Duane Eddy
Duane Eddy was born in Corning, New York, United States on April 26th, 1938 and is the Guitarist. At the age of 86, Duane Eddy biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Duane Eddy (born April 26, 1938) is an American guitarist.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had a string of hit records produced by Lee Hazlewood, which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" sound, including "Rebel-'Rouser", "Peter Gunn", and "Because They're Young".
He had sold 12 million records by 1963.He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2008.
Early life
Eddy was born in Corning, New York. He began playing the guitar at the age of five. In 1951, his family moved to Tucson, and then to Coolidge, Arizona. At the age of 16 he formed a duo, Jimmy and Duane, with his friend Jimmy Delbridge (who later recorded as Jimmy Dell).
Career
They met disc jockey Lee Hazlewood, who produced the duo's album "Soda Fountain Girl," while performing in Phoenix in 1955. Eddy and Delbridge performed and appeared on radio stations in Phoenix before joining Buddy Long's Western Melody Boys, performing country music in and around the region.
To create a low, reverberant "twangy" sound, Eddy devised a method of playing lead on his guitar's bass strings. When he was 19 years old, he had owned a 1957 Chet Atkins model 6120 guitar at Ziggie's Music in Phoenix, Arizona, and Eddy wrote "Movin' Groovin'," co-written by Eddy and Hazlewood. Hazlewood purchased a 2,000-gallon (7570-litre) water storage tank that he used as an echo chamber to emphasize the "twangy" guitar tone's in the Phoenix studio. In 1958, Eddy signed a recording deal with Lester Sill and Lee Hazlewood to record in Phoenix at the Audio Recorders studio. Sill and Hazlewood leased all of the singles and albums to Jamie Records, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Beach Boys' "Movin' Groovin'" hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1958; the first riff, borrowed from Chuck Berry's "Brown Eyed Handsome Man," was a few years later copied a few years later by the Beach Boys on "Surfin' U.S.A." The Rivingtons' sequel, "Rebel-'Rouser," featured a dubbed saxophone by Los Angeles session musician Gil Bernal, as well as yells and handclaps by the Rivingtons. The song became Eddy's breakthrough, peaking at number 6 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. It has been selling over a million copies, earning Eddy his first gold disc.
Over the next few years, Eddy's bandmates, including Steve Douglas, saxophonist Jim Horn, and keyboard player Larry Knechtel, joined Phil Spector's Wrecking Crew, and soon after that, he had a string of hits. "The singles, 'Peter Gunn,'Shazam', 'Shazam,'Shazam,' and 'Forty Miles of Bad Road' were certainly the best, but they did their part in preserving rock and roll's raunchy spirit, even though it was in danger of being watered down." Richie Unterberger, a writer, "The singles, 'Peter Gunn', were reportedly "Pedoutput: Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel, Eddy's debut album, was released on January 9, 1958, hitting number five and remaining on the album charts for 82 weeks. On his fourth album, Songs of Our Heritage (1960), each track featured him playing acoustic guitar or banjo. In 1960, Eddy's best hit came with the theme of "They're Young" in 1960, which featured a string configuration, and a chart peak of number four in America and number two in the United Kingdom. It was his second million-selling disc. Eddy's albums were even more popular in the UK than they were in his homeland United States, and readers of the UK's National Music Awards named him World's Top Musical Personality in 1960, ousting Elvis Presley.
Eddy signed a deal with Jamie Records in 1960, excluding Sill and Hazlewood from being involved. This caused a short break between Eddy and Hazlewood. Eddy himself produced his own singles and albums throughout his Jamie's time as his manager.
On The Dick Clark Exhibition, Duane Eddy and the Rebels became a regular performer.
Eddy began acting in films including A Thunder of Drums, The Wild Westerners, Kona Coast, and The Savage Seven, as well as two appearances on the television show Have Gun – Will Travel. Jessi Colter married singer Jessi Colter in 1961, the same year he signed a three-year deal with Paul Anka's production firm, Camy, whose recordings were released by RCA Victor. In the beginnings of recording in the RCA Victor studios, he reconnected with Lee Hazlewood, who appeared in a number of his RCA Victor singles and albums. "Dance With The) Guitar Man," Eddy's 1962 single collection, co-written with Hazlewood, earned his third gold disc by selling a million copies.
He made album covers for Phil Everly and Waylon Jennings in the 1970s. On BJ Thomas' "Rock and Roll Lullaby," he worked with Al Gorgoni, rhythm guitar. "Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar," a hit songwriter and former founding member of The Seekers Keith Potger, led to another UK top ten hit song in 1975. In 1977, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings' single, "You Are My Sunshine," debuted in the country charts.
Eddy remaking his 1960 version of Henry Mancini's "Peter Gunn" on Art of Noise in 1986. The album was a top-ten hit around the world, ranked top-ten on Rolling Stone's dance charts for six weeks this summer. The Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental of 1986, "Peter Gunn," was named on the album "Peter Gunn." In addition, Eddy was the first instrumentalist to have top-ten hits in four separate decades in the United Kingdom. (Although his 1975 top ten hits included a female vocal band).
Duane Eddy was first elected on Capitol Hill in the upcoming year. Several of the tracks were created by Paul McCartney, Jeff Lynne, Ry Cooder, and Art of Noise. John Fogerty, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ry Cooder, James Burton, Max Burton, David Lindley, Phil Pickett, Steve Cropper, Steve Cropper, and the original Rebels, Larry Knechtel and Jim Horn were among the guest artists and musicians on this tour. The album featured a photo of Paul McCartney's 1979 instrumental "Rockestra Theme." When the T-Birds rushed to confront Leo Balmudo in 1982, Duane Eddy's "Rebel Walk" was heard in the musical comedy Grease 2 featured as background music at the bowling alley. Despite the fact that it was not included in the original soundtrack, it was still included in the film's credits. Eddy appeared on Marvin's album Into the Light in 1992 and a cover version of The Chantays' 1963 hit "Pipeline" in a duet.
In Forrest Gump, Eddy's "Rebel Rouser" was on display the same year. Natural Born Killers' Oliver Stone used "The Trembler," a track written by Eddy and Ravi Shankar. In 1994, Eddy teamed up with Carl Perkins and The Mavericks to contribute "Matchbox" to the Red Hot Country's AIDS charity compilation, "Matchbox." Eddy was the lead guitarist on Foreigner's 1995 hit "Until the End of Time," which ranked in the top ten on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. On Hans Zimmer's soundtrack for the film Broken Arrow, Eddy appeared on guitar on his 1996 debut.
At a sold-out Royal Festival Hall in London in October 2010, Eddy returned to the United Kingdom in October 2010. Mad Monkey/EMI, a Richard Hawley product, was triggered by the success of the previous album. Road Trip, a 2011 compilation, was released on June 20, 2011. The album debuted at number 37 on Mojo's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2011." On June 26, 2011, Eddy appeared at the Glastonbury Festival for the first time.
Eddy returned to the United Kingdom with Liverpudgian singer-songwriter Robert Vincent on October 23 and October 30 in Manchester, Manchester, after an 80th birthday celebration in 2018.