Eddie Cooley
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Eddie Cooley | |
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| Birth name | Edward James Cooley |
| Born | April 15, 1933 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | April 15, 2020 (aged 87) Meridian, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Genres | R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, singer |
Edward James Cooley (April 15, 1933 – April 15, 2020) was an American
Life
Cooley was born in
Cooley and Blackwell continued to collaborate on songs for musicians on the
Eddie Cooley and the Dimples recorded several further singles for the Royal Roost label, but none were successful. He then returned to songwriting, and his songs were recorded by the female R&B singer Tiny Topsy ("Aw! Shucks, Baby"),[4] and by Buzz Clifford and Conway Twitty. In 1959, he made his last recordings, for Herb Abramson's Triumph label, but again they were unsuccessful. In the early 1960s, after Blackwell had had continued success as a songwriter for Elvis Presley, in particular, he approached Cooley to contribute tracks to the album We Wrote 'Em, We Sing 'Em. Cooley performed "Fever" and "Lay It On" on the album, released by MGM in 1961.[1]
In 2015, Eddie Cooley was reported to be living in
References
- ^ a b c d "Eddie Cooley". Rockabilly.nl. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ ISBN 9780816069804.
- ^ a b "*DIMPLES (1) (EDDIE COOLEY & THE) - doo-wop". Doo-wop.blogg.org. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ "Tiny Topsy - Aw! Shucks Baby (Vinyl, LP)". Discogs.com. 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ "Christaan Felber, Portrait of Eddie Cooley, Exploregram.com, July 7, 2015". Archived from the original on February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
- ^ Obituary: Eddie Cooley, Meridian Star, April 15, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020
External links
- Eddie Cooley discography at Discogs
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