Omunye wezingqalabutho ze-rock and roll, u-Eddie Cochran, waba nomthelela omkhulu ekwakhiweni kwalolu hlobo lomculo. Ukuphokophela ukuphelela kwenze izingoma zakhe zaculwa kahle (ngokomsindo). Umsebenzi walesi sigingci saseMelika, umculi nomqambi ushiye uphawu. Amaqembu amaningi e-rock adumile ahlanganise izingoma zakhe izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa. Igama lalo mculi onethalente lihlala lifakiwe ku-Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Ubuntwana nobusha buka-Eddie Cochran
Ngo-October 3, 1938, edolobheni elincane lase-Albert Lee (Minnesota), kwenzeka isenzakalo esijabulisayo emkhayeni kaFrank no-Allice Cochran. Indodana yabo yesihlanu yazalwa, abazali abajabulayo okuthiwa u-Edward Raymond Cochran, kamuva lo mfana wabizwa ngokuthi u-Eddie.
Kuze kube yisikhathi lapho umfana okhulayo kufanele aye esikoleni, umndeni wawuhlala eMinnesota. Lapho umfana eneminyaka engu-7 ubudala, wathuthela eCalifornia. Edolobheni elibizwa ngokuthi iBell Gardens, omunye wabafowabo baka-Eddie wayesebalindile.
Imizamo yokuqala emculweni
Uthando lomculo we-rock kanye nenkanyezi yesikhathi esizayo lwaqala ukuzibonakalisa kusukela esemncane. Isifiso sika-Eddie sokuqala sasiwukuba umshayi wezigubhu wangempela. Lapho eneminyaka engu-12, umfana wazama "ukubhoboza" indawo yakhe esiteji. Nokho, eqenjini lesikole, indawo yomdlali wezigubhu yathathwa.
Izingxabano ezidonse isikhathi eside nobuholi besikole aziholeli lutho. Umfana wanikezwa amathuluzi ayengamthakazelisi. Futhi wayesecishe wahlukana nephupho lokuba umculi, kodwa umfowabo omdala u-Bob wasilungisa lesi simo kungazelelwe.
Ngemva kokufunda ngenkinga yomfana omncane, wanquma ukubonisa umfana indlela entsha futhi wambonisa izingoma zesiginci. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, u-Eddie akazange azibonele ezinye izinsimbi zomculo. Isiginci saba nenjongo yokuphila, futhi umculi we-novice akazange ahlukane naso umzuzu.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, lo mshayi wesigingci osemusha wahlangana noConnie (Gaybo) Smith, athola kuye ulimi oluvamile mayelana nothando lwakhe lomculo onesigqi. Ukunambitheka kwalo mfana kwakhiwe abaculi abadumile abafana no-BB King, Jo Mefis, Chet Atkins noMerl Travis.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-15, abangani bahlela iqembu lokuqala langempela, i-Melody Boys. Kuze kube sekupheleni kwezifundo zabo esikoleni, abafana banikeza amakhonsathi emigoqweni yendawo, beqeqesha amakhono abo.
U-Eddie wabikezelwa ukuthi uzoba nekusasa elihle kwisayensi, ngoba umfana kwakulula kakhulu ukufunda, kodwa wanquma ukuxhuma impilo yakhe nomculo. Ngo-1955, wakwazi ukufeza iphupho lakhe futhi wathola isiginci sikaGretsch, esingabonakala ngaso kuzo zonke izithombe ezisekhona.
Enkampanini yamagama
Ukujwayelana namagama, u-Hank Cochran, kwaholela ekwakhiweni kwe-The Cochran Brothers. I-Western bop ne-hillbilly yaba isiqondiso esiyinhloko. Abaculi bebecula ezindaweni zamakhonsathi ezisendaweni yase-Los Angeles.
Ngo-1955, ukuqoshwa kokuqala kweqembu, uMr Fiddle / Two Blue Singin' Stars, kwakhululwa ngaphansi kwelebula ye-Ekko Records. Umsebenzi uthole ukubuyekezwa okuhle kwabagxeki bomculo, kodwa bekungeyona impumelelo yezohwebo. Ngawo lowo nyaka, u-Eddie wafika ekhonsathini ye-Elvis Presley ethandwayo. I-Rock and roll ishintshe ngokuphelele ukwazi komculi.
Ukungezwani kwaqala eqenjini lamagama. U-Hank (njengomsekeli wamathrendi endabuko) waphikelela ekuqondeni kwezwe, futhi u-Eddie (othathelwe i-rock and roll) walandela amathrendi amasha nezigqi. Ngemuva kokukhululwa kwePharadesi lesithathu elithi Tired & Sleepy / Fool's ngo-1956, leli qembu lahlakazeka. Unyaka wonke, u-Eddie wasebenza eyedwa, edlalwa njengomculi oyisivakashi kwamanye amaqembu.
Usuku oluhle lomsebenzi ka-Eddie Cochran
Ngo-1957, umculi wasayina inkontileka nelebula Liberty. Wabe eseqopha ngokushesha iculo elithi Twenty Flight Rock. Ingoma ibe yingoma eshisa izikhotha. Ngenxa yengoma, umculi uthole udumo olumfanele. Isikhathi sokuvakasha saqala, futhi umculi waze wamenywa ukuba alingise ifilimu enkulu enikezelwe ku-rock and roll. Le filimu yayibizwa ngokuthi, The Girl Can't Help It. Ngaphezu kuka-Eddie, izinkanyezi eziningi ze-rock zabamba iqhaza ekuthwebuleni.
Kumculi, i-1958 yayingomunye weminyaka ephumelela kakhulu. U-Eddie uqophe amahithi amaningana akhuphule ukuduma kwakhe kwaba ngamazinga angakaze abonwe. Phakathi kwezingoma ezintsha kukhona i-Summertime Blues, ekhuluma ngempilo enzima yentsha engakwazi ukufeza amaphupho ayo, nethi C'mon Everybody, ekhuluma ngezindaba ezithinta ukukhula kwentsha.
Ku-Eddie, ngo-1959 kwaqoshwa ifilimu entsha yomculo ethi Go Johnny Go nokufa kwabangane bakhe, ama-rockers adumile u-Big Bopper, u-Baddie Holly no-Richie Vailens, abashona engozini yendiza. Ethuswe ukulahlekelwa abangane abaseduze, lo mculi waqopha iculo elithi Three Stars. U-Eddie wayefuna ukunikela ngenzuzo yokuthengiswa kwengoma ezihlotsheni zezisulu. Kodwa ingoma yaphuma kamuva, yavela emoyeni kuphela ngo-1970.
Ngasekuqaleni kwawo-1960, umculi wathuthela e-UK, lapho, ngokungafani ne-United States, isimo sengqondo somphakathi mayelana ne-rock and roll sahlala singashintshile. Ngo-1960, u-Eddie wavakashela eNgilandi nomngane wakhe uJin Vinsent. Bahlela ukuqopha izingoma ezintsha, okuthe, ngeshwa, bekungahloselwe ukuthi zikhishwe.
Ukushona kwelanga kwempilo yomculi u-Eddie Cochran
Ngo-April 16, 1960, u-Eddie waba sengozini yemoto. Iphutha lomshayeli liholele ekutheni lo mfana aphonseke ngengilazi emgwaqeni. Futhi ngakusasa, umculi washona ngenxa yokulimala kwakhe esibhedlela ngaphandle kokuphaphama. Akazange abe nesikhathi sokwenza isicelo somshado kuSharon wakhe amthandayo.
Igama lomculi liyohlala lihlotshaniswa nomlando we-rock and roll yakudala. Umsebenzi wakhe waphawula umoya wama-1950s, owawuhlala ezinhliziyweni zabalandeli bomculo wesigingci. Ozakwabo besimanje bayakujabulela ukufaka amathrekhi omculi emisebenzini yabo, behlonipha ikhono lomuntu obambe iqhaza elikhulu ekuthuthukiseni umculo we-rock.
