This is great because there is so little live footage of Eddie Cochran. He died so young tragically. He was very talented and wrote his own songs just like Buddy Holly who also was lost so young. Eddie was only 21 and Buddy was only 22. The great music they left behind is amazing considering how young they were. And I wouldn’t leave out Richie Valens either. He was only 17 and had good songs too. RIP to all three
@@peetermuna4178 And he originally recorded it. I read that Liberty Records wanted to buy the disc from Colonial Records (the label that released the Loudermilk version) but they wouldn't sell so Liberty got Eddie Cochran to record it.
they were different personalities. With the arrival of the Beatles he could have gone in any direction ..maybe producing rather than singing, performing
Here we go again, same comments about he would have been as big as Elvis had he lived. In the same 3 year period from 1956 to 1959 Elvis had 12 number 1's, Eddie had none and only 1 top ten hit, please tell me why he would have been as big as Elvis???
@@andrewfisher3924You're correct if you think they should not be compared because Elvis never wrote a song in his life. At 21 Cochrane had already provided us with several classics.
I'm a huge fan of Elvis and I completely agree with you. Eddie Cochran was a legendary musician. My biggest inspiration is Eddie Cochran. I'm saving up so I can buy the Eddie Cochran gretsch signature guitar 😂
@@Gam1ngYT_ it was a fun time. I saw a mini rock and roll artists in the 50s and 60s. I had a great time with my friends and we're still friends today, so take care and have a wonderful day. 🤗
Awesome! You can see how everyone wanted to be, or at least took some lead from what Elvis was doing. The sneers, the shoulder shrugs, the sly eye movements.. What a shame we never saw what EC could have been. Legends never die.
3 stars is one of my favorite songs, Eddie Cochran's version because it holds so much history and you can actually hear him crying in the Take, only for him to die a year later
He's doing lip-synch here, everybody who went to the Dick Clark show back then were doing it over their pre recorded song. That said, i also think his voice is incredible too.
...he looked so uncomfortable in that first quarter. poor guy. he seemed to warm up towards the end, but i don't doubt for a moment he'd rather not have mimed, that he struggled in an uncomfortable hand-hold until his ear caught those last chords. even so, wow ... what a piece of footage! gracias.
"Summertime Blues", he at least cowrote and played all the instruments on the record. I knew his cousin years later. Eddie's mom was still getting some royalty money in the mid 1970's. This song was also a good hit. A great singer/rocker.
Im sure she did. His songs 'Somethin else', 'C'mon everybody', 'Summertime Blues' and 'Twenty flight rock' were covered by so many artists and bands that i think his mom never stopped to recieve money from his songs.
For sometime blues he held a Elton role, his main thing was guitar/music/beat/voice and came up with the guist of most of his songs but the lyrics themselves were co-wroten
Fourth? Really fourth...? His legacy outlives the three you mention with perhaps the exception of Mr Holly - par. Just think if he had not come to the cold UK on tour...
