Eddie Cochran
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- Born October 3, 1938 in Albert Lea, Minnesota
- Died April 17, 1960 in Bath, England in an automobile crash
Cochran was born in [Albert Lea, Minnesota], as Edward Ray Cochran.[1] He took music lessons in school, but quit the band to play drums. Also, rather than taking piano lessons, he began learning guitar, playing the country music he heard on the radio. In 1955, Cochran's family moved to Bell Gardens, California. As his guitar playing improved, he formed a band with two friends from his junior high school. During a show featuring many performers at an American Legion hall, he met Hank Cochran (later a country music songwriter). Although they were not related, they began performing together and recorded as The Cochran Brothers.[3] Eddie Cochran also worked as a session musician, and began writing songs, making a "demo" with Jerry Capehart, his future manager.
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