MUSICIAN

Eddie Cochran

1938 - 1960

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Ray Edward Cochran ( KOK-rən; October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960), known professionally as Eddie Cochran, was an American rock and roll musician. His songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody" and "Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s. Cochran experimented with multitrack recording, distortion techniques, and overdubbing, even on his earliest singles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eddie Cochran has received more than 2,753,910 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Eddie Cochran is the 288th most popular musician (down from 267th in 2019), the 1,639th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,562nd in 2019) and the 81st most popular American Musician.

Eddie Cochran is most famous for his song "Summertime Blues" and for his tragic death in a car accident at the age of 21.

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  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Eddie Cochran ranks 288 out of 3,175. Before him are Marilyn Manson, Ian Curtis, Bill Haley, Sidney Bechet, Kirk Hammett, and John Mayall. After him are Yanni, Art Tatum, Leopold Auer, Sixto Rodriguez, Terpander, and André Previn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Eddie Cochran ranks 96. Before him are Nabih Berri, Ryōji Noyori, Phil Knight, Giuliano Amato, Juliet Anderson, and Frank Langella. After him are Georg Baselitz, Fela Kuti, Josef Koudelka, Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Robert Smithson, and Larry Scott. Among people deceased in 1960, Eddie Cochran ranks 42. Before him are Victor Klemperer, Paul Abraham, Jacques Becker, Otoya Yamaguchi, Norodom Suramarit, and John D. Rockefeller Jr.. After him are Frank Lloyd, Jussi Björling, Beno Gutenberg, Vicki Baum, Yan Xishan, and August Kopff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eddie Cochran ranks 1,639 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward W. Morley (1838), Ethel Barrymore (1879), Mary Anderson (1862), Caroline Kennedy (1957), Jackie Coogan (1914), and Kyle MacLachlan (1959). After him are Cleveland Abbe (1838), Samuel C. C. Ting (1936), Elisha Gray (1835), Art Tatum (1909), Wes Studi (1947), and Larry Holmes (1949).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Eddie Cochran ranks 81. Before him are Art Blakey (1919), Burt Bacharach (1928), Marilyn Manson (1969), Bill Haley (1925), Sidney Bechet (1897), and Kirk Hammett (1962). After him are Art Tatum (1909), Sixto Rodriguez (1942), Jerry Reed (1937), John Densmore (1944), Joe Satriani (1956), and Robby Krieger (1946).

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