"File Eddie Cochrane under often-overlooked rock stars. The Elvis-sounding crooner is best known for his teenage anthem ""Summertime Blues"" and despite time not giving him the credit he deserves after his death in 1960, Cochrane was one of the early rockabilly pioneers such as Buddy Holly.Cochrane first got his start in the music business in the 1950s when his family moved to Los Angeles and he made his first recording as half of the Cochrane Brothers in 1955. The other half of the duo was Hank Cochrane, but although it was his real name it wasn't Eddie's brother. Around this time Eddie began working as a session artist and eventually stepped in the studio with Jerry Capehart, who became his manager. As Eddie was working on some music with Capehart for some low-budget films, Boris Petroff recruited him to appear in The Girl Can't Help It, which was directed by his friend. Eddie sang, ""Twenty-Flight Rock,"" in the film, the same song that Paul McCartney performed to impress John Lennon when they first met in 1957. That same year Eddie Cochran released his first Top 20 single, ""Sittin' in the Balcony"" and later he wrote his only Top Ten hit, ""Summertime Blues."" The early rock classic was later performed regularly in concert by the Who and was Cochran's biggest commercial success.Although they didn't match the commercial success of ""Summertime Blues,"" Cochran's singles ""C'mon Everybody,"" ""Somethin' Else,"" ""My Way,"" ""Nervous Breakdown"" and ""Weekend"" were some of rockabilly's early hits and showed Eddie to be an early innovator of the genre (much like his friend Buddy Holly). While touring the U.K. with pal Gene Vincent in 1960, Eddie was killed in a car crash survived by Vincent and Cochran's girlfriend (and songwriter) Sharon Sheeley (who was also in the car). He was only 21-years-old and due to the circumstances of his death he is better remembered across the pond for delivering American rockabilly music."