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Post by brewmaster on Apr 17, 2016 11:28:41 GMT
Eddie tragically died in a car crash, on this day, fifty-six years ago. A great Rocker, and very influential on the Beatles. Sadly missed.
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Post by pothos on Apr 17, 2016 15:45:57 GMT
I adore this track.
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Post by brewmaster on Apr 18, 2016 9:31:31 GMT
I heard this cover on the radio yesterday, pretty lively...
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Post by ROCKY on Apr 19, 2016 12:40:13 GMT
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Post by ROCKY on Apr 19, 2016 12:41:48 GMT
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Post by ROCKY on Apr 19, 2016 13:01:57 GMT
I think every young rock group did that song.....
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Post by pothos on Apr 19, 2016 15:14:28 GMT
I never knew the taxi driver spent time in prison for the accident.
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Post by ROCKY on Apr 19, 2016 23:28:24 GMT
In the video it said 6 years, but it was only 6 months. He also was disqualified from driving for 15 years, but was reinstated after 9. And was fined 50 English pounds. Get this little bit of trivia: Guess what his name was? (It's Beatle related.) Also in the video it said Eddie died 8 hours later, but it was actually 15. The car crash was at 11:50 pm and Eddie passed away at 4:10pm the next day. Sharon Sheeley, the girl in the car, just had her 20th birthday 12 days earlier on the 4th! She wrote the song 'Poor Little Girl' for Ricky Nelson when she was just 18! The youngest women ever to write a #1 American song hit. She also wrote the song above 'Somethin' Else'. Sharon later married and her husband produced the TV hit music program 'Shindig'. Sharon died in 2002 at the age of 62. Eddie & Sharon
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Post by brewmaster on Apr 20, 2016 11:33:25 GMT
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Post by ROCKY on Apr 20, 2016 12:30:40 GMT
btw the taxi drivers name was: George Martin.
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