8/3/2023 0 Comments Cochran eddie![]() In July 1956 Eddie’s first solo recording, ‘Skinny Jim’ with ‘Half Loved ‘ on the b-side gets a release on the Crest label, the record fails to do anything and literally a few weeks later Boris Petroff the producer of The Girl Can’t Help It, starring Jayne Mansfield, asks Eddie to record a couple of songs for the film. A couple of months later several records come out featuring just the Cochran Brothers on Ekko they are the last records by the duo. One of these gets released on Cash Records as Jerry Capehart featuring the Cochran Brothers. Through the early part of 1956, Eddie continued recording with Capehart on demos of his songs as well as with Hank as the Cochran Brothers. Throughout the rest of the year, Eddie made other recordings with a variety of singers including Jerry Capehart, a songwriter who later became Eddie’s manager. ![]() In a local hall in Bell Gardens, one of Eddie’s first compositions is recorded – it’s called ‘Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young’. On some of his recordings in mid-1955 with Chuck Foreman, they are joined by Guybo Smith on bass and these are the earliest recordings of Eddie singing lead vocal. Fifteen-year-old Eddie also recorded with a country singer named Don Deal at Gold Star studios in Los Angeles. ![]() I’m pretty proud of these discs because, in addition, I also sang the lead vocal parts – including the bass part in the former –and wrote the songs.” – Eddie CochranĪfter graduating from school in 1954 Eddie met a country singer named Hank Cochran, who is no relation, but the two of them toured together and did a few recordings as the Cochran Brothers. “ By multi-taping techniques, I played the guitar, bass and drums on ‘Summertime Blues and ‘C’mon Everybody’.
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