Eddie Cochran
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Edward Ray Cochran was an American rock and roll musician. His songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody" and "Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire
Cochran in 1958
The Cochran Brothers
Billboard advertisement, December 15, 1958
Eddie Cochran Memorial, Rowden Hill, Chippenham
Gene Vincent
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Vincent Eugene Craddock, known as Gene Vincent, was an American rock-and-roll musician who pioneered the style of rockabilly. His 1956 top-10 hit with his backing band the Blue Caps, "Be-Bop-a-Lula",
Eddie Cochran
…Cochran died in April 1960 in St Martin's Hospital, Bath, Somerset, after a car accident in Chippenham, Wiltshire, at the end of his British tour with Gene Vincent. On April 16, after they had just performed at the Bristol Hippodrome, and when they were on their way to Heathrow Airport to fly home, Vincent, Cochran…
Vincent in 1957
Advertisement featured in Cashbox, June 2, 1956
Vincent, 1967