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~ Twenty Flight Rock - The Beatles.cl
Views: 165 |  |  |  |  | Eddie Cochran nació y creció en Albert Lea, Minnesota. Empezó su carrera musical en 1955 con un amigo llamado Hank Cochran, que sería más tarde un letrista de música country. A pesar del apellido común, no existía entre ellos ningún lazo de parentesco. El ...More dúo grabó como "The Cochran Brothers" sobre todo material country, aunque registraron buenos ejemplos de
rockabilly primitivo en temas como "Fool's paradise", "Latch on" o "Tired and sleepy". Es por esta época cuando Eddie Cochran empezó a trabajar como músico de sesión y a escribir sus propias canciones. Su encuentro con Jerry Capehart, su futuro mánager y
productor, significó un gran impulso para su carrera en solitario. Con él grabó su primera maqueta con la que consiguió un contrato con Liberty records
Debutó como solista en 1956 con el sencillo "Skinny Jim", un buen tema que fracasó comercialmente. Ese mismo año Boris Petroff preguntó a Cochran si querría aparecer en la película The Girl Can't Help It. Estuvo de acuerdo, y cantó una canción titulada "Twenty-Flight Rock" que, a pesar de tener todas las características de los éxitos del momento, no fue promocionada, aunque
posteriormente se convertiría en un clásico del rock and roll versioneada por muchos artistas. En 1957, Cochran tuvo su primer éxito, "Sittin' in the Balcony", una de sus pocas canciones escritas por otro (concretamente John D. Loudermilk). Durante ese año consiguió también algunos éxitos locales con los temas "Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie" y "Cut across Shorty". Su sonido por entonces no se aleja demasiado del eco y la reverberación del rockabilly, siendo considerado por muchos aficionados como uno de los puntales del género. Sin embargo, Cochran es mucho más recordado a nivel popular por una canción escrita por él mismo, "Summertime Blues",
que ayudaría a modelar el futuro del rock de finales de los años 1950 y principios de los 60, tanto lírica como musicalmente. En ella nos ofrece una nueva visión sonora del rock and roll, con la batería sustituida por una caja de ritmos, la voz más rasgada y el sonido de su guitarra decididamente más metálico, que le llevaría al #9 de las listas pop de Billboard. Tras el bombazo de "Summertime blues" la corta carrera de Cochran incluyó solo unos pocos éxitos más, como "C'mon Everybody", "Somethin' Else", y, ya fallecido, "My Way" (que no debe confundirse con el tema homónimo de Paul Anka), "Weekend", "Nervous Breakdown", y su póstumo #1 en
Gran Bretaña, "Three Steps to Heaven".
La desaparición en febrero de 1959, en accidente aéreo, de Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper y Buddy Holly, de quien era amigo personal, le sumió en una profunda depresión que le acompañó hasta su propia muerte. Eddie registró una sentida versión del tema "Three stars" en honor de sus camaradas muertos.
El 16 de abril de 1960, Eddie Cochran sufrió un accidente de tráfico en Chippenham, al estrellarse su coche contra un poste de alumbrado. Murió en el hospital St. Martin's en Bath a las 4:10 PM del domingo 17 de abril de 1960. Su novia, la cantante y letrista Sharon Sheeley, y su amigo íntimo y también cantante Gene Vincent, sobrevivieron al accidente. Un fiel espectador que le siguió por toda Inglaterra durante la que fue su última gira era un desconocido guitarrista de Liverpool llamado George Harrison.
Eddie Cochran está enterrado en el cementerio Forest Lawn Cypress en Cypress, California. Un álbum póstumo llamado "My Way" fue lanzado en 1964. The British Label Rockstar Records aún busca canciones inéditas y ha sacado a la luz mucho más material desde principios de los 70 que durante toda la vida del músico. |
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~ The Quarrymen - The Beatles
Views: 2590 |  |  |  |  | The Quarrymen - The Beatles
The Quarrymen were founded by John Lennon at the Quarry Bank School in Liverpool in March or April 1957.
Their sound was skiffle, a highly animated, heavily rhythmic variation American folk and country music.
On July 6, 195 ...More 7, Paul McCartney showed up at the Woolton Church Fete where the Quarrymen were playing and subsequently met John Lennon backstage. Legend has it that he showed John how to play a song called Twenty Flight Rock. John could see that Paul was a good guitarist and singer and that he was probably more seasoned than anyone else in the band.
In July McCartney? joined as a singer-guitarist, and this line-up was stable for approximately six months. Quarrymen played local youth clubs and dances, picking up a small following around Liverpool and a little money in the bargain. And in February in 1958, George Harrison, all of 14 years old who'd been playing with his brother Peter in a skiffle band called the Rebels (who played exactly one official gig) joined on guitar and vocals. |
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~ Eddie Cochran - Somethin' Else
Views: 2358 |  |  |  |  | Eddie Cochran (guitar, vocals; born October 3, 1938; died April 17, 1960)
Though Eddie Cochran was only twenty-one when he died, he left a lasting mark as a rock and roll pioneer. Cochran zeroed in on teenage angst and desire with such classics as "C' ...More mon Everybody," "Something Else," "Twenty Flight Rock" and "Summertime Blues." A flashy stage dresser with a tough-sounding voice, Cochran epitomized the sound and the stance of the Fifties rebel rocker. But he was also a virtuoso guitarist, overdubbing parts like Les Paul even on his earliest singles and playing with an authority that led music journalist Bruce Eder to pronounce him "rock's first high-energy guitar hero, the forerunner to Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page, Duane Allman and, at least in terms of dexterity, Jimi Hendrix." Cochran was also proficient on piano, bass and drums.
Beneath Cochran's polite exterior lurked an all-American rebel, and in death he achieved iconic status with several generations of rock and rollers, from the first wave of British Invasion bands to the Sex Pistols (who covered "Something Else"). He even played an indirect role in the Beatles' formation. In June 1957, Paul McCartney taught John Lennon the chords to Cochran's "Twenty Flight Rock" at a church picnic where Lennon's Quarrymen were playing. In the late Sixties, both the Who and Blue Cheer recorded memorable versions of "Summertime Blues," a timeless anthem of teen disenchantment.
Cochran was born in Minnesota, raised in Oklahoma and moved to California with his family, where he began his musical career in 1954. Initially, he teamed up with singer-guitarist Hank Cochran (no relation), touring and recording as the Cochran Brothers, who performed in a country-rockabilly vein. Cochran's musical influences ran more toward the more extroverted likes of Bill Haley, Little Richard and Carl Perkins, and that is direction he pursued as a solo artist in the later Fifties. Cochran found a manager and collaborator in songwriter Jerry Capehart, with whom he worked until his death. Cochran cut his first rock record, "Skinny Jim," for the Crest label in 1956. His big break came when he a movie producer approached him to appear in the film The Girl Can't Help It, which featured his frenetic version of "Twenty Flight Rock." That same year Cochran signed with Liberty Records, where he perfected a sound on "Summertime Blues" and "C'mon Everybody" that featured driving acoustic and electric guitars, handclaps and tambourines, and lyrics that unerringly expressed the alienated teen mindset.
Cochran recorded prolifically for Liberty, with mixed results. The label tried molding him as a crooner, and his debut album, Singin' for My Baby, was full of schmaltzy ballads that had been foisted upon him. Cochran himself gravitated toward a leaner rock and roll sound, and it is that aspect of his catalog - including not only the hard-rocking hits but such posthumously popular tracks as "Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie," "Something Else" and "Nervous Breakdown" - for which he is remembered. He was especially revered in Britain, where his influence as a rock and roll original endures to this day.
Eddie Cochran released only one album during his lifetime, which was abruptly cut short when the taxi in which he was a passenger crashed en route to a London airport at the end of a British tour. Also injured in the accident were rocker Gene Vincent and Cochran's fiancée, songwriter Shari Sheeley. The single Cochran released just before his death, eerily enough, was entitled "Three Steps to Heaven." Ironically, he'd been planning for some time to cut back on touring in order to concentrate on songwriting and studio work. |
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~ Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody
Views: 722 |  |  |  |  | Eddie Cochran (guitar, vocals; born October 3, 1938; died April 17, 1960)
Though Eddie Cochran was only twenty-one when he died, he left a lasting mark as a rock and roll pioneer. Cochran zeroed in on teenage angst and desire with such classics as "C' ...More mon Everybody," "Something Else," "Twenty Flight Rock" and "Summertime Blues." A flashy stage dresser with a tough-sounding voice, Cochran epitomized the sound and the stance of the Fifties rebel rocker. But he was also a virtuoso guitarist, overdubbing parts like Les Paul even on his earliest singles and playing with an authority that led music journalist Bruce Eder to pronounce him "rock's first high-energy guitar hero, the forerunner to Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page, Duane Allman and, at least in terms of dexterity, Jimi Hendrix." Cochran was also proficient on piano, bass and drums.
Beneath Cochran's polite exterior lurked an all-American rebel, and in death he achieved iconic status with several generations of rock and rollers, from the first wave of British Invasion bands to the Sex Pistols (who covered "Something Else"). He even played an indirect role in the Beatles' formation. In June 1957, Paul McCartney taught John Lennon the chords to Cochran's "Twenty Flight Rock" at a church picnic where Lennon's Quarrymen were playing. In the late Sixties, both the Who and Blue Cheer recorded memorable versions of "Summertime Blues," a timeless anthem of teen disenchantment.
Cochran was born in Minnesota, raised in Oklahoma and moved to California with his family, where he began his musical career in 1954. Initially, he teamed up with singer-guitarist Hank Cochran (no relation), touring and recording as the Cochran Brothers, who performed in a country-rockabilly vein. Cochran's musical influences ran more toward the more extroverted likes of Bill Haley, Little Richard and Carl Perkins, and that is direction he pursued as a solo artist in the later Fifties. Cochran found a manager and collaborator in songwriter Jerry Capehart, with whom he worked until his death. Cochran cut his first rock record, "Skinny Jim," for the Crest label in 1956. His big break came when he a movie producer approached him to appear in the film The Girl Can't Help It, which featured his frenetic version of "Twenty Flight Rock." That same year Cochran signed with Liberty Records, where he perfected a sound on "Summertime Blues" and "C'mon Everybody" that featured driving acoustic and electric guitars, handclaps and tambourines, and lyrics that unerringly expressed the alienated teen mindset.
Cochran recorded prolifically for Liberty, with mixed results. The label tried molding him as a crooner, and his debut album, Singin' for My Baby, was full of schmaltzy ballads that had been foisted upon him. Cochran himself gravitated toward a leaner rock and roll sound, and it is that aspect of his catalog - including not only the hard-rocking hits but such posthumously popular tracks as "Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie," "Something Else" and "Nervous Breakdown" - for which he is remembered. He was especially revered in Britain, where his influence as a rock and roll original endures to this day.
Eddie Cochran released only one album during his lifetime, which was abruptly cut short when the taxi in which he was a passenger crashed en route to a London airport at the end of a British tour. Also injured in the accident were rocker Gene Vincent and Cochran's fiancée, songwriter Shari Sheeley. The single Cochran released just before his death, eerily enough, was entitled "Three Steps to Heaven." Ironically, he'd been planning for some time to cut back on touring in order to concentrate on songwriting and studio work. |
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~ Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
Views: 1709 |  |  |  |  | Eddie Cochran (guitar, vocals; born October 3, 1938; died April 17, 1960)
Though Eddie Cochran was only twenty-one when he died, he left a lasting mark as a rock and roll pioneer. Cochran zeroed in on teenage angst and desire with such classics as "C' ...More mon Everybody," "Something Else," "Twenty Flight Rock" and "Summertime Blues." A flashy stage dresser with a tough-sounding voice, Cochran epitomized the sound and the stance of the Fifties rebel rocker. But he was also a virtuoso guitarist, overdubbing parts like Les Paul even on his earliest singles and playing with an authority that led music journalist Bruce Eder to pronounce him "rock's first high-energy guitar hero, the forerunner to Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page, Duane Allman and, at least in terms of dexterity, Jimi Hendrix." Cochran was also proficient on piano, bass and drums.
Beneath Cochran's polite exterior lurked an all-American rebel, and in death he achieved iconic status with several generations of rock and rollers, from the first wave of British Invasion bands to the Sex Pistols (who covered "Something Else"). He even played an indirect role in the Beatles' formation. In June 1957, Paul McCartney taught John Lennon the chords to Cochran's "Twenty Flight Rock" at a church picnic where Lennon's Quarrymen were playing. In the late Sixties, both the Who and Blue Cheer recorded memorable versions of "Summertime Blues," a timeless anthem of teen disenchantment.
Cochran was born in Minnesota, raised in Oklahoma and moved to California with his family, where he began his musical career in 1954. Initially, he teamed up with singer-guitarist Hank Cochran (no relation), touring and recording as the Cochran Brothers, who performed in a country-rockabilly vein. Cochran's musical influences ran more toward the more extroverted likes of Bill Haley, Little Richard and Carl Perkins, and that is direction he pursued as a solo artist in the later Fifties. Cochran found a manager and collaborator in songwriter Jerry Capehart, with whom he worked until his death. Cochran cut his first rock record, "Skinny Jim," for the Crest label in 1956. His big break came when he a movie producer approached him to appear in the film The Girl Can't Help It, which featured his frenetic version of "Twenty Flight Rock." That same year Cochran signed with Liberty Records, where he perfected a sound on "Summertime Blues" and "C'mon Everybody" that featured driving acoustic and electric guitars, handclaps and tambourines, and lyrics that unerringly expressed the alienated teen mindset.
Cochran recorded prolifically for Liberty, with mixed results. The label tried molding him as a crooner, and his debut album, Singin' for My Baby, was full of schmaltzy ballads that had been foisted upon him. Cochran himself gravitated toward a leaner rock and roll sound, and it is that aspect of his catalog - including not only the hard-rocking hits but such posthumously popular tracks as "Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie," "Something Else" and "Nervous Breakdown" - for which he is remembered. He was especially revered in Britain, where his influence as a rock and roll original endures to this day.
Eddie Cochran released only one album during his lifetime, which was abruptly cut short when the taxi in which he was a passenger crashed en route to a London airport at the end of a British tour. Also injured in the accident were rocker Gene Vincent and Cochran's fiancée, songwriter Shari Sheeley. The single Cochran released just before his death, eerily enough, was entitled "Three Steps to Heaven." Ironically, he'd been planning for some time to cut back on touring in order to concentrate on songwriting and studio work.
This info came from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website - rockhall DOT com |
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~ Twenty Flight Rock by Eddie Cochran (COVER)
Views: 582 |  |  |  |  | originally by Eddie Cochran
Paul McCartney and Wings'
UK Tour 1979 version
from "Last Flight" bootleg album
played by Flying Horses
(a Paul McCartney and Wings tribute band in Japan)
Live at Osaka Cavern Club, Osaka, Japan
31th Dec. 2007
visi ...More t http://jash.hacca.jp/flying/flying_eng.htm |
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~ Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road 7/7
Views: 611 |  |  |  |  | Paul McCartney returns to Studio 2 at Abbey Road, the room where all the Beatles records were made, for an intimate journey through his songwriting history, from his very first Beatles song to the work on his new album "Chaos & Creation In The Backyard".
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Aided and abetted by producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Travis) & using a selection of vintage instruments from his own collection (including the bass played by Bill Black on Elvis Presley's orginal recording of Heartbreak Hotel and the Mellotron & mixing desk used by the Beatles) Paul re-visits his back catalogue in new & revealing ways in front of an audience of just 64 people, including wife Heather, Fran Healy from Travis and Guy Chambers among others.
He'll be re-interpreting old songs, revealing new ones, playing some great cover versions & enlisting the audience's help in a demonstration of "in the moment" songwriting & arranging.
Music included in the programme:
-Paul on Acoustic guitar playing "Friends To Go" and "How Kind Of You".
-This is followed by the recording of an alternate version of "Band On The Run".
-On Acoustic again, Paul performing the pre-Beatles song "In Spite Of All Danger"
-Paul singing a couple of verses of "Twenty Flight Rock".
-Paul on Piano playing a Gospel-type rendition of "Lady Madonna".
-Also on Piano a song about English Tea.
-A couple of bars of "Heartbreak hotel" played on an Upright bass.
-Paul demonstrating the Mellotron and making up a song with it.
-The opening bars of "Strawberry Fields Forever" played on the Mellotron.
-Paul playing a new song called "Jenny Wren" on Acoustic guitar.
-Next the Beatles songs "I've Got A Feeling" and "Blackbird".
-Paul jamming and recording an improvised song with the Audience playing percussion. No title.(7) |
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~ Paul McCartney - Chaos & Creation at Abbey Road 1/7
Views: 154913 |  |  |  |  | Paul returns to Studio 2 at Abbey Road, the room where all the Beatles records were made, for an intimate journey through his songwriting history, from his very first Beatles song to the work on his new album "Chaos & Creation In The Backyard".
Aided a ...More nd abetted by producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Travis) & using a selection of vintage instruments from his own collection (including the bass played by Bill Black on Elvis Presley's orginal recording of Heartbreak Hotel and the Mellotron & mixing desk used by the Beatles) Paul re-visits his back catalogue in new & revealing ways in front of an audience of just 64 people, including wife Heather, Fran Healy from Travis and Guy Chambers among others.
He'll be re-interpreting old songs, revealing new ones, playing some great cover versions & enlisting the audience's help in a demonstration of "in the moment" songwriting & arranging.
Music included in the programme:
-Paul on Acoustic guitar playing "Friends To Go" and "How Kind Of You".
-This is followed by the recording of an alternate version of "Band On The Run".
-On Acoustic again, Paul performing the pre-Beatles song "In Spite Of All Danger"
-Paul singing a couple of verses of "Twenty Flight Rock".
-Paul on Piano playing a Gospel-type rendition of "Lady Madonna".
-Also on Piano a song about English Tea.
-A couple of bars of "Heartbreak hotel" played on an Upright bass.
-Paul demonstrating the Mellotron and making up a song with it.
-The opening bars of "Strawberry Fields Forever" played on the Mellotron.
-Paul playing a new song called "Jenny Wren" on Acoustic guitar.
-Next the Beatles songs "I've Got A Feeling" and "Blackbird".
-Paul jamming and recording an improvised song with the Audience playing percussion. No title. |
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~ Summertime Blues - The Beatles.cl
Views: 177 |  |  |  |  | Eddie Cochran nació y creció en Albert Lea, Minnesota. Empezó su carrera musical en 1955 con un amigo llamado Hank Cochran, que sería más tarde un letrista de música country. A pesar del apellido común, no existía entre ellos ningún lazo de parentesco. El ...More dúo grabó como "The Cochran Brothers" sobre todo material country, aunque registraron buenos ejemplos de rockabilly primitivo en temas como "Fool's paradise", "Latch on" o "Tired and sleepy". Es por esta época cuando Eddie Cochran empezó a trabajar como músico de sesión y a escribir sus propias canciones. Su encuentro con Jerry Capehart, su futuro mánager y productor, significó un gran impulso para su carrera en solitario. Con él grabó su primera maqueta con la que consiguió un contrato con Liberty records.
Debutó como solista en 1956 con el sencillo "Skinny Jim", un buen tema que fracasó comercialmente. Ese mismo año Boris Petroff preguntó a Cochran si querría aparecer en la película The Girl Can't Help It. Estuvo de acuerdo, y cantó una canción titulada
"Twenty-Flight Rock" que, a pesar de tener todas las características de los éxitos del momento, no fue promocionada, aunque posteriormente se convertiría en un clásico del rock and roll versioneada por muchos artistas. En 1957, Cochran tuvo su primer éxito,
"Sittin' in the Balcony", una de sus pocas canciones escritas por otro (concretamente John D. Loudermilk). Durante ese año consiguió también algunos éxitos locales con los temas "Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie" y "Cut across Shorty". Su sonido por entonces no se aleja demasiado del eco y la reverberación del rockabilly, siendo considerado por muchos aficionados como uno de los puntales del género. Sin embargo, Cochran es mucho más recordado a nivel popular por una canción escrita por él mismo, "Summertime Blues", que ayudaría a modelar el futuro del rock de finales de los años 1950 y principios de los 60, tanto lírica como musicalmente. En ella nos ofrece una nueva visión sonora del rock and roll, con la batería sustituida por una caja de ritmos, la voz más rasgada y el sonido de su guitarra decididamente más metálico, que le llevaría al #9 de las listas pop de Billboard. Tras el bombazo de "Summertime blues" la corta carrera de Cochran incluyó solo unos pocos éxitos más, como "C'mon Everybody", "Somethin' Else", y, ya fallecido, "My Way" (que no debe confundirse con el tema homónimo de Paul Anka), "Weekend", "Nervous Breakdown", y su póstumo #1 en Gran Bretaña, "Three Steps to Heaven".
La desaparición en febrero de 1959, en accidente aéreo, de Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper y Buddy Holly, de quien era amigo personal, le sumió en una profunda depresión que le acompañó hasta su propia muerte. Eddie registró una sentida versión del tema "Three stars" en honor de sus camaradas muertos.
El 16 de abril de 1960, Eddie Cochran sufrió un accidente de tráfico en Chippenham, al estrellarse su coche contra un poste de alumbrado. Murió en el hospital St. Martin's en Bath a las 4:10 PM del domingo 17 de abril de 1960. Su novia, la cantante y letrista
Sharon Sheeley, y su amigo íntimo y también cantante Gene Vincent, sobrevivieron al accidente. Un fiel espectador que le siguió por toda Inglaterra durante la que fue su última gira era un desconocido guitarrista de Liverpool llamado George Harrison.
Eddie Cochran está enterrado en el cementerio Forest Lawn Cypress en Cypress, California. Un álbum póstumo llamado "My Way" fue lanzado en 1964. The British Label Rockstar Records aún busca canciones inéditas y ha sacado a la luz mucho más material desde principios de los 70 que durante toda la vida del músico. |
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~ Eddie Cochran - Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie
Views: 3107 |  |  |  |  | Eddie Cochran (guitar, vocals; born October 3, 1938; died April 17, 1960)
Though Eddie Cochran was only twenty-one when he died, he left a lasting mark as a rock and roll pioneer. Cochran zeroed in on teenage angst and desire with such classics as "C' ...More mon Everybody," "Something Else," "Twenty Flight Rock" and "Summertime Blues." A flashy stage dresser with a tough-sounding voice, Cochran epitomized the sound and the stance of the Fifties rebel rocker. But he was also a virtuoso guitarist, overdubbing parts like Les Paul even on his earliest singles and playing with an authority that led music journalist Bruce Eder to pronounce him "rock's first high-energy guitar hero, the forerunner to Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page, Duane Allman and, at least in terms of dexterity, Jimi Hendrix." Cochran was also proficient on piano, bass and drums.
Beneath Cochran's polite exterior lurked an all-American rebel, and in death he achieved iconic status with several generations of rock and rollers, from the first wave of British Invasion bands to the Sex Pistols (who covered "Something Else"). He even played an indirect role in the Beatles' formation. In June 1957, Paul McCartney taught John Lennon the chords to Cochran's "Twenty Flight Rock" at a church picnic where Lennon's Quarrymen were playing. In the late Sixties, both the Who and Blue Cheer recorded memorable versions of "Summertime Blues," a timeless anthem of teen disenchantment.
Cochran was born in Minnesota, raised in Oklahoma and moved to California with his family, where he began his musical career in 1954. Initially, he teamed up with singer-guitarist Hank Cochran (no relation), touring and recording as the Cochran Brothers, who performed in a country-rockabilly vein. Cochran's musical influences ran more toward the more extroverted likes of Bill Haley, Little Richard and Carl Perkins, and that is direction he pursued as a solo artist in the later Fifties. Cochran found a manager and collaborator in songwriter Jerry Capehart, with whom he worked until his death. Cochran cut his first rock record, "Skinny Jim," for the Crest label in 1956. His big break came when he a movie producer approached him to appear in the film The Girl Can't Help It, which featured his frenetic version of "Twenty Flight Rock." That same year Cochran signed with Liberty Records, where he perfected a sound on "Summertime Blues" and "C'mon Everybody" that featured driving acoustic and electric guitars, handclaps and tambourines, and lyrics that unerringly expressed the alienated teen mindset.
Cochran recorded prolifically for Liberty, with mixed results. The label tried molding him as a crooner, and his debut album, Singin' for My Baby, was full of schmaltzy ballads that had been foisted upon him. Cochran himself gravitated toward a leaner rock and roll sound, and it is that aspect of his catalog - including not only the hard-rocking hits but such posthumously popular tracks as "Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie," "Something Else" and "Nervous Breakdown" - for which he is remembered. He was especially revered in Britain, where his influence as a rock and roll original endures to this day.
Eddie Cochran released only one album during his lifetime, which was abruptly cut short when the taxi in which he was a passenger crashed en route to a London airport at the end of a British tour. Also injured in the accident were rocker Gene Vincent and Cochran's fiancée, songwriter Shari Sheeley. The single Cochran released just before his death, eerily enough, was entitled "Three Steps to Heaven." Ironically, he'd been planning for some time to cut back on touring in order to concentrate on songwriting and studio work. |
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~ Twenty Flight Rock Eddie Cochran Stray Cats Brian Setzer
Views: 1535 |  |  |  |  | Eddie Cochran's classic rockabilly song about male impotence ('the elevator's broken down' - we've all been there man). This was apparently the first song future Beatles John Lennon & Paul McCartney ever played together with the Quarrymen. 'You'll find my ...More corpse draped over a rail' yeh, right. This one's for my friend from the US, Rutlegirl. |
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