Season 31, Day 12 - "I've Got the Blues"

This season is inspired by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and today's quiz is inspired by Eddie Cochran.

Eddie Cochran

“The man behind "Summertime Blues," a brash, guitar-picking rebel who sang of cars, girls, and angst until his tragic death at 21.”

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums: none

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs: “Summertime Blues”, “C’mon Everybody”

Billboard #1 hits: none

Spotify top 5:

1. “Summertime Blues” (“There ain’t no cure for the…”)

2. “C’mon Everybody”

3. “Three Steps to Heaven”

4. “Somethin’ Else”

5. “Twenty Flight Rock”

Miscellaneous trivia:

• tragic death from a car accident in 1960

• played by Brian Setzer in the Ritchie Valens biopic La Bamba

• Paul McCartney performed his song “Twenty Flight Rock” as his audition for John Lennon’s group, then called the Quarrymen

Season 31, Day 12 - "I've Got the Blues"