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Eddie Cochran

On the 17th April 1960 Eddie Cochran died in a car accident in England.

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Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues 2 - 1958
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Remember 17 4 60
 

Eddie Cochran

Eddie Cochran
On Saturday, 16th April 1960, while on a concert tour in the United Kingdom, and after performing at the Bristol Hippodrome, 21-year-old Eddie Cochran died in a traffic accident when his hired taxi hit a lamp-post travelling through Chippenham, Wiltshire, on route to London Heathrow airport at about 11.50 p.m.

The speeding taxi crashed into a lamp post on Rowden Hill. He died in St. Martin's Hospital, Bath at 4:10 p.m. the following day of severe head injuries.
 

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Eddie Cochran - Discography - Singles
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Date
Remarks
Twenty-Flight Rock   1957  
Sittin' In The Balcony   1957  
Summertime Blues   1958  
C'mon Everybody * 1958  
Somethin' Else   1959  
Halellujah I Love Her So   1959  
Three Steps to Heaven   1960  
 
 
Eddie Cochran - Discography - Album CD
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Date
Remarks
Eddie Cochran * 1960  
My Way   1964  
 
 
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Twenty Flight Rock
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Eddie Cochran - Somethin' Else
 
Eddie Cochran - Cherished Memories documentary 2001
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