As a callow youth I listened enthralled in the stalls at a packed Newcastle Empire as American rocker Eddie Cochran belted out super song after super song with a shuffle and a shrug.
The concert was in March of 1960. Less than a month later Cochran was dead, killed in a car crash at the age of 21 on the final leg of his British tour. Just before he came among us Eddie had recorded 'Three Steps To Heaven' and the title coupled with his tragic death meant it posthumously soared to No 1 in the charts as we bought it in our droves.
The song has remained embedded in my memory. I can hear it now. Three Steps To Heaven. A classic made even more unforgettable by the dripping drama that engulfed it.
