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Duane Eddy
Eddy performing in 2018
Eddy performing in 2018
Background information
Born(1938-04-26)April 26, 1938
Corning, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 30, 2024(2024-04-30) (aged 86)
Franklin, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Guitarist, musician
Instruments
Years active1954–2024
Labels
Spouse(s)
Carol Puckett
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(divorced)​
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(m. 1961; div. 1968)​

Deed Abbate

Duane Eddy (April 26, 1938 – April 30, 2024) was an American rock and roll 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".[6] He had sold 12 million records by 1963. His guitar style influenced the Ventures, the Shadows, the Beatles (especially their lead guitarist George Harrison), Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle, and Marty Stuart.[7][4]

Eddy was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2008.

Early life

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Eddy was born in Corning, New York, on April 26, 1938.[8] His parents were Alfred (or Lloyd) and Alberta (née Granger) Eddy.[1] Eddy's father drove a bread truck and later became the manager of a grocery store.[7][1] He began playing the guitar at the age of five[1] after hearing the cowboy singer Gene Autry. In 1950, at the age of 12, Eddy made his first radio appearance when he and his classmates performed "The Tennessee Waltz" on a local station. In 1951, his family moved to Tucson, and then to Coolidge, Arizona.[8] He formed a duo, Jimmy and Duane, with his friend Jimmy Delbridge, who later recorded as Jimmy Dell.[9] Eddy left school at sixteen and played in local bars.[7]

Career

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1950s-60s: Career rise and peak

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Eddy in 1960

In 1957, Eddy had a weekly showcase on radio station KCKY and then a slot on a weekly hit parade television show in Phoenix, where he met Arizona-based disc jockey, songwriter and music publisher Lee Hazlewood.[7] Hazlewood produced the duo's single, "Soda Fountain Girl", recorded and released in 1955 in Phoenix, Arizona. They performed and appeared on radio stations in Phoenix and joined Buddy Long's Western Melody Boys, playing country music in and around the city.[10][11][12]

Eddy was not happy with his singing voice,[7] and he devised a technique of playing lead lines on his guitar's bass strings to produce a low, reverberant "twangy" sound instead.[1] At the age of 19, he had acquired a 1957 Chet Atkins model Gretsch 6120 guitar from Ziggie's Music in Phoenix,[1] and in November 1957, he recorded an instrumental piece, "Movin' n' Groovin'", which he co-wrote with Hazlewood.[13] His backing band included saxophonist Steve Douglas, pianist Larry Knechtel, and bassist Al Casey.[7] As the Phoenix studio had no echo chamber, Hazlewood bought a 2,000-gallon (7570-litre) water storage tank to use as an echo chamber to accentuate the "twangy" guitar sound.[14][1] In 1958, Eddy signed a recording contract with Lester Sill and Hazlewood to record in Phoenix at the Audio Recorders studio. Sill and Hazlewood leased the tapes of all their singles and albums to the Philadelphia-based Jamie Records.

"Movin' n' Groovin'" reached number 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1958. The opening riff, borrowed from Chuck Berry's "Brown Eyed Handsome Man", was in turn copied a few years later by the Beach Boys on "Surfin' U.S.A."[15][unreliable source?] The follow-up, "Rebel-Rouser", featured a saxophone overdubbed by Los Angeles session musician Gil Bernal, and yells and handclaps by doo-wop group the Rivingtons.[10][16][1] This became Eddy's breakthrough hit, reaching number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It sold over one million copies, earning him his first gold disc.[8]

Eddy had a succession of hit records over the next few years. His band members, including saxophonists Steve Douglas and Jim Horn, and keyboard player Larry Knechtel, were later members of Phil Spector's Wrecking Crew.[citation needed] According to writer Richie Unterberger, "The singles, of which 'Peter Gunn', 'Cannonball', 'Shazam', and 'Forty Miles of Bad Road' were probably the best, also did their part to help keep the raunchy spirit of rock and roll alive during a time in which it was in danger of being watered down."[15][unreliable source?]

On January 9, 1958, Eddy's debut album, Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel, was released. It reached number five on the album chart[1] and remained there for 82 weeks. Duane Eddy and the Rebels appeared six times on The Dick Clark Show between 1958 and 1960. On Eddy's fourth album, Songs of Our Heritage (1960), each track featured him playing acoustic guitar or banjo.[17] His biggest hit came with the theme of the movie Because They're Young in 1960,[8] which featured a string arrangement. It reached a chart peak of number four in America and number two in the UK in September 1960,[15][unreliable source?][18] and became his second million-selling disc.[8] Eddy's records were consistently more successful in the UK than they were in his native United States, and in 1960, readers of the UK's NME voted him World's Number One Musical Personality, ousting Elvis Presley.

In 1960, Eddy signed a contract directly with Jamie Records, bypassing Sill and Hazlewood, which caused a temporary rift between Eddy and Hazlewood.[1] The result was that for the duration of his contract with Jamie, Eddy produced his own singles and albums.

In the 1960s, Eddy launched an acting career, appearing in such films as Because They're Young, A Thunder of Drums, The Wild Westerners, Kona Coast, and The Savage Seven.[19][20] In 1961, he signed a three-year contract with Paul Anka's production company, Camy, whose recordings were issued by RCA Victor.[15] In the early days of recording in the RCA Victor studios, he renewed contact with Lee Hazlewood, who became involved in a number of his RCA Victor singles and albums. Eddy's 1962 single release, "(Dance With The) Guitar Man", co-written with Hazlewood, sold a million copies and earned his third gold disc.[8][1] Also in 1962, Eddy recorded "The Ballad of Paladin", the instrumental theme song to the western television series Have Gun – Will Travel, in which Eddy also acted in two episodes.[8][1] Eddy had sold 12 million records by 1963.[8] In 1965, he released an album of instrumental versions of Bob Dylan songs.

1970s-80s: Solo decline, focus on production, and comeback

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In the 1970s, Eddy produced songs for Phil Everly and Waylon Jennings.[4][1] In 1972, he worked as lead guitarist, alongside rhythm guitarist Al Gorgoni, on BJ Thomas's "Rock and Roll Lullaby".[4][1] In 1975 a collaboration with hit songwriter Tony Macaulay and former founding member of The Seekers, Keith Potger, led to another UK top 10 record, "Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar",[4] featuring a female vocal group. Eddy performed on the BBC television show "Top of the Pops" while promoting the single.[4] A recording of "You Are My Sunshine", featuring Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Eddy's third wife Deed, appeared in the country charts in 1977.[21][4]

In 1982, Eddy's "Rebel Walk" was heard in the musical comedy Grease 2 as background music at the bowling alley. It was not part of the original soundtrack, but was mentioned in the film's credits.

In 1986, Eddy collaborated with Art of Noise on a new recording of his 1960 version of Henry Mancini's "Peter Gunn".[2][15][unreliable source?][1] It was a top 10 hit around the world, ranking number one on Rolling Stone's dance chart for six weeks that summer. "Peter Gunn" won the Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental of 1986. It also gave Eddy the distinction of being the only instrumentalist to have had top 10 hit singles in four different decades in the UK.[22][23]

The following year, the album Duane Eddy was released on Capitol. Several of the tracks were produced by Paul McCartney, Jeff Lynne, Ry Cooder and Art of Noise.[4][15][unreliable source?] Guest musicians included John Fogerty,[4] George Harrison,[4][1] Paul McCartney,[4][1] Ry Cooder,[1] James Burton, David Lindley, Phil Pickett, Steve Cropper,[1] and original Rebels Larry Knechtel and Jim Horn. The album included a cover of Paul McCartney's 1979 instrumental, "Rockestra Theme".

1990s-2024: Later career

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In 1992, Eddy recorded a duet with Hank Marvin for Marvin's album Into the Light, a cover version of The Chantays' 1963 hit "Pipeline". Eddy's "Rebel Rouser" was featured in 1992 in the film Forrest Gump. Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers used "The Trembler", a track written by Eddy and Ravi Shankar. In 1994, Eddy teamed up with Carl Perkins and The Mavericks to contribute "Matchbox" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country, produced by the Red Hot Organization. Eddy was the lead guitarist on Foreigner's 1995 hit "Until the End of Time",[1] which reached the top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. In 1996, Eddy played guitar on Hans Zimmer's soundtrack for the film Broken Arrow.[1]

In October 2010, Eddy returned to the UK for a sold-out Royal Festival Hall concert in London.[1] This success prompted an album, Road Trip, for Mad Monkey/EMI, produced by Richard Hawley in Sheffield, England.[24][1] The album was released on June 20, 2011, and Mojo placed it at number 37 on its list of "Top 50 albums of 2011."[25] Eddy performed at the Glastonbury Festival on June 26, 2011.[24][1]

In 2016, Eddy participated in an extensive interview with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum as part of their "Nashville Cats" series.[4]

For an 80th-birthday tour in 2018, Eddy returned to the UK in concerts with Liverpudlian singer-songwriter Robert Vincent, performing on October 23 at the London Palladium,[26] and October 30 at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.[27]

In 2024, Eddy was one of 66 musicians credited for collaborating with Mark Knopfler on a re-recording of Knopfler's “Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)".[2] Jointly credited as "Mark Knopfler's Guitar Heroes", the single was released as a charity single to benefit two charities, Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America.[2] It debuted and peaked at #1 on Billboard's Rock Digital Song Sales in March, which was his only #1 on any Billboard chart; in the UK, the collaborative single reached the top 20 on the main singles chart.[2]

Private life and death

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Eddy's first wife was Carol Puckett; they were married and divorced prior to 1961.[1] In 1961, Eddy married singer Miriam Johnson, with whom he recorded a gospel album.[7] They had a daughter, Jennifer. Duane and Miriam divorced in 1968.[1] She adopted the stage name Jessi Colter, became a popular country singer, and later married fellow country star Waylon Jennings.[1]

Eddy later married Deed Abbate, with whom he collaborated on a cover of "You Are My Sunshine" in 1977.[28][4] In addition to his daughter with Miriam Johnson/Jessi Colter, Eddy had three children with third wife Deed Abbate-Eddy.[28][1]

Eddy died of cancer in Franklin, Tennessee, on April 30, 2024, four days after his 86th birthday.[29] Eddy was survived by his second wife Deed and his children (four, according to an obituary by Billboard, or three, according to an obituary by The Guardian).[28][1] The Guardian also reported that Eddy was also survived by five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.[1]

Eddy was the last surviving musician to have charted in the top 10 of the first-ever issue of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1958.[28][2]

Honors

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In 1987, Eddy won his first and only Grammy award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for his re-recording of "Peter Gunn" with Art of Noise.[2] In 1996, he received a second Grammy nomination, this time for Best Country Instrumental Performance, for his contribution as a "featured artist" on Doc Watson's "Thunder Road/Sugarfoot Rag".[28]

In 1994, Eddy was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,[30] and he was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2008.[31] In 1997, Eddy was inducted into Guitar Center's "Rockwalk", an honor similar to the Hollywood Walk of Fame bestowed exclusively to legendary rock and pop musicians.[32]

In 2000, at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, the title "Titan of Twang" was bestowed upon Eddy by mayor Bill Purcell.[19]

In 2004, Eddy was presented with the Guitar Player Magazine "Legend Award".[33] He was the second recipient of the award, the first having been presented to Les Paul.[citation needed]

Legacy

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Among those who have acknowledged Eddy's influence are George Harrison,[15][unreliable source?] Dave Davies, Hank Marvin,[15][unreliable source?] the Ventures,[34][4] John Entwistle,[34] Bruce Springsteen,[35] John Fogerty,[35] Adrian Belew, Bill Nelson, Mark Knopfler, Steve Earle,[4] Marty Stuart,[4] and Ben Vaughn.[36] Eddy's playing inspired some of the lead guitar playing on Springsteen's 1975 hit "Born to Run".[4]

In the 1990s, Eddy's songs appeared in the soundtracks of popular films including Forrest Gump, Natural Born Killers, Broken Arrow, Milk Money, and Scream 2.[4]

Signature guitars

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Eddy's favored guitar was a 1957 Chet Atkins Gretsch 6120 guitar that he bought at Ziggie's Music in Phoenix, Arizona in 1957.[1] He traded in an early 1950s gold top Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar for it,[1] plus monthly payments of $17.[37] On 1959's The "Twangs" the "Thang" LP he also used a Danelectro six-string bass.[38]

Eddy became the first rock and roll guitarist to have a signature guitar when, in 1961, the Guild Guitar Company introduced the Duane Eddy signature models DE-400 and the deluxe DE-500.[39] A limited edition of the DE-500 model was reissued briefly in 1983 to mark Eddy's 25th anniversary in the recording industry. In 1997, 40 years after he bought his Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120, Gretsch started production of the Duane Eddy Signature Model, the Gretsch 6120-DE. In 2004, the Gibson Custom Art and Historic Division introduced the new Duane Eddy Signature Gibson guitar. A new Gretsch G6120DE Duane Eddy Signature model was released in spring 2011 and in 2018 Gretsch released the G6120TB-DE Duane Eddy 6-string bass model.[40]

Awards

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Discography

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Studio albums

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Year Album Peak chart positions Label and stereo catalogue reference Notes
US Billboard
 US Cashbox
Mono[45] 		US Cashbox
Stereo[45] 		UK
[46]
1958 Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel[47] 5[2][1] 3 — 6 Jamie JLPS-3000 Original album covers were white with Duane Eddy sitting on guitar case and the LP title in white. Second pressings showed the same cover with the LP title in green and red; third pressings were red album covers with Duane Eddy standing.
Note: It is very likely that so-called "original" version white letter covers do not exist.
1959 Especially for You 24 13 — 6 Jamie JLPS-3006
The "Twangs" the "Thang" 18[48] 14 36 2 Jamie JLPS-3009
1960 Songs of Our Heritage — 38 — 13 Jamie JLPS-3011 Original copies featured gatefold covers, later replaced with regular covers. Also pressed in limited quantities of red vinyl and blue vinyl.
1961 Girls! Girls! Girls! 93 29 — — Jamie JLPS-3019 Front cover features photos of Duane Eddy with Brenda Lee and Annette Funicello
1962 Twistin' with Duane Eddy — — — — Jamie JLPS-3022
Twistin' 'N' Twangin' 82 — — 8 RCA LSP-2525
Twangy Guitar – Silky Strings 72 — — 13 RCA LSP-2576
1963 Duane Eddy & The Rebels – In Person (a.k.a. Surfin') — — — — Jamie JLPS-3024
Dance with the Guitar Man 47 30 — 14 RCA LSP-2648
"Twang" a Country Song — 63 — — RCA LSP-2681
"Twangin'" Up a Storm! 93 82 — — RCA LSP-2700
1964 Lonely Guitar 144 66 — — RCA LSP-2798
1965 Water Skiing — 69 29 — RCA LSP-2918
Twangin' the Golden Hits — 82 — — RCA LSP-2993
Twangsville — — — — RCA LSP-3432
Duane-a-Go-Go — — — — Colpix CPS-490
Duane Eddy Does Bob Dylan — — — — Colpix CPS-494
1966 The Biggest Twang of All — — — — Reprise RS-6218
1967 The Roaring Twangies — — — — Reprise RS-6240
Tokyo Hits — — — — Reprise Japan only release
1987 Duane Eddy & The Rebels — — — — Capitol ST-12567
2011 Road Trip — — — 116 Mad Monkey/EMI MAD1
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilations

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Year Title US
Billboard		 US
Cashbox
Mono
[45]		 UK
[46]		 Label and stereo catalogue reference Notes
1960 $1,000,000 Worth of Twang 10[49] 38 5 Jamie JLPS-3014
1962 $1,000,000.00 Worth of Twang, Volume 2 - - 18 Jamie JLPS-3021
1964 16 Greatest Hits - - - Jamie JLPS-3026
1965 The Best of Duane Eddy - - - RCA LSP-3477
1975 Guitar Man - - - GTO GTLP 002
1978 Pure Gold - - - RCA ANL1-2671
Twenty Terrific Twangies - - - RCA
1986 Compact Command Performances - - - Motown WD72547
21 Greatest Hits - - - Motown
1991 Twangy Peaks - - - EMI CDP 7965572
1993 Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology - - - Rhino R2-71223
1994 Twangin' from Phoenix To L.A. - - - Bear Family Records/BCD 15778 EK
1996 Ghostrider - - - Curb D2-77801
2013 Complete UK Hits: 1958–62 - - - Peaksoft PEA016
Source:[15][unreliable source?]

Singles

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Year Titles
Both sides from same album except where indicated		 Chart positions Album
US Billboard
[50][2]		 US Cashbox
[51]		 AUS
[52]		 UK
[53]		 CAN
[54]
1955 "I Want Some Lovin'"
b/w "Soda Fountain Girl"
(Credited to "Jimmy & Duane with Buddy Long & The Western Melody Boys")		 - - - - - Non-LP tracks
1958 "Moovin' n' Groovin'"
b/w "Up and Down" (From $1,000,000 Worth of Twang, Volume II)		 72 54 - - - Have "Twangy" Guitar Will Travel
"Rebel-'Rouser"
b/w "Stalkin'"		 6 7 9 19 8
"Ramrod"
b/w "The Walker" (Non-LP. Eddy does not appear on the track)		 27 33 90 - 7
"Cannonball"
b/w "Mason Dixon Lion" (Non-LP track)		 15 16 52 22 7
1959 "The Lonely One"
b/w "Detour"		 23 19 47/45 - 8
"Peter Gunn"
b/w "Yep!"		 (see 1960) 6 2 Especially for You
"Yep!"
b/w "Three-30-Blues" (from Have "Twangy" Guitar Will Travel)		 30 27 46 17 12
"Forty Miles of Bad Road" / 9 10 11 11 4 $1,000,000 Worth of Twang
"The Quiet Three" 46 68 - - -
"Some Kind-a Earthquake" / 37 28 32 12 21
"First Love, First Tears" 59 75 - - 21
1960 "Bonnie Came Back"
b/w "Lost Island" (Non-LP track)		 26 20 15 12 15
"Shazam!"
b/w "The Secret Seven" (Non-LP track)		 45 41 21 4 26 Duane Eddy's 16 Greatest Hits
"Because They're Young"
b/w "Rebel Walk" (from The "Twangs" The "Thang")		 4 3 6 2 5 $1,000,000 Worth of Twang
"Kommotion"
b/w "Theme for Moon Children"		 78 39 40 13 27
"Peter Gunn"
b/w "Along the Navajo Trail"		 27 26 2 (see 1959) 30 Especially For You
1961 "Pepe"
b/w "Lost Friend"		 18 19 29 2 17 $1,000,000 Worth of Twang, Volume II
"Theme from Dixie" / 39 37 21 7 37
"Gidget Goes Hawaiian" 101 - - - -
"Ring of Fire"
b/w "Bobbie" (from $1,000,000 Worth of Twang, Volume II)		 84 57 27 17 - Non-LP track
"Drivin' Home"
b/w "Tammy" (from Girls! Girls! Girls!)		 87 69 43 30 - $1,000,000 Worth of Twang, Volume II
"My Blue Heaven"
b/w "Along Came Linda" (from Especially for You)		 50 81 62 - - The "Twangs" the "Thang"
"Caravan" (Part 1)
b/w "Caravan" (Part 2)		 - - - 42 - Non-LP tracks
1962 "The Avenger"
b/w "Londonderry Air"		 101 - 60 - -
"Moanin' 'n' Twistin'"
 18 19 - - - Twistin' 'n' Twangin'
"The Battle"
b/w "Trambone"		 114 100 - - - The "Twangs" the "Thang"
"Deep in the Heart of Texas"
b/w "Saints and Sinners" (Non-LP track)		 78 83 38 19 - The Best of Duane Eddy
"Runaway Pony"
b/w "Just Because" (from Especially for You)		 - - – - - Non-LP track, Final Jamie Records single
"The Ballad of Paladin"
b/w "The Wild Westerners" (Non-LP track)		 33 48 15 10 9 The Best of Duane Eddy
"(Dance with the) Guitar Man"
b/w "Stretchin' Out" (Non-LP track)		 12 11 - 4 2 Dance with the Guitar Man
1963 "Boss Guitar"
b/w "The Desert Rat" (Non-LP track)		 28 30 13 27 5 The Best of Duane Eddy
"Lonely Boy, Lonely Guitar"
b/w "Joshin'" (Non-LP track)		 82 76 52 35 -
"Your Baby's Gone Surfin"
b/w "Shuckin'" (Non-LP track)		 93 82 46 49 -
1964 "The Son of Rebel Rouser"
b/w "The Story of Three Loves"		 97 90 - - - Non-LP tracks
"Guitar Child"
b/w "Jerky Jalopy" (Non-LP track)		 - – - - - Twangin' Up a Storm
"Water Skiing"
b/w "Theme from 'A Summer Place'" (from Twangin' the Golden Hits)		 - – - - - Water Skiing
"Guitar Star"
b/w "The Iguana"		 - - - - - Non-LP tracks
1965 "Moon Shot"
b/w "Roughneck"		 - - - - -
"Trash"
b/w "South Phoenix"		 - - - - - Duane a Go-Go
"Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"
b/w "The House of the Rising Sun"		 - - - - - Duane Eddy Does Bob Dylan
1966 "El Rancho Grande"
b/w "Papa's Movin' On (I'm Movin' On)"		 - - - - - Non-LP tracks
"Daydream"
b/w "This Guitar Was Made for Twangin'"		 - - - - - The Biggest Twang of Them All
1967 "Roarin'"
b/w "Monsoon" (Non-LP track)		 - - - - - The Roarin' Twangies
"Guitar on My Mind"
b/w "Wicked Woman from Wickenburg" (from The Roarin' Twangies)
(Credited to "Duane and Miriam Eddy")		 - - - - - Non-LP tracks
1968 "There Is a Mountain"
b/w "This Town"		 - - - - -
"The Satin Hours"
b/w "Niki Hoeky"		 - - - - -
1969 "Break My Mind"
b/w "Lovingbird"		 - - - - -
1970 "Freight Train"
b/w "Put a Little Love in Your Heart"		 110 95 - - 93[55][nb 1]
"Something"
b/w "The Five-Seventeen"		 - - - - -
1972 "Renegade"
b/w "Nightly News"		 - - - - -
1975 "Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar"
b/w "Blue Montana Sky"		 - - - 9 -
"The Man With The Gold Guitar"
b/w "Mark of Zorro"		 - - - - -
"Love Confusion"
b/w "Love is a Warm Emotion"		 - - - - -
1976 "You Are My Sunshine"
b/w "From 8 to 7"		 - - - - -
1986 "Peter Gunn" (with Art of Noise)
b/w "Something Always Happens" (The Art of Noise)		 50 49 - 8 -
1987 "Spies"
b/w "Rockabilly Holiday"		 - - - - - Duane Eddy
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Film appearances

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Notes

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  1. ^ In addition to charting and peaking at #93 on RPM's Canadian pop charts, "Freight Train" also peaked at #22 on RPM's Canadian adult contemporary charts.[56]

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Further reading

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  • Furek, Maxim, The Jordan Brothers: A Musical Biography of Rock's Fortunate Sons. Kimberley Press, 1986.
  • Hardy, Phil and Dave Laing, Encyclopedia of Rock, Schrimner Books, 1987.
  • Morritt, Bob, Rockin' in the Desert. Canaan-Star Publishing, 2012. Contains authorized biography, edited by Duane Eddy.
  • Pareles, Jon and Patr Romanowski, eds. The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll, Rolling Stone Press/Summit Books, 1993.
  • Rees, Dafydd, and Luke Crampton, Rock Movers & Shakers, ABC-CLIO, 1991.
  • Stambler, Irwin, The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock and Soul, St. Martin's, 1989.
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