Duane Eddy
Sign in to saveAmerican guitarist (1938–2024)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1938-04-26 ) April 26, 1938, Corning , New York, U.S.
- Died
- April 30, 2024 (2024-04-30) (aged 86), Franklin, Tennessee , U.S.
- Genres
- Instrumental rock rockabilly rock and roll country
- Occupations
- Guitarist, musician
- Instruments
- Guitar, bass
- Years active
- 1954–2024
- Labels
- Jamie RCA Victor Gregmark
- Spouses
- Carol Puckett ( divorced ) Jessi Colter ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1961 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1968 ) Deed Abbate
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jerome
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Corning
- Place of death
- Franklin
- Spouse
- Jessi Colter
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Rebel-'Rouser
- Field of work
- rock and roll
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- RCA Victor
- Official website
- www.duane-eddy.com
- Image
- Duane Eddy 1960.JPG
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- Commons category
- Duane Eddy
- date of birth
- 1938-04-26
- start of work period
- 1954-00-00
- date of death
- 2024-04-30
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
- name in native language
- Duane Eddy
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- significant person
- Lee Hazlewood
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Encyclopedic overview
Duane Eddy (April 26, 1938 – April 30, 2024) was 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" guitar sound, including "Rebel-'Rouser", "Peter Gunn", and "Because They're Young". He had sold 12 million records by 1963. His guitar style influenced the Ventures, the Shadows, the Beatles (particularly lead guitarist George Harrison), Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle, and Marty Stuart.
Eddy was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2008.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Duane Eddy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.