Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Story

[mickeymousebiker1]

Eddie was a prophet who wasn't fully accepted in his own land. Which worked so much better for Eddie in England. The result - an inspiration for The Beatles, The Who, and The Rolling Stones. We love you, Eddie. We'll see you in Heaven.

[mickeymousebiker1]

It's like the Bible says, "A prophet is not accepted in his own land." That applies to you, Eddie, my brother. That's why you made more of an impact in England, which is just alright, since you influenced bands like The Beatles, The Who, and The Rolling Stones. God keep all of you in the U.K.!

[barnowl52]

Eddie Cochran-1938-1960  gone but not forgotten

[barnowl52]

Eddie Cochran the best 1938-1960 gone but never forgotten

[skippy55575]

Love his music. Wish guys could sing like that again.

[dominoesandtin]

i live in minnesota! i was just thinking, people in his state must be proud, then bam!

[MrSenneboy]

rockabbilyever

[09bnunez]

I REMEMBER EDDIE ..ELVIS COPY HIS STYLE...NOTICE THAT U ELVIS FANS...IALWAYS PLAY HIS MUSIC ON MY PLAYER...COME ON EVERY BODY....SUMMER TIME BLUES.MY FAVS CLASSIC HITS RIP EDDIE

[davidamurdoch]

got to remember the guy was only 21, just starting his career. He could have maybe been a lot bigger if he lived out his music career.

[charlyW34]

Wonderful to hear Eddie speak. Thanks for posting this! cheers

[gangerollo]

The speaker says (at 1:12) his family moved to the LA surburbs when he was 12. That would have been 1950-51. If that's true it means Ed stayed by himself until 1953! Because that was the year he and his family moved to Bell Gardens. There are 2 school photos taken in 1953. One with Ed in Albert Lea, MN and the second in Bell Gardens. No big deal but it's nicer if people can get it right coming to tell the EC story.

[mirlimirli]

@gangerollo

what about the date of the accident at the end? No one has ever said a word about it...

anyway, those details doesn't mean so much in my opinion. If people just want to know about Eddie Cochran it's OK

[gangerollo]

@mirlimirli It was April 17, 1960. I guess I lost interest at the end and missed that part. LOL Yep, it's good as people learn something about Eddie. And that story Ed getting married with Sharon, well...nobody knows about that for real. Sharon have "fueled" that story pretty much after Eddie's death. Read the book by his nephew Bobby Cochran, The Eddie Cochran Story and one maybe get a new perspective about this topic. Ed was young and I doubt he would married Sharon. He had heaps of girls.

[mirlimirli]

@gangerollo

yes, of course I know the books., but no one knows what could have happened. The facts are that he really introduced her in England as his fiancée.... end of the story.

[omarskats3000]

i could listen to C'mon Everybody ALL DAY! sometimes i actually do! one of the best songs ever written! I dont think we'll ever forget him. just look at how many views this video has. RIP Eddie.

[mirlimirli]

@omarskats3000

he was the kind of man that no one sees anymore

[russieross]

"C'mon Everybody" was NOT a "flop". It peaked at #35 on the Billboard chart. Now, maybe #35 isn't as great at a top ten record or a million seller, but anything reaching the top 40 should not be considered a flop. Many recording artists would love to have a top 40 record. Secondly, Eddie's version of "Three Stars" was not "pathetic". That is an insult. It was a touching recording that came from his heart. Next time, the author should choose his words much more carefully.

[mirlimirli]

@russieross

I guess he doesn't mean anything bad. "The word pathétique is often misunderstood by native English speakers due to the negative meaning of the modern pathetic. The term means "with pathos" and denotes a passionate rhetorical character intending to evoke sorrow" (from Wikipedia)

[russieross]

@mirlimirli  Interesting...thanks.

[TheJourneyman58]

three stars this tribute makes the hairs on my neck stand up great tribute song

[nivramify]

Very Good.

I Loved the fellow guitarist, but didn't relize he worked so hard, as we did in LA but died so young.

nivramify.

[JoshMan522]

Eddie Cochran, in my opinion, had a far better voice and twice the chops as Elvis. 

[paokipi]

THE BEST DIE TO YOUNG///////// ROCK N ROLL WILL NEVER DIE

[paokipi]

THE BEST DIE TO YOUNG///////// ROCK N ROLL WILL NEVER DIE

[Hinahime17]

This guys went to the same high school I went to! :D It's awesome knowing that I walk the same floor he once walked! >w<

[mirlimirli]

@Hinahime17

Bell Gardens...

[Hinahime17]

@mirlimirli yeah lol

[Hinahime17]

This guy graduated at my high school! AWESOME! :D

[cozener1]

The late and great Eddie Cochran. Something else!!!!

[ronwot]

My daughter was born in the hospital where eddie died . St martins hospital. Bath. England. The car was a ford consul the driver was from Bristol .

[allaboard70]

This is a great story of Eddie Cochran. Very good pictures and the sound is wonderful. Thank you very much for the video!!!!!

[mirlimirli]

you are welcome!. Eddie Cochran forever

[mirlimirli]

Eddie Cochran, one of the most influential musicians of the rock n' roll era died 50 years ago today.

We Do Still Remember You EDDIE!

[ezekielwahwah]

@mirlimirli

Elvis is a clown. :-)

[PDXorcist]

Man, it's agonizing to think of the likes of Eddie, Buddy, Ritchie and Big JP all died so damn young. It's just not right.

[1pick2sticks]

Why is there a biopic about Ritchie Valenz and not Eddie?

[mirlimirli]

type

"A film for Eddie Cochran"

on Google. You'll find an article by Darrel Highman about that

[gymnastix]

And several about Elvis, one about Jerry Lee, Buddy Holly, Frankie Lymon, and Little Richard. There was even a VH1 biopic about Ricky Nelson..

Of them all, maybe only two of the Elvis films (both TV films, one starring Jon Rhys-Meyers and the one produced by Dick Clark starring Kurt Russell) were passable.

The Ricky Nelson film was mediocre, a better effort was brother David's documentary.

[gymnastix]

The Little Richard one was horrible, and "Great Balls Of Fire" (starring Dennis Quaid) played Jerry Lee Lewis as a hayseed, as if "The Killer" were Andy Griffith's "Sheriff Andy Taylor."

The Frankie Lymon film was also terrible, from the perspective of women who allegedly bore the late Teenagers' child out-of-wedlock.

The two best were, in fact, Lou Diamond Phillips as Ritchie Valens in "La Bamba," and Gary Busey's great turn (doing his own singing) in "The Buddy Holly Story."

[gymnastix]

Had an Eddie Cochran film been made not long after the underrated rockabilly singer's death, a great casting in the role would have been Edd :"Kookie" Byrnes (of TV's "77 Sunset Strip"), who bore a striking resemblance to Cochran.

Now a Cochran biopic is obscenely long overdue, such that even Brad Pitt is too old for the role.

Any ideas on an established actor who resembles Cochran, who even better may be able to play guitar and sing (and isn't too old to play him)?

[mirlimirli]

well, Sharon's son (Shannon J Burg) is talking on facebook about 2 films and a book on Eddie this year

[gymnastix]

@mirlimirli

Sorry, Sharon who?

Was she Eddie's girlfriend--the one in the car crash with him and Gene Vincent?

You're obviously more of an Eddie Cochran scholar than I.

[mirlimirli]

Sharon Sheeley, yes

[gymnastix]

Sorry, Sharon who?

Was she Eddie's girlfriend--the one in the car crash with him and Gene Vincent?

You're obviously more of an Eddie Cochran scholar than I.

[gymnastix]

Sorry, Sharon who?

Was she Eddie's girlfriend--the one in the car crash with him and Gene Vincent?

You're obviously more of an Eddie C. scholar than I.

[gangerollo]

@1pick2sticks Good question. Have no good answer but a movie about Big Bopper is cookin'. I don't know how far they have come with it but it will come. Read this on Face Book some months ago.

[aronstonebridge]

the king, king eddie

[59drape]

The Best. R,I.P EDDIE

[zwerver51]

Een geweldige documentatie van Eddie Cochran.

Dank je wel .

[zwerver51]

Een zeer goede documentatie van Eddie Cochran

dank je wel.

[SDADSDSFDSGDA]

This is a great tribute with good info that a lot of people don't know. I can't believe he would just ask a girl to marry him who he had previously been arrogant about!!

[gangerollo]

@SDADSDSFDSGDA About Sharon. Take that with a big grain of salt.

[jvnicks]

thanks for posting this, it's very touching!

[MarkusRavyn3]

eddie lives on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[coupe662]

R.I.P rock in peace best rocker ever

[jukebox6t]

It is the opinion of most biographers that he would have been greater than Elvis, but he died too young and never received the attention that he deserved.

Eddie, We Still Remember You!

[blueycarlton]

The first rock tour of Australia was Jan 1957 with Bill Haley The Platters La Vern Baker Big Joe Turner and Freddie Bell.

300,000 people saw the concerts.

Promoter Lee Gordon offered Haley US$100,000 to stay an extra week!

Early '63, the virtually unknown group The Beatles are secured to tour down under for just $10,000. The tour was delayed till mid '64.

The Beatles honoured the contract.

The greatest music coup in history

[blueycarlton]

First rock and roll tour was in Jan 1957 by Bill Haley The Platters LaVern Baker Big Joe Turner Freddy Bell and The Bell Boys.

So successful with 300,000 attending, promoter Lee Gordon offered Haley US$100,000 to stay another week!

Early 1963 The Beatles (then virtual unknowns) were secured to tour Australia (1964) for approx $10,000

The greatest coup in music history!

Sputnik launched 4th Oct 1957 as a result Little Richard threw his rings into the Brisbane River.

[blueycarlton]

Eddie toured Australia in Lee Gordon's "Big Show" Oct 1957.

Appeared with Little Richard,Gene Vincent,and Johnny O'Keefe.

The poster at 00.10 is most likely from that tour.

At 00.17 the photo shot is probably from the tour book, as there is an ad for Sydney radio station 2UW.(I remember that radio programme)

Eddie was very popular here in Australia.

It's such a shame that he and Buddy Holly died, they had so much to offer the music world.

[blueycarlton]

Eddie toured Australia on Lee Gordon's Big Show in October 1957 appearing along side Little Richard, Gene Vincent, and Aussie Johnny O'Keefe. The photo shot 00.17 is probably from the Australian tour book as there is and ad for radio station 2UW

[CHUCKIE1BROWN]

See Eddie on CHARLIE GRACIE WEBSITE and in his PBS-TV DOCUMENTARY: "FABULOUS!" PBS-TV recently did a documentary on Philadelphia's first rock star--CHARLIE GRACIE, of "Butterfly," "Fabulous" and "Ninety-Nine Ways" fame. Charlie does a nice tribute to Eddie--his closest buddy among the rockers at that time. Charlie was the first SOLO U.S rocker to tour Britain..and like Eddie, remains an icon there. Go to Charlie Gracie's site for more info and pics of the two.

[mirlimirli]

That's the second version of "Twenty flight rock", 1957

EMI - CDP 592809 - USA 1990

Eddie Cochran

The Legendary Masters Series - volume 1

or here:

The Best of Eddie Cochran (2004)

ASIN: B00024GSPK

[elrebeldon]

Hey, on which cd can I find the version of twenty flight rock that is heard in this video? It sounds better.

[jvnicks]

Check my vids out, I just made one using the second version of "Twenty Flight Rock", just uploading it now.

[veldman13]

eddie was great -do you wanna dance?

[Veggieman87]

Haha. Love this guy.

[000095]

some people say he was the james dean of rock

[bassnsx]

some people say that eddie cochran had talent and james dean didn't.

[lelboy]

Was I only 9 years old when he died - it seems like yesterday.

Eddie is still sorely missed by so many of us in the UK, along with Buddy Holly, Elvis, Roy Orbison, Ricky Nelson, Del Shannon, Chet Atkins and so many other "greats".

Thank you very much for putting together a fitting and informative tribute to one of rocks "true greats".

[habdon]

he was only 21 when he died.what a shame. he was only getting started.what great songs we will never her.like buddy holly and hank williams.tragedies.

[tzatzikistan]

20 flight rock is a hot number its a shame it didnt sell

[Camarogirl78]

Ik mis je Eddie...

[Donkey9900]

IMO A pretty good, correct, & informative rundown on Eddie for 7 minutes! (also he was buds with Ricky Nelson too-from what I've read he was -very- loyal to his R&R buds-especially Buddy Holly) Probably the most underrated R&Rer in the US (but not in the UK from what I understand from friends there) at least he's in the R&R Hall of Fame (& deservedly so!)

[BEATNIKCASS]

thanks for the record covers- takes me back to the time i stole his records from stores. kids, dont do it now!! they got video cameras and security gaurds . but back then it was easy to get a great collection.

[Bopalena]

Damn, he was amazing and waaaaay ahead of his time. Imagine what he'd be doing if he were still with us. I bet he coulda showed that Clapton fella a thing or two on the guitar. God bless you, Eddie! Never to be forgotten.

[edmondhall]

Absolutely way ahead of his time! One of the true rock pioneers!

[mickbynes]

R.I.P. Eddie! One of the greatest rockers of the fifties!

[BasildonBob]

Ask the "Legends" of recent years (Clapton, Hendrix etc) who was their inspiration & the only answer you'd get would be Eddie Cochran....Truly the greatest.

" Four Stars are now in Heaven, You've joined that music show.

Eddie we really miss you, how much you'll never know"

[halfloved]

Eddie, I will never forget you.

[laaxe]

Eddie's fiance' Sharon "Sheree" Sheeley and I were teamed up as songwriters in the late 70's early 80's. What a firecracker! She loved sharing her memories of she & Eddie, Don & Phil, Rick Nelson, & even the Beatles, but mostly those of Eddie, the love she never really lost.

Sharon, a brilliant lyricist, became the first female songwriter in America to have a # 1 hit, "Poor Little fool" for Ricky Nelson. I'll miss her a great deal. Scott Mac

[Ricky010203]

sin duda, es el mas grande.

[surtain]

Me love and miss you Eddie.

[Hepster420]

Eddie Cochran, Everybody sends their LOVE

[parksuender]

Klasse Video eines Rock´n´Roll-Superstars-thanks

[cmk74]

following his car crash in chippenham wiltshire england he was trantfer to our local hosptial st martins bath where he sadly pasted away from his indjuries there is a plaque of rememberies even today as a foot note all our family was born at st martins god bless eddie rock on

[DeadDrunk]

Almost 50 years later and he's not been forgotten, loved even more so by a new generation. Long Live Mr Cochran!

[Veggieman87]

Good add. Cochran was a great musician.