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Put on your dancing shoes as Geoff plays those Rock 'n' Roll hits from the 50s and 60s.

Put on your dancing shoes as Geoff plays those Rock 'n' Roll hits from the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Geoff Barker Rock 'n' Roll: Eddie Cochran

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Hour 2 is a special tribute to Eddie Cochran, who died on Easter Saturday, 17 April 1960.

Hour 2 is a special tribute documentary to Eddie Cochran, who died in Bath Hospital on Easter Saturday, 17 April 1960, after a road accident in Chippenham. He was on his way up to Heathrow to fly home at the end of a highly successful UK tour. (His last ever concert being at the Bristol Hippodrome the night before). 
Got lots of name musicians who worked with Eddie on that tour, providing their memories. 
Plus Beatles Paul & George talk about his influence on them in their early days.  
In fact, Eddie indirectly played a key role in the formation of The Beatles, although of course, he would never know:-  
When Paul first met John Lennon at a church fete in Liverpool in 1957 and knew all the chords and words, to one of Eddie`s songs, John was so impressed he asked him to join his band.....the rest is BIG history!
Paul tells the story of that historic meeting and George Harrison remembers seeing  Eddie on stage in Liverpool.
Also, with the sad passing of veteran Radio 2 presenter  Brian Matthew this week, his voice will also be heard, by way of a tribute. 
Brian hosted the  long-running BBC Light Prog pop show `Saturday Club` and  Eddie was a guest. 
I`ll be running the short interview Brian did with him, plus the session Eddie recorded.

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