Well, i can tell you that this boy, aged maybe 10 or something back then, growing up in a small village in Holland, has always been a big fan of Eddie Cochran, right up there with Elvis, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry. That's one of the privileged sides of having an older brother, who bought the records as they were released and certainly not easy to come by.
Those were extremely exiting times. 'Normal' radio stations in Holland didn't know anything about rock&roll in those days, didn't have the foggiest idea what was going on, that not only popular music but, partly because of that, the whole western world was changing !
My brother had found this radio station called 'Radio Luxemburg'. It was English spoken so we couldn't understand much of what was said but they'd play all this new and exiting 'rock&roll' stuff coming from America. Now THAT we could understand very clearly indeed !
Both my brother an i still remember when we first heard Elvis' 'Heartbreak Hotel' on this station. My brother moved heaven and earth to get his hands on this record. We must've played it a thousand times, probabely more. I still get goose bumps when i hear it...
Eddie Cochran, like the rest of the famous early American R&R stars, became very popular here in Holland. No jukebox in bars, snackbars and pubs in those days without C'mon Everybody, Summertime Blues, Three Steps to Heaven, Somethin Else, etc. I have always thought he was sort of 'special', 'legendary' even... Well, he was, wasn't he...
Thanks for your post, Ed ! Great to see the two live performances which i had not seen before. Gotta love Youtube ! :salute:
cheers,
jan
