VERY RARE EDDIE COCHRAN 78 DRIVE IN SHOW / AM I BLUE S.AFRICA LONDON PD 8119 E+
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A SUPERB COPY OF THIS MEGA RARE EDDIE COCHRAN 78 ON A SOUTH AFRICAN LONDON PRESSING NOT RELEASED AS A 78 IN THE UK!
DRIVE IN SHOW (Dexter)
b/w AM I BLUE (Akst, Clark)
Born October 3, 1938 in Albert Lee, Minnesota, Eddie was the youngest of Alice and Frank Cochran's five children. At age eleven his family moved to Bell Gardens, California to join his brother Bill who had moved there when he got married after leaving the Military Service.
At the age of 12 Cochran wanted to join the school orchestra as a drummer, opted for the trombone when he discovered that he would have to take piano lessons in order to play drums.
When the director of the school band informed the family that Eddie didn't have the "lip" for trombone he suggested clarinet instead. Cochran refused to even consider it and stated that he would quit the band if he couldn't play what he wanted. He then asked his brother Bob to show him some chords on Bill's old Kay guitar. Then he got a chord book and seemed to just naturally take it from there".
In September 1951 he met Conrad Smith while attending junior high. Smith who shared the same interest in music as Eddie played upright bass in the school band and would later became his bass guitar player. In late 1953 they formed a trio together with another student on lead guitar, Connie on steel guitar and Eddie playing rhythm. They began playing country music as backup guitarists for singer Hank Cochran. Cochran began recording in 1955 with Hank Cochran (no relation) and they toured as the Cochran Brothers until 1956. After seeing Elvis Presley in Dallas in late 1955, Cochran switched to rock and roll. Cochran demonstrated his skill as a rockabilly guitarists at number of sessions in Los Angeles.
In the fall of 1956, while buying guitar strings in the Bell Gardens Music Center Eddie was introduced to Jerry Capehart, would later become his mentor, manager and co-writer. Capehart who couldn't sing was looking to for someone to demo his songs. Eddie said that he and Hank would for a small fee. Shortly thereafter, they recorded three or four songs, but nothing came of these dubs. Capehart knowing he never make it as singer attempted to form a relationship with the Cochrans by using them as a backing band and offering to promote their careers. Eddie and Hank split up in 1956.
While recording background music for a low budget film Boris Petroff, the producer, asked him to appear and sing his song "Twenty Flight Rock" in The Girl Can't Help,one of the first color rock and roll movies. September 8th 1956 he was signed a one year contract with Liberty Records. Cochran appeared in two other films: Untamed Youth in 1957 singing "Cotton Picker" and Go, Johnny, Go in 1959, singing Teenage Heaven."
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DISC DETAILS:
SOUTH AFRICA PD 8119 LONDON (1957) 10" 78rpm SHELLAC
CONDITION - EX+ IN ORIGINAL (but repaired) LONDON SLEEVE!
loads of shine sounds superb - NICE!
ONE ONLY AVAILABLE
DON'T MISS OUT - BID NOW!!
On 31-Jan-07 at 14:38:06 GMT, seller added the following information:
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