<P> Edward Raymond Cochran ( October 3 , 1938 -- April 17 , 1960 ) was an American musician . Cochran 's rockabilly songs , such as `` Twenty Flight Rock '' , `` Summertime Blues '' , `` C'mon Everybody '' , and `` Somethin ' Else '' , captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s . He experimented with multitrack recording , distortion techniques , and overdubbing even on his earliest singles . He played the guitar , piano , bass , and drums . His image as a sharply dressed and good - looking young man with a rebellious attitude epitomized the stance of the 1950s rocker , and in death he achieved an iconic status . </P>
who was the 50s rocker who used strings on his recordings and overdubbed voices and guitars
Edward Raymond Cochran