- Duane Eddy Trivia: Lee Hazlewood produced Rebel Rouser . He recorded Eddy`s voice in a grain silo, which produced the desired echo effect at low cost. Thus the "Twangy" guitar sound was born.
- Duane Eddy Trivia: He was born on April 26th, 1938 in Corning, New York.
- Duane Eddy Trivia: In 1951, at age 13, his family moved to Tucson, and then to Coolidge, Arizona. His first recording (with Jimmy Delbridge) was Soda Fountain Girl, produced by Lee Greenwood, and released in 1955.
- Duane Eddy Trivia: Between 1958 and 1963 he had twenty-seven records make the Top 100,
with three reaching the Top 10 (his biggest hit was "Because They're Young", it peaked at #4 in 1960). - Duane Eddy Trivia: He was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
- Duane Eddy Trivia: His 1959 recording, "Some Kind-A Earthquake", was only one minute, seventeen seconds long, the shortest record to reach the Billboard Top 40, reaching #37 in 1959.
- Duane Eddy Trivia: He appeared in five motion pictures: Because They're Young (1960), A Thunder
of Drumss (1961), The Wild Westerners (1962), The Savage Seven (1968), and Kona Coast - Duane Eddy Trivia: Rebel 'Rouser featured an overdubbed saxophone by Los Angeles session musician Gil Bernal, and yells and handclaps by doo-wop group The Rivingtons. It was his breakthrough hit, reaching
number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and selling over one million copies, and earning Eddy his first gold disc. - Duane Eddy Trivia: On January 9, 1959, his debut album, Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel, was released, reaching number 5, and remaining on the album charts for 82 weeks. Duane Eddy Trivia: His biggest hit was the theme to the movie Because They're Young in 1960. It reached
a chart peak of number 4 in America and number 2 in the UK in September, becomming his second million selling disc.
