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon, who promised to donate their proceeds from"
"Wayne Cochran Talvin Wayne Cochran (May 10, 1939 – November 21, 2017) was an American soul singer, known for his outlandish outfits and white pompadour hairstyle. He was sometimes referred to as The White Knight of Soul. Cochran is best known today for writing the song ""Last Kiss"", which he performed with the C.C. Riders. Talvin Wayne Cochran was born on May 10, 1939, in Thomaston, Georgia, to Talvin A. Cochran, a cotton mill worker, and the former Mini Lee Starley, who came from a farming family. Influenced by the country and rhythm and blues music he heard on the"
"made television appearances. He retired from music to become an evangelist minister in Miami, Florida. He died on November 21, 2017, in Miramar, Florida. Cochran is best known today for writing the song ""Last Kiss"", which he performed with the C.C. Riders. Although it was not a success for him, a contemporary cover by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers and a much later take by Pearl Jam became hits. In Mexico, Polo and The Americans cover in Spanish. Cochran and his revue also influenced Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi's Blues Brothers musical venture; Cochran is referenced in the 1980"
"17-year-old girlfriend, Helen Read, also died in the accident. Pirates' bassist Nick Simper, who later became an original member of Deep Purple, was also in the car with Kidd, but he suffered only some cuts and a broken arm. Kidd was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, London. In hindsight Kidd was both musically and visually important for the rock music genre. Long before the likes of Paul Revere and the Raiders and Alice Cooper and other such performers dressed up for a performance, Kidd and his contemporary Screaming Lord Sutch were already doing so. Kidd and the Pirates were a"
"originally recorded by Wayne Cochran named ""Last Kiss"". Duly recorded by the group, it was first released on Le Cam (722) and then on Tamara (761), before it became a hit in June 1964 on Josie Records (Josie 923). It reached the Top 10 in October that year, eventually reaching #2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. While driving in Ohio later that year, Roush fell asleep at the wheel, and they collided head-on with another vehicle. Roush was killed and Wilson injured to the extent that he was on"
"Cochran: Legends Of The 20th Century"" collection on EMI, the 2005 ""The Best of Eddie Cochran"" album on EMI, and the 2009 Bear Family Records box set ""Somethin' Else: The Ultimate Collection"". Sweetie Pie (Eddie Cochran song) ""Sweetie Pie"" is a song written by Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart, and Johnny Russell and recorded by Eddie Cochran. It was recorded in 1957 and released posthumously as a single on Liberty F-55278 in August 1960. In the UK the single rose to number 38 on the charts. The U.S. release did not chart. The flip side, ""Lonely"", reached number 41 on the"
"and directed by Syd Macartney, told the story of how the (purported) narrator, songwriter Sharon Sheeley, attracted Eddie Cochran by wearing said jeans. The song was re-released as a promotional single that year. C'mon Everybody ""C'mon Everybody"" is a 1958 song by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart, originally released as a B-side. In 1959 it peaked in the UK (where Cochran had major success and where he died in 1960) at number six in the singles chart, and, thirty years later, in 1988, the track was re-issued there and became a number 14 hit. In the United States the song"
"made reference to the song title in the lyrics of ""It's No Game"" on 1979's ""Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)"". Showaddywaddy's 1975 cover version of this song was also a hit, reaching No. 1 in Ireland and No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart. Three Steps to Heaven (song) ""Three Steps to Heaven"" is a song co-written and recorded by Eddie Cochran, released in 1960. The record became a posthumous UK number-one hit for Cochran following his death in a car accident in April 1960. In the US it did not reach the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. ""Three Steps To Heaven"""
"Leon to his former manager. Eddie's Mustang car collided with a trailer truck in EDSA Shaw underpass in 1977. He died a month and a week later (April 30, 1977) at the age of 32 at Polymedic Hospital due to internal hemorrhage and car accident. His death shocked his millions of fans nationwide. Eddie Peregrina Eduardo Villavicencio Peregrina (November 11, 1944 – April 30, 1977), better known as Eddie Peregrina, was a Philippine singer and leading matinee idol of the 1970s. Dubbed as ""the Original Jukebox King,"" he was most famous for hit songs such as ""What Am I Living"
"or Cry: My Life in Verse"". After the book was published she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Ned Fairchild Nelda ""Ned"" Fairchild (August 26, 1929 in Burley, Idaho - May 3, 2015) was an American songwriter. Her best known work is the 1957 rock'n'roll hit ""Twenty Flight Rock"", on which a co-writing credit was given to rock and roll pioneer Eddie Cochran. Paul McCartney and John Lennon have in different contexts said that McCartney was invited to join Lennon's band, The Quarrymen, because he knew both the chords and words to ""Twenty Flight Rock"", a much-admired staple of the bands"
"was a policeman) to make their living from music. Apart from performing in the UK, they also occasionally played in Hamburg (Star-Club, Top Ten Club) and in Cologne (Storyville). Ward-Davies had acquired his nickname when he unwrapped a chocolate bar before absent-mindedly discarding the bar and attempting to eat the wrapper. Vocalist Dave Dee, the ex-policeman, was at the scene of the motoring accident that took the life of the American rock and roller Eddie Cochran and injured Gene Vincent in April 1960. In summer 1964, the British songwriters Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley became interested in recording them. The"
"UK performing in his US stage clothes. On April 16, 1960, while on tour in the UK, Vincent, Eddie Cochran and the songwriter Sharon Sheeley were involved in a high-speed traffic accident in a private-hire taxi in Chippenham, Wiltshire. Vincent broke his ribs and collarbone and further damaged his weakened leg. Sheeley suffered a broken pelvis. Cochran, who had been thrown from the vehicle, suffered serious brain injuries and died the next day. Vincent returned to the United States after the accident. Promoter Don Arden had Vincent return to the UK in 1961 to do an extensive tour in theatres"
"(and some two years after his death), the Beach Boys paid tribute to him on their first album, ""Surfin' Safari"", released October 1962. Lead vocal on the track was jointly sung by lead guitarist Carl Wilson, who was not yet 16, and rhythm guitarist David Marks, who had just turned 14. Never released as a single in the US, it gained enough popularity in the Philippines early in 1966 to post no. 7 on that country's hit parade as listed by ""Billboard"" in its weekly 'Hits of the World' charts. Australian rock'n'roll singer Johnny Chester cited Cochran as one of"
"""Somethin' Else"", ""Teenage Heaven"", and his posthumous UK number one hit ""Three Steps to Heaven"". He remained popular in the US and UK through the late 1950s and early 1960s, and more of his records were posthumous hits, such as ""My Way"", ""Weekend"", and ""Nervous Breakdown"". Another aspect of Cochran's short but brilliant career is his work as backup musician and producer. In 1959 he played lead for Skeets McDonald at Columbia's studios for ""You Oughta See Grandma Rock"" and ""Heart Breaking Mama"". In a session for Gene Vincent in March 1958 he contributed his trademark bass voice, as heard"
"and spend his time in the studio making music, thereby reducing the chance of suffering a similar fatal accident while touring. Financial responsibilities, however, required that he continue to perform live, and that led to his acceptance of an offer to tour the United Kingdom in 1960. On Saturday, April 16, 1960, at about 11.50 p.m., while on tour in the United Kingdom, 21-year-old Cochran was involved in a traffic accident in a taxi travelling through Chippenham, Wiltshire, on the A4. The speeding taxi blew a tire, the driver lost control, and the vehicle crashed into a lamppost on Rowden"
"were fairly successful and helped to establish them as a performing act. Eddie Cochran also worked as a session musician and began writing songs, making a demo with Jerry Capehart, his future manager. In July 1956, Eddie Cochran's first ""solo artist"" single was released by Crest Records. It featured ""Skinny Jim"", now regarded as a rock-and-roll and rockabilly classic. In the spring of 1956, Boris Petroff asked Cochran if he would appear in the musical comedy film ""The Girl Can't Help It"". Cochran agreed and performed the song ""Twenty Flight Rock"" in the movie. In 1957 Cochran starred in his"
"covered in 1968 by The Move and appears on their eponymous album. The song was also recorded by Bobby Vee in 1965, Showaddywaddy in 1981, Alvin Stardust in 1982, Teenage Head in 1985, and Darrel Higham in 2004. Weekend (Eddie Cochran song) ""Weekend"" is a song recorded by Eddie Cochran. The song was written by Bill and Doree Post and recorded in April 1959. The song was released posthumously as a single in the UK on London Records as 45-HLG 9362 in June 1961 and rose to number 15 on the charts. In the US it was released on Liberty"
"Eddie Cantor Eddie Cantor (born Edward Israel Itzkowitz, January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964) was an American ""illustrated song"" performer, comedian, dancer, singer, actor, and songwriter. Familiar to Broadway, radio, movie, and early television audiences, this ""Apostle of Pep"" was regarded almost as a family member by millions because his top-rated radio shows revealed intimate stories and amusing anecdotes about his wife Ida and five daughters. Some of his hits include ""Makin' Whoopee"", ""Ida"", ""If You Knew Susie"", ""Ma! He's Makin' Eyes at Me"", ""Baby"", ""Margie"", and ""How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen"
"1988 album ""Chiseled in Stone"" (Gosdin's highest rated album at No. 7). In 2008, he let singer Lea Anne Creswell come to his home and choose an album's worth of songs, which the artist released with the album title ""Lea Anne Sings Hank Cochran and ..."". Cochran was married five times, Jeannie Seely was his fourth bride, and Suzi his fifth, from 1982. He had cancerous tumors removed surgically from his pancreas and lymph node at a Nashville hospital in July 2008, and a grapefruit-sized aortic aneurysm removed at a Nashville hospital in April 2010. He died on July 15,"
"Dorcas Cochran Dorcas Cochran (c. 1903 – July 6, 1991) was an American lyricist and screenwriter. She is also referenced by her married name, Dorcas Cochran Jewell. As a lyricist, her best-known song was ""Again,"" which had multiple recorded versions on the US charts. She also wrote the lyrics for two songs which were major hits for Tony Martin: ""I Get Ideas"" and ""Here."" Her English language lyric for ""Under the Bridges of Paris"" was recorded by both Eartha Kitt and Dean Martin for United Kingdom chart hits in 1955, although they failed to chart in the United States, and"
"film featuring the Blues Brothers characters and a cover of his song ""Going Back To Miami"" is featured on the live album ""Made In America."" Wayne Cochran Talvin Wayne Cochran (May 10, 1939 – November 21, 2017) was an American soul singer, known for his outlandish outfits and white pompadour hairstyle. He was sometimes referred to as The White Knight of Soul. Cochran is best known today for writing the song ""Last Kiss"", which he performed with the C.C. Riders. Talvin Wayne Cochran was born on May 10, 1939, in Thomaston, Georgia, to Talvin A. Cochran, a cotton mill worker,"
"The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album is the second album by Eddie Cochran, released on Liberty Records in mono, LRP 3172, in May 1960. It had previously been issued as 12 of His Biggest Hits in April 1960 with the same catalogue number, but after Cochran's death on April 17 it was retitled and reissued, and has remained so titled ever since. It is currently in print on the Magic Records label in France, on CD on EMI-Toshiba in Japan, and on BGO in the UK as a twofer with ""Singin' To My Baby."" Eight tracks"
"2010, age 74. In October 2012, singer Jamey Johnson released """", which features his renditions of sixteen songs that Cochran wrote. Awards and honors include: Notable artists who have recorded Hank Cochran songs include: Hank Cochran Garland Perry ""Hank"" Cochran (August 2, 1935 – July 15, 2010) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting during the 1960s, Cochran was a prolific songwriter in the genre, including major hits by Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Eddy Arnold and others. Cochran was also a recording artist between 1962 and 1980, scoring seven times on the ""Billboard"" country music charts, with his"
"Fury with the Four Kestrels Billy Fury Ronald Wycherley (17 April 1940 – 28 January 1983), better known by his stage name Billy Fury, was an English singer from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s. Rheumatic fever, which he first contracted as a child, damaged his heart and ultimately contributed to his death. An early British rock and roll (and film) star, he equalled the Beatles' record of 24 hits in the 1960s, and spent 332 weeks on the UK chart, without a chart-topping single or album. AllMusic journalist Bruce Eder"
"disease. Tom Cochrane Thomas William Cochrane ( ; born May 14, 1953) is a Canadian musician known as the front man for the Canadian rock band Red Rider, and for his work as a solo singer-songwriter. Cochrane has won eight Juno Awards. He is a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, an officer of the Order of Canada, and has an honorary doctorate from Brandon University. In September 2009 he was inducted onto the Canadian Walk of Fame. Cochrane has also been recognized for his significant charitable work. Cochrane was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Lynn"