Hank Cochran
Jun 30, 2016 3:34:06 GMT -6
Post by Kaz ~:~ on Jun 30, 2016 3:34:06 GMT -6
Hank Cochran
Date of Birth 2 August 1935, Isola, Mississippi, USA
Date of Death 15 July 2010, Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA (pancreatic cancer)
Birth Name Garland Perry Cochran
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Spouses
Jeannie Seely (1969 - 1979) (divorced) (4 children)
Suzi Cochran (? - 15 July 2010) (his death)
Shirley (? - ?) (divorced)
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Friend of Del Reeves. Talked Del into moving from California to Nashville in 1962.
His parents divorced when he was 9 years old and he was placed in a Memphis orphanage. He ran away to live with his grandparents in Mississippi where he started singing and playing guitar in his grandfather's church.
When he was 12 years old, he dropped out of school and hitch-hiked to New Mexico to work with his uncle on an oil rig.
When he was 16 years old, he moved to California and met Eddie Cochran where they formed the Cochran Brothers rock 'n' roll duo and toured as an opening act for Lefty Frizzell.
He is survived by his second wife, Suzi Cochran; a daughter Booth Cochran and three sons, Garland Perry Cochran Jr.; James Lee Cochran; and Daniel Cochran from his first marriage to Jeannie Seely.
He was elected to the Nashville Songwriters Association International Hall of Fame in 1974.
