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Cochran, Wayne

LC control no.no 99030439
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Personal name headingCochran, Wayne
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Variant(s)Cochran, Talvin Wayne
LocatedMiramar (Fla.)
Birth date1939-05-10
Death date2017-11-21
Place of birthThomaston (Ga.)
Place of deathMiramar (Fla.)
Field of activityRhythm and blues music Pastoral theology
AffiliationC.C. Riders (Musical group)
Voice of Jesus
Profession or occupationSingers Composers Clergy
Found inCochran, W. Wayne Cochran! [SR] 1967: container (Wayne Cochran, vocalist)
Washington post WWW site, viewed Nov. 27, 2017 (for a few years in the 1960s and 1970s, one of the music world's most extraordinary showmen was a Georgia-born rhythm-and-blues singer named Wayne Cochran; died Nov. 21 [2017] at his home in Miramar, Fla.; he was 78; his band, the C.C. Riders; he sang soul standards, as well as original tunes; except for occasional stage or television appearances, Mr. Cochran largely abandoned his music career at 40 and turned to preaching; for the rest of his life, he was the born-again pastor of the Voice of Jesus ministry near Miami; Talvin Wayne Cochran was born May 10, 1939, in Thomaston, Ga.; began playing in bands in his mid-teens and by age 21 had written "Last Kiss"; had lived in South Florida since 1965)
Associated languageeng