Eddie Cochran: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1987

Eddie Cochran

His life and career in links.

Rock Hall Bio:

http://rockhall.com/inductees/eddie-cochran/bio/

Cochran embodied teenage frustration in the 50s.

Sitting in the Balcony (1957):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjprGzfm7QY

Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie (1958):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeYSHphwwms

Summertime Blues (1958): (his signature hit)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeWC59FJqGc

C’mon Everybody (1958):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyU5bsfRdpE

Teenage Heaven (1959):

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj6eDoGmxBM

Somethin’ Else (1959):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgQg4ze1_KU

Eddie Cochran died at the age of 21 in 1960 in a car accident.

He influenced: The Clash, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Tom Petty, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Dion, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and…

The Who:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5gBaCusDeY

Sid Vicious:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UofaK7qBOCk&feature=grec_index