<P> Edward Raymond Cochran ( October 3 , 1938 -- April 17 , 1960 ) was an American musician . Cochran 's rockabilly songs , such as `` Twenty Flight Rock '' , `` Summertime Blues '' , `` C'mon Everybody '' , and `` Somethin ' Else '' , captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s . He experimented with multitrack recording , distortion techniques , and overdubbing even on his earliest singles . He played the guitar , piano , bass , and drums . His image as a sharply dressed and good - looking young man with a rebellious attitude epitomized the stance of the 1950s rocker , and in death he achieved an iconic status . </P>
<P> Edward Raymond Cochran ( October 3 , 1938 -- April 17 , 1960 ) was an American musician . Cochran 's rockabilly songs , such as `` Twenty Flight Rock '' , `` Summertime Blues '' , `` C'mon Everybody '' , and `` Somethin ' Else '' , captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s . He experimented with multitrack recording , distortion techniques , and overdubbing even on his earliest singles . He played the guitar , piano , bass , and drums . His image as a sharply dressed and good - looking young man with a rebellious attitude epitomized the stance of the 1950s rocker , and in death he achieved an iconic status . </P>
who was the 50s rocker who used strings on his recordings and overdubbed voices and guitars
who was the 50s rocker who used strings on his recordings and overdubbed voices and guitars
Edward Raymond Cochran
Edward Raymond Cochran