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Eddie Cochran – Fifty years on
Written by admin on April 17, 2010 – 7:01 am -Fifty years ago today, the world of rock ‘n’ roll lost one of its most talented stars when Eddie Cochran was killed in a road accident in England. Songwriter Sharon Sheeley and singer Gene Vincent survived the crash.
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Eddie Cochran had just headlined the successful 12-week “Fast Moving Anglo-American Beat Show” UK tour with Gene Vincent, which had concluded with a show at the Bristol Hippodrome. The accident happened in Chippenham, Wiltshire, on the way to the airport to return to the US. Eddie was taken to St Martin’s Hospital, Bath, where he died 16 hours later. |
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Remembering Gene Vincent
Written by admin on February 11, 2010 – 8:37 pm -Gene Vincent would have been 75 years old today if he hadn’t sadly died at the age of just 36 in 1971.
| Born Vincent Eugene Craddock in Norfolk, Virginia, he changed his name to Gene Vincent after leaving the US Navy in the mid-fifties. At the same time he formed a rockabilly band called the Blue Caps. In 1956 he wrote the song “Be-Bop-A-Lula”, which would be his biggest and most memorable hit. A demo of the song was enough to secure Vincent a contract with Capitol Records, who were in search of an artist to perform in the style of RCA Records’ Elvis Presley. |  |
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