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Eddie Cochran

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CountryRock

Eddie Cochran is a Country and Rock act. Their sound grew out of Charlie Christian, Earl Palmer, John D. Loudermilk, Little Richard and Gene Vincent. Those roots explain a lot about how Eddie Cochran arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Duane Eddy, Ritchie Valens and Fats Domino, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into 21st Century Breakdown, Johnny Burnette, Wynn Stewart, Alan Jackson and Ronnie Hawkins, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 53 connections around Eddie Cochran, reaching back through Charlie Christian and forward to 21st Century Breakdown. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Eddie CochranCharlie ChristianEarl PalmerJohn D. LoudermilkLittle RichardGene VincentRay Charles21st Century BreakdownJohnny BurnetteWynn StewartAlan JacksonRonnie HawkinsJohn P. HammondRobert GordonEnd of the CenturyJerry Lee LewisBuddy HollyDuane EddyRitchie ValensFats DominoThe Everly BrothersBo DiddleySonny Burgess

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Eddie Cochran grew out of Charlie Christian, Earl Palmer, John D. Loudermilk and Little Richard, shares an orbit with Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Duane Eddy and Ritchie Valens, went on to shape 21st Century Breakdown, Johnny Burnette, Wynn Stewart and Alan Jackson. 53 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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