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((Short description|American singer (1939–2017)))
((more citations needed|date=June 2010))
((Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name             = Wayne Cochran
| background       = solo_singer
| image            = Wayne Cochran 1969.JPG
| image_size       = 
| caption          = Cochran in 1969
| birth_name       = Talvin Wayne Cochran
| alias            = White Knight of Soul
| birth_date       = ((birth date|1939|5|10))
| birth_place      = [[Thomaston, Georgia]], U.S.
| death_date       = ((nowrap|((death date and age|2017|11|21|1939|05|10))))
| death_place      = [[Miramar, Florida]], U.S.
| genre            = ((Flatlist|
*[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]<ref name="washingtonpost"/><ref>((cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/obituaries/wayne-cochran-singer-with-high-energy-and-big-hair-dies-at-78.html |title=Wayne Cochran, Singer With High Energy and Big Hair, Dies at 78 |last=Genzlinger |first=Neil |date=November 27, 2017 |work=New York Times |access-date=2022-07-16))</ref>
*[[blue-eyed soul]]<ref>((cite web|first= Andrew |last= Hamilton |title= Wayne Cochran – Wayne Cochran! |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date= January 29, 2017 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/wayne-cochran%21-mw0001878665))</ref>
*[[rock and roll]]
))
| occupation       = [[Musician]], [[songwriter]], [[record producer]], [[preacher]]
| instrument       = [[Human voice|Vocals]]
| years_active     = 
| label            = [[Chess Records]], [[King Records (USA)|King Records]], [[Epic Records]], [[Raven Records]]
| associated_acts  = Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders, [[Jaco Pastorius]]
| website          = ((URL|http://www.waynecochranandtheccriders.com|Official website of Wayne Cochran & The C.C. Riders))((dead link|date=February 2024))
))

'''Talvin Wayne Cochran''' (May 10, 1939 &ndash; November 21, 2017)<ref name="washingtonpost">((cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/wayne-cochran-extraordinary-showman-of-60s-rhythm-and-blues-dies-at-78/2017/11/25/a1dc41d0-d137-11e7-a1a3-0d1e45a6de3d_story.html |title=Wayne Cochran, extraordinary showman of '60s rhythm-and-blues, dies at 78 |first=Matt |last=Schudel |date=November 25, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=November 26, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171126110525/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/wayne-cochran-extraordinary-showman-of-60s-rhythm-and-blues-dies-at-78/2017/11/25/a1dc41d0-d137-11e7-a1a3-0d1e45a6de3d_story.html |archive-date=2017-11-26))</ref> was an American singer, known for his outlandish outfits and [[Blond#platinum_blond|platinum blond]] [[pompadour (hairstyle)|pompadour]] hairstyle. He was sometimes referred to as '''The White Knight of Soul'''.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-white-knight-of-soul-1964-72-get-down-with-it-r726408/review|title=The White Knight of Soul 1964-72: Get Down With It! - Wayne Cochran - Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=22 November 2017))</ref> Cochran is best known today for writing the song "[[Last Kiss]]", which he performed with the C.C. Riders.<ref name=Roctober/>

==Biography==
Talvin Wayne Cochran was born on May 10, 1939, in Thomaston, Georgia, to Talvin A. Cochran, a cotton mill worker, and the former Mini Lee Starley, who came from a farming family.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/obituaries/wayne-cochran-singer-with-high-energy-and-big-hair-dies-at-78.html|title=Wayne Cochran, Singer With High Energy and Big Hair, Dies at 78|first=Neil|last=Genzlinger|date=November 27, 2017|website=[[The New York Times]]))</ref><ref>((cite web|title=Ancestry.com mis-indexes 1940 census as Mamie Lee and John C. Cochran and their son Wm Cochran, living in Upson, Georgia|url=https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Georgia/Mamie-Lee-Cochran_1w5g9w|website=Ancestry.com))</ref>

Influenced by the [[Country music|country]] and [[rhythm and blues]] music he heard on the radio, Cochran fronted his first band - a group called the Rockin' Capris - as a teenager, and eventually left high school to pursue music as a full-time career. He moved to Macon, Georgia, where he befriended the soul singer [[Otis Redding]] (playing bass guitar on Redding's early recording of "Shout Bamalama" and its B-side "Fat Girl") and recorded his first single, "The Coo", attracting the attention of [[King Records (USA)|King Records]], which signed him to a record deal. Cochran became close friends with King labelmate [[James Brown]], whose stage show and road band influenced his own performing style and inspired him to assemble his own soul revue, '''the C.C. Riders''', which occasionally featured as many as 14 musicians plus two female backing vocalists, '''the Sheer Delights'''.

Although his single recordings for King (including "Goin' Back to Miami", a song which became a signature tune for the singer) were not commercially successful beyond local markets in the south, Cochran's energetic performances, rigorous touring schedule and appearances on television talk shows, as well as ''[[The Jackie Gleason Show]]'' helped to make the C.C. Riders a popular attraction. In the mid-1960s, Cochran made Las Vegas his base of operations and played residencies at several hotels, casinos and theatres. During this time, he met and befriended [[Elvis Presley]], from whom he borrowed elements for his own Las Vegas period, adopting [[jump suit]]s similar to his wardrobe.

Cochran recorded an album for [[Chess Records]] titled ''Wayne Cochran!'' in 1967, which featured the [[blue-eyed soul]] and [[rhythm and blues]] style he had perfected on the road with his revue, but backed by session musicians for most of the cuts instead of his touring band. This was followed by a return to King and two further LPs, ''Alive & Well & Living... In a Bitch of a World'' and the instrumental ''High & Ridin''', both in 1970. These albums saw the C.C. Riders' guitarist and musical director '''Charles Brent''' take an important creative role, and featured a jazz-influenced sound comparable to the [[Chicago (band)|Chicago Transit Authority]] or [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]]. Cochran also recorded a "live" album (actually a "live in the studio" record) for King sometime between 1967 and 1969, but released in 2014 and included in an [[Ace Records (United Kingdom)|Ace Records]] compilation ''Goin' Back to Miami: The Soul Sides 1965-1970''.<ref>((cite web|url=http://acerecords.co.uk/goin-back-to-miami-the-soul-sides-1965-1970|title=Goin' Back To Miami: The Soul Sides 1965-1970|website=Acerecords.co.uk|access-date=22 November 2017))</ref>

Cochran recorded a final album, titled ''Cochran'', for [[Epic Records]] in 1972, then toured and made television appearances. He retired from music to become an evangelist minister in Miami, Florida. He died on November 21, 2017, in Miramar, Florida,<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/obituaries/article186039993.html|title=Wayne Cochran, who went from soul rocker to soul-saving minister, dies at 78|website=Miamiherald.com|access-date=22 November 2017))</ref> from cancer at the age of 78.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-wayne-cochran-20171128-story.html|title=Wayne Cochran, the 'White Knight of Soul,' dies at 78|date=November 29, 2017|website=Los Angeles Times))</ref>

==Legacy==
Cochran is best known today for writing the song "[[Last Kiss]]", which he performed with the C.C. Riders.<ref name=Roctober>((cite web|url=http://www.roctober.com/roctober/greatness/cochran.html|title=Wayne Cochran - Roctober #10|website=Roctober.com|access-date=22 November 2017))</ref> Although it was not a success for him, contemporary covers by [[J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers]] in 1964, [[Wednesday (Canadian band)|Wednesday]] in 1974, and a much later take by [[Pearl Jam]] became hits. It was the best-known hit of the Venezuelan musical group [[Los 007]], formed in Caracas in 1965, that covered the song in Spanish, and spent 20 consecutive weeks in first place on the Venezuelan music charts in 1966. In Mexico, Polo and The Americans cover the song in Spanish. Cochran and his revue also influenced [[Dan Aykroyd]] and [[John Belushi]]'s [[Blues Brothers]] musical venture; Cochran is referenced in the 1980 film [[The Blues Brothers (film)|''The Blues Brothers'']] and a cover of his song "Going Back to Miami" is featured on the live album ''[[Made in America (Blues Brothers album)|Made in America]]''.

Cochran appeared and sang in the 1970 movie ''[[C.C. and Company]]'' as himself. The movie trailer, featuring a scene with Cochran and his band The C.C.Riders performing the song "[[I Can't Turn You Loose]]", was later used in the 2019 [[Quentin Tarantino]] movie ''[[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]]''.

==Discography==
[[File:Wayne Cochran CC Riders Sheer Delights 1977.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Cochran (in white cape) with the C.C Riders (male backup group) and the Sheer Delights (female backup group), 1977.]]

===Albums===
* ''Wayne Cochran!'' ([[Chess Records|Chess]], 1967; reissue: [[Sundazed Records|Sundazed]], 2014) #167 Billboard 200 Albums<ref>((Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/wayne/chart-history/tlp/|title=Wayne|magazine=Billboard))</ref>
* ''Alive & Well and Living In...A Bitch of a World'' ([[King Records (USA)|King]], 1970)
* ''High and Ridin' '' ([[Bethlehem Records|Bethlehem]], 1970)
* ''Cochran'' ([[Epic Records|Epic]], 1972)
* ''Get Down With It! The White Knight of Soul 1959–72'' ([[Raven Records|Raven]], 2005)<ref name=Roctober />
* ''Love Strikes Again'' (Jukebox Entertainment, 2010)
* ''Goin' Back to Miami: The Soul Sides 1965–1970'' ([[Ace Records (United Kingdom)|Ace]], 2014)
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===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! US
! Label
|-
| 1959
| style="text-align:left;" | The Coo
| –
| style="text-align:left;" | Scottie
|-
| 1961
| style="text-align:left;" | Last Kiss
| –
| style="text-align:left;" | Gala
|-
| 1962
| style="text-align:left;" | Cindy Marie
| –
| style="text-align:left;" | Aire
|-
| 1965
| style="text-align:left;" | Harlem Shuffle <ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/Wayne+Cochran.art|title=Wayne Cochran Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts|website=www.musicvf.com))</ref>
| 127
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
|-
| 1966
| style="text-align:left;" | Goin' Back to Miami 
| –
| style="text-align:left;" | Mercury
|-
| 1967
| style="text-align:left;" | Some-A' Your Sweet Love 
| –
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chess Records|Chess]]
|}

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.answers.com/topic/wayne-cochran Brief bio of Wayne Cochran'']

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