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:
“Summertime Blues” (“There ain’t no cure for the…”)
“C’mon Everybody”
“Three Steps to Heaven”
“Somethin’ Else”
“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