Rock & Roll Icon Eddie Cochran Dies In Taxi Crash In 1960.

Eddie Cochran was only 21 when the taxi he was travelling in burst a tyre and struck a lampost at high speed. The accident happened in Chippenham whilst the young singer was touring the UK in April 1960 with fellow American rocker Gene Vincent.
Eddie was thrown out of the vehicle and sustained serious head injuries. He was taken to hospital in nearby Bath but died shortly afterwards.
Travelling with Eddie were his fiance Sharon Sheeley and singer Gene Vincent, both of whom survived, however Gene Vincent sustained injuries that compounded the damage to a previously injured leg.
Although Cochran died very young his output as a musician was extensive and more music was released posthumously than was ever released during his lifetime. He was a singer, songwriter and an accomplished guitarist.

Eddie, real name Ray Edward Cochran, was born October 3, 1938 and died April 17th 1960.

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Summertime Blues
C'Mon Everybody
Three Steps To Heaven

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Read an interesting account of the 1960 tour and the fatal accident from BBC Wiltshire, here.