Editing Eddie Cochran (section)

=== The Day the Music Died (1959) ===
{{Main article|The Day the Music Died}}
In early 1959, two of Cochran's friends, [[Buddy Holly]] and [[Ritchie Valens]], along with [[the Big Bopper]], were [[The Day the Music Died|killed in a plane crash]] while on tour on February 3, 1959. Cochran's friends and family later said that he was badly shaken by their deaths, and he developed a morbid premonition that he also would die young. Shortly after their deaths, Cochran recorded a song (written by disc jockey Tommy Dee) in tribute to them, "[[Three Stars (song)|Three Stars]]". He was anxious to give up life on the road and spend his time in the studio making music, thereby reducing the chance of suffering a similar fatal accident while touring. Financial responsibilities, however, required that Cochran continue to perform live, and that led to his acceptance of an offer to tour the [[United Kingdom]] in 1960.