Eddie Cochran


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Over the duration of his Hollywood career, Eddie Cochran produced music for multiple Hollywood productions. Cochran began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like the Malcolm McLaren musical "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" (1979), "Radio On" (1979) and the comedic sports movie "Caddyshack" (1980) with Chevy Chase. His music also appeared in "Party, Party" (198...

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Over the duration of his Hollywood career, Eddie Cochran produced music for multiple Hollywood productions. Cochran began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like the Malcolm McLaren musical "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" (1979), "Radio On" (1979) and the comedic sports movie "Caddyshack" (1980) with Chevy Chase. His music also appeared in "Party, Party" (1982). An actor as well as a musician, Cochran played a part in the Tom Ewell musical comedy "The Girl Can't Help It" (1956) and the musical "Go, Johnny, Go!" (1959) with Alan Freed. In the eighties, Cochran's music continued to appear on the silver screen, including in films like the Zachi Noy comedy "Roman Zair" (1983), the drama "The Lords of Discipline" (1983) with David Keith and the Robby Benson biographical drama "Running Brave" (1983). His work was also in the Noah Hathaway fantasy "Troll" (1986). Cochran's music was also featured in the dramatic adaptation "This Boy's Life" (1993) with Robert De Niro, "What's Love Got to Do With It" (1993) and "That Night" (1993) with C. Thomas Howell. His music was also featured in the John Leguizamo dramatic biopic "Summer of Sam" (1999) and "Ratcatcher" (2000). Cochran's music was most recently featured in the Michael Cera comedy adventure "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" (2010).

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