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Eddie Cochran (October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960), was an American rock and roll pioneer who in his brief career had a small but lasting influence on rock music through his guitar playing. Cochran's rockabilly songs, such as "C'mon Everybody", "Somethin' Else", and "Summertime Blues", captured teenage frustration and desire in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He experimented with multitrack recording and overdubbing even on his earliest singles, and was also able to play piano, bass and drums. His image as a sharply dressed, rugged but good looking young man with a rebellious attitude epitomized the stance of the Fifties rocker, and in death he achieved iconic status.
Cochran was born in Minnesota and moved with his family to California in the early 1950s. He was involved with music from an early age, playing in the school band and teaching himself to play blues guitar. In 1955, he formed a duet with the unrelated guitarist Hank Cochran, and when they split the following year, Cochran began a song-writing career with Jerry Capehart. His first success came when he performed the song "Twenty Flight Rock" in the movie The Girl Can't Help It, starring Jayne Mansfield. Soon after, Liberty Records signed him to a recording contract.
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Genres: Drama,Actors: Dey Young (actress), Renée Zellweger (actress), P.J. Soles (actress), Stephen Furst (actor), Mary Woronov (actress), Paul Anka (actor), Nora Dunn (actress), Jenifer Lewis (actress), Howie Mandel (actor), Dick Miller (actor), Max Perlich (actor), Gerrit Graham (actor), William Schallert (actor), John Doe (actor), Debra Hill (producer),
Plot: Two young girls start a band and open up a nightclub in town where the local kids can hang out and stay out of trouble, but they encounter opposition from local people who think rock is the devil's music and will corrupt their kids.
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Plot: This is the true story of Ritchie Valens, a young rock and roll singer who tragically died in a plane crash at age 17. The film follows Ritchie from his days in Pacoima, California where he and his family make a meager living working on farms to his rise as a star. The film also focuses on Ritchie's friendship and rivalry with his older brother Bob Morales and his relationship with Donna Ludwig, his girlfriend.
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Genres: Drama,Hey diddle diddle, the cow and the fiddle
I'll jump over the moon
Look overthere, what a sight
He's run away with the spoon
Hey diddle diddle, ask me a riddle
Who could love you more than I
Hoot that horn, he's real gone
Hey diddle diddle he's eatin' his Christmas pie
He's ballin' fast, he's ballin' slow
Hey diddle diddle, watch that man and go
Like Jack and Jill, goin' up the hill
Humpty dumpty sittin' on the wall
I'm gonna fall, off that wall
Hey diddle diddle, will you love me best of all