On January 9, 1958, Eddy's debut album, Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel, was released. It reached number five on the album chart and remained there for 82 weeks. Duane Eddy and the Rebels appeared six times on The Dick Clark Show between 1958 and 1960. On Eddy's fourth album, Songs of Our Heritage (1960), each track featured him playing acoustic guitar or banjo. His biggest hit came with the theme of the movie Because They're Young in 1960, which featured a string arrangement. It reached a chart peak of number four in America and number two in the UK in September 1960,Whitburn, Joel (1987). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (3rd ed.). New York: Billboard Publications, Inc. and became his second million-selling disc. Eddy's records were consistently more successful in the UK than they were in his native United States, and in 1960, readers of the UK's NME voted him World's Number One Musical Personality, ousting Elvis Presley.
On January 9, 1958, Eddy's debut album, Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel, was released. It reached number five on the album chart and remained there for 82 weeks. Duane Eddy and the Rebels appeared six times on The Dick Clark Show between 1958 and 1960. On Eddy',s fourth album, Songs of Our Heritage (1960) each track featured him playing acoustic guitar or banjo. His biggest hit came with the theme of the movie Because They're Young in 1960, which featured a string arrangement. It reached a chart peak of number four in America and number two in the UK in September 1960,Whitburn, Joel (1987). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (3rd ed.). New York: Billboard Publications, Inc. and became his second million-selling disc. ,Eddy's records were consistently more successful in the UK than they were in his native United States, and in 1960, readers of the UK's NME voted him World's Number One Musical Personality ousting Elvis Presley.