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{{Short description|American guitarist (1938–2024)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Duane Eddy
| image             = DuaneEddyPall231018-4 (31866003608) (cropped).jpg
| caption           = Eddy performing in 2018
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1938|04|26}}
| birth_place       = [[Corning, New York|Corning]], New York, U.S.
| death_date        = {{death date and age|2024|4|30|1938|04|26}}
| death_place       = [[Franklin, Tennessee]], U.S.
| alias             = 
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Instrumental rock]]<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref>|[[rockabilly]]<ref name="BB top hits 2024">{{cite magazine |last1=Trust |first1=Gary |title=Chart Beat: Duane Eddy's Biggest Billboard Hits |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/duane-eddy-biggest-hot-100-hit-songs/peter-gunn/ |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Billboard/Penske Music Corporation |access-date=July 8, 2024 |date=May 2, 2024}}</ref>|[[rock and roll]]|[[surf music|surf]]|[[country music|country]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13941157 |title=Duane Eddy and Richard Hawley bring back the twang - BBC News |publisher=Bbc.com |date=June 29, 2011 |access-date=October 27, 2015 |archive-date=August 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813024540/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13941157 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="CMHoF">{{cite web |title=Duane Eddy 1938-2024: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum |url=https://www.countrymusichalloffame.org/duane-eddy-1938-2024 |website=Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum |access-date=July 8, 2024 |date=2024}}</ref>}}
| instruments       = * Guitar
| occupation        = Guitarist, musician
| label             = {{hlist|[[Jamie Records|Jamie]]|[[RCA Victor]]| [[Gregmark Records|Gregmark]]}}
| spouse            = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Carol Puckett|end=div}}
* {{marriage|[[Jessi Colter]]|1961|1968|end=div}}
* Deed Abbate}}
| years_active      = 1954–2024
}}

'''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 (song)|Peter Gunn]]", and "[[Because They're Young (song)|Because They're Young]]".<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/may/03/duane-eddy-obituary Duane Eddy obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503143718/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/may/03/duane-eddy-obituary |date=May 3, 2024 }}, The Guardian, 3 May 2024</ref>  He had sold 12 million records by 1963. His guitar style influenced [[the Ventures]], [[the Shadows]], [[the Beatles]] (particularly lead guitarist [[George Harrison]]), [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Steve Earle]], and [[Marty Stuart]].<ref name=times_5_2024>Duane Eddy, The Times Register, 3 May 2024</ref><ref name="CMHoF"/>

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==
Eddy was born in [[Corning, New York|Corning]], New York, on April 26, 1938.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs" /> His parents were Lloyd and Alberta (née Granger) Eddy.<ref name="Guardian obituary">{{cite web |last1= |first1= |date=January 31, 2025 |title=Pennsylvania, U.S. Birth Certificates, 1906 - 1915 for Lloyd Delmas Eddy |url=https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60484/images/46629_520306900_0068-00451?pId=796757 |access-date=January 31, 2025 |work=Ancestry.com}}</ref> Eddy's father drove a bread truck and later became the manager of a grocery store.<ref name=times_5_2024/><ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> He began playing the guitar at the age of five,<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> after hearing the cowboy singer [[Gene Autry]]. In 1950, at the age of 12, Eddy made his first on-air radio appearance when he performed "''The Missouri Waltz''" on a station in Hornell, New York. <ref>{{Cite book |last=MacAlpine |first=Richard |title=Yates County Chronicles: Stories from Penn Yan, Keuka Lake and the Heart of the Finger Lakes |date=April 29, 2014 |publisher=History Press Library Editions |isbn= 978-1540222916 |location=Charleston, South Carolina |pages=147 |language=English}}</ref>

In 1951, his family moved to [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]], and then to [[Coolidge, Arizona]].<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs" /> He formed a duo, Jimmy and Duane, with his friend Jimmy Delbridge, who later recorded as Jimmy Dell.<ref name="history">{{cite web |url=http://www.history-of-rock.com/duane_eddy.htm |title=Biography at HistoryofRock.com |website=History-of-rock.com |access-date=March 7, 2012 |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303183737/http://history-of-rock.com/duane_eddy.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Eddy left school at sixteen and played in local bars.<ref name="times_5_2024" />

==Career==
===1950s-60s: Career rise and peak===

[[File:Duane Eddy 1960.JPG|thumb|upright=0.85|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]].<ref name=times_5_2024/> 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.<ref name=instrumentalreview>{{cite web |author=Tony Hoffman |url=http://www.instrumentalreview.com/instreviewduaneeddy.html |title=Duane Eddy: The Undisputed King of Twang at ''Instrumental Review'' |website=Instrumentalreview.com |date=April 26, 1938 |access-date=March 7, 2012 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314203526/http://www.instrumentalreview.com/instreviewduaneeddy.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=dell>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/jimmy_dell.htm |title=Jimmy Dell at Black Cat Rockabilly |website=Rockabilly.nl |access-date=March 7, 2012 |archive-date=June 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609141318/http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/jimmy_dell.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=rosebrook>{{cite web |url=http://tony50.tripod.com/deddy-insearch.html |title=Interview and article by Jeb Rosebrook, ''The Republic'', 25 June 2000 |website=Tony50.tripod.com |date=June 25, 2000 |access-date=March 7, 2012 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172822/http://tony50.tripod.com/deddy-insearch.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Eddy was not happy with his singing voice,<ref name=times_5_2024/> and he devised a technique of playing lead lines on his guitar's bass strings to produce a low, reverberant "[[twang]]y" sound instead.<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> At the age of 19, he had acquired a 1957 [[Chet Atkins]] model [[Gretsch 6120]] guitar from Ziggie's Music in Phoenix,<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> and in November 1957, he recorded an instrumental piece, "Movin' n' Groovin'", which he co-wrote with Hazlewood.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-12 |title=The Once and Future Story of The Gretsch Company |url=https://mmrmagazine.com/site/issue/special-report/the-once-and-future-story-of-the-gretsch-company/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Mmrmagazine.com |archive-date=May 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505121434/https://mmrmagazine.com/site/issue/special-report/the-once-and-future-story-of-the-gretsch-company/ |url-status=live }}</ref> His backing band included saxophonist [[Steve Douglas (musician)|Steve Douglas]], pianist [[Larry Knechtel]], and bassist [[Al Casey (rock guitarist)|Al Casey]].<ref name=times_5_2024/> 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.<ref>Twangin' From Phoenix To L.A.: The Jamie Years, Bear Family Records – BCD 15778</ref><ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> 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|''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. (song)|Surfin' U.S.A.]]"<ref name="AMG" />{{Unreliable source?|reason=[[WP:ALLMUSIC]]|date=May 2024}} 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]].<ref name=instrumentalreview /><ref name=soundblab>{{cite web |url=http://soundblab.com/content/content/view/id/2548 |title=Review of ''Califia: The Songs of Lee Hazlewood'' at |website=Soundblab.com |access-date=March 7, 2012 |archive-date=March 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320213631/http://soundblab.com/content/content/view/id/2548 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> This became Eddy's breakthrough hit, reaching number 6 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[record chart|chart]]. It sold over one million copies, earning him his first [[Music recording sales certification|gold disc]].<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book
| first= Joseph
| last= Murrells
| year= 1978
| title= The Book of Golden Discs
| edition= 2nd
| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd
| location= London
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| isbn= 0-214-20512-6
| url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/100
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Eddy had a succession of hit records over the next few years. His band members, including saxophonists [[Steve Douglas (musician)|Steve Douglas]] and [[Jim Horn]], and keyboard player [[Larry Knechtel]], were later members of [[Phil Spector]]'s [[The Wrecking Crew (music)|Wrecking Crew]].{{cn|date=September 2024}} According to writer [[Richie Unterberger]], "The singles, of which 'Peter Gunn', '[[Cannonball (Duane Eddy song)|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."<ref name="AMG" />{{Unreliable source?|reason=[[WP:ALLMUSIC]]|date=May 2024}} 

On January 9, 1958, Eddy's debut album, ''[[Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel]]'', was released. It reached number five on the album chart<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bsnpubs.com/philadelphia/jamie/jamie.html |title=Jamie Album Discography |website=Bsnpubs.com |date=April 5, 2014 |access-date=October 27, 2015 |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805140849/http://bsnpubs.com/philadelphia/jamie/jamie.html |url-status=live }}</ref> His biggest hit came with the theme of the movie ''[[Because They're Young]]'' in 1960,<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs" /> which featured a string arrangement. It reached a chart peak of number four in America and number two in the UK in September 1960,<ref name="AMG" />{{Unreliable source?|reason=[[WP:ALLMUSIC]]|date=May 2024}}<ref>Whitburn, Joel (1987). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'' (3rd ed.). New York: Billboard Publications, Inc. {{ISBN|0-8230-7520-6}}</ref> and became his second million-selling disc.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs" /> 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.<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> 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 (film)|Kona Coast]]'', and ''[[The Savage Seven]].''<ref name="ls" /><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/23659|title=AFI&#124;Catalog|website=Catalog.afi.com|access-date=May 2, 2024|archive-date=May 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502104349/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/23659|url-status=live}}</ref>  In 1961, he signed a three-year contract with [[Paul Anka]]'s production company, Camy, whose recordings were issued by [[RCA Victor]].<ref name="AMG" /> 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.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs" /><ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> 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.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs" /><ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> Eddy had sold 12 million records by 1963.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs" /> In 1965, he released an album of instrumental versions of [[Bob Dylan]] songs.

===1970s-80s: Solo decline, focus on production, and comeback===
In the 1970s, Eddy produced songs for [[Phil Everly]] and [[Waylon Jennings]].<ref name="CMHoF"/><ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> In 1972, he worked as lead guitarist, alongside rhythm guitarist [[Al Gorgoni]], on [[BJ Thomas]]'s "[[Rock and Roll Lullaby]]".<ref name="CMHoF"/><ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> 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]]",<ref name="CMHoF"/> featuring a female vocal group.  Eddy performed on the [[BBC]] television show "[[Top of the Pops]]" while promoting the single.<ref name="CMHoF"/>  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.<ref>{{citation |title=Duane Eddy |url=https://guitarsexchange.com/en/unplugged/730/duane-eddy/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Guitarsexchange.com |language=en |archive-date=May 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502060059/https://guitarsexchange.com/en/unplugged/730/duane-eddy/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="CMHoF"/>

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".<ref name="BB top hits 2024"/><ref name="AMG" />{{Unreliable source?|reason=[[WP:ALLMUSIC]]|date=May 2024}}<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> 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 Award|Grammy]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance|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.<ref name="lat">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/tn-dpt-xpm-2012-02-01-tn-hbi-0202-pipeline-20120130-story.html|title=In the Pipeline: After 50 years, Duane Eddy will travel|first=Chris|last=Epting|date=February 1, 2012|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=May 2, 2024|archive-date=May 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502105047/https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/tn-dpt-xpm-2012-02-01-tn-hbi-0202-pipeline-20120130-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7214/duane-eddy/|title=DUANE EDDY|date=September 11, 1958|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=May 2, 2024|archive-date=February 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209002230/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7214/duane-eddy/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The following year, the album ''Duane Eddy'' was released on [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]. Several of the tracks were produced by [[Paul McCartney]], [[Jeff Lynne]], [[Ry Cooder]] and Art of Noise.<ref name="CMHoF"/><ref name="AMG" />{{Unreliable source?|reason=[[WP:ALLMUSIC]]|date=May 2024}} Guest musicians included [[John Fogerty]],<ref name="CMHoF"/> [[George Harrison]],<ref name="CMHoF"/><ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> Paul McCartney,<ref name="CMHoF"/><ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> Ry Cooder,<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> [[James Burton]], [[David Lindley (musician)|David Lindley]], [[Phil Pickett]], [[Steve Cropper]],<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> 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===
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 (instrumental)|Pipeline]]". 
Eddy's "Rebel Rouser" was featured in 1994 in  the film ''[[Forrest Gump]]''. [[Oliver Stone]]'s ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'' used "The Trembler", a track written by Eddy and [[Ravi Shankar]]. Also 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 (band)|Foreigner]]'s 1995 hit "Until the End of Time",<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> which reached the top 10 on the [[Billboard magazine|''Billboard'']] [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|Adult Contemporary]] chart. In 1996, Eddy played guitar on [[Hans Zimmer]]'s soundtrack for the film ''[[Broken Arrow (1996 film)|Broken Arrow]]''.<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref>

In October 2010, Eddy returned to the UK for a sold-out [[Royal Festival Hall]] concert in London.<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> This success prompted an album, ''[[Road Trip (Duane Eddy album)|Road Trip]]'', for Mad Monkey/EMI, produced by [[Richard Hawley]] in Sheffield, England.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |author=Caroline Sullivan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/23/duane-eddy-richard-hawley-review |title=Duane Eddy – review &#124; Music |work=The Guardian |date=June 23, 2011 |access-date=February 3, 2013 |location=London |archive-date=August 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813014204/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/23/duane-eddy-richard-hawley-review |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> The album was released on June 20, 2011, and ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' placed it at number 37 on its list of "Top 50 albums of 2011."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://stereogum.com/894362/mojos-top-50-albums-of-2011/list/ | title=MOJO's Top 50 Albums of 2011 | website=[[Stereogum.com]] | date=December 2, 2011 | access-date=December 16, 2011 | archive-date=November 4, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104193728/http://stereogum.com/894362/mojos-top-50-albums-of-2011/list/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Eddy performed at the [[Glastonbury Festival]] on June 26, 2011.<ref name="Guardian" /><ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref>

In 2015, Eddy participated in overdubbing sessions for the [[Elvis Presley]] and [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] (RPO) remix album ''[[If I Can Dream (album)|If I Can Dream]]'', adding guitar to "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "An American Trilogy".<ref name="BB AP Elvis RPO">{{cite web |last1=The Associated Press |title=Elvis Presley Goes Orchestral on New Album |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/elvis-presley-goes-orchestral-on-new-album-6655730/ |website=Billboard |publisher=Billboard/The Associated Press |access-date=December 22, 2024 |date=August 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Elvis RPO EW 2015">{{cite web |last1=Biedenharn |first1=Isabella |title=Elvis Presley 'collaborates' with an orchestra on new album |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/08/05/elvis-presley-orchestra-new-album/ |website=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=December 22, 2024 |date=August 5, 2015}}</ref>  Eddy later expressed disappointment that some of his guitar playing was cut from the two songs, which he assumed happened because it may have interfered with the orchestral focus of the album project.<ref name="MusicRadar interview 2020">{{cite web |last1=Marten |first1=Neville |title=Duane Eddy on a legendary life: "I remember Buddy Holly said, 'I wanna try your guitar'" |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/interview-i-remember-buddy-holly-and-i-were-passing-each-other-going-to-and-from-the-stage-one-day-and-buddy-said-i-wanna-try-your-guitar-duane-eddy-on-a-legendary-life |website=MusicRadar.com |access-date=December 22, 2024 |date=November 25, 2020}}</ref>

In 2016, Eddy participated in an extensive interview with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum as part of their "Nashville Cats" series.<ref name="CMHoF"/>

For an 80th-birthday tour in 2018, Eddy returned to the UK in concerts with Liverpudlian singer-songwriter [[Robert Vincent (musician)|Robert Vincent]], performing on October 23 at the [[London Palladium]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://buildingourownnashville.com/2018/10/26/country-music-week-duane-eddy-twangs-the-london-palladium/|title=Country Music Week — Duane Eddy twangs the London Palladium|website=Buildingourownnashville.com|date=October 26, 2018|access-date=October 13, 2019|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125165636/https://buildingourownnashville.com/2018/10/26/country-music-week-duane-eddy-twangs-the-london-palladium/|url-status=live}}</ref> and October 30 at [[Bridgewater Hall]] in Manchester.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/17190995.review-duane-eddy-bridgewater-hall-manchester/|title=REVIEW: Duane Eddy, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester|website=Theargus.co.uk|date=October 31, 2018|access-date=October 13, 2019|archive-date=August 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812081515/https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/17190995.review-duane-eddy-bridgewater-hall-manchester/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2020, Eddy participated in overdubbing sessions for the [[Johnny Cash]] and RPO remix album (titled ''[[Johnny Cash and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]]''), adding guitar to the gospel song "Farther Along".<ref name="Johnny Cash RPO">{{cite web |last1=Eddy |first1=Duane |title=I’m very happy to share the news, I have finally recorded with Johnny Cash! |url=https://x.com/DuaneEddy/status/1318708450579386371 |website=Twitter.com |publisher=Twitter |access-date=December 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="MusicRadar interview 2020"></ref>  In an interview with ''Music Radar'' that year, Eddy was unsure if he would continue recording or touring after conditions related to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|coronavirus pandemic]] improved; however, he stated that he was working on a documentary and considering writing an autobiography.<ref name="MusicRadar interview 2020"></ref>

In 2024, Eddy was one of 66 musicians credited for collaborating with [[Mark Knopfler]] on a re-recording of Knopfler's “[[Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero|Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)]]".<ref name="BB top hits 2024"/> 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.<ref name="BB top hits 2024"/>  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.<ref name="BB top hits 2024"/>

==Personal life and death==
Eddy's first wife was Carol Puckett; they were married and divorced prior to 1961.<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref>  In 1961, Eddy married singer Mirriam Johnson, with whom he recorded a gospel album.<ref name=times_5_2024/> They had a daughter, Jennifer. Duane and Miriam divorced in 1968.<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> She adopted the stage name [[Jessi Colter]], became a popular country singer, and later married fellow country star Waylon Jennings.<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref>

Eddy later married Deed Abbate, with whom he collaborated on a cover of "You Are My Sunshine" in 1977.<ref name="BB obituary-style article">{{cite magazine |last1=Dailey |first1=Hannah |title=Duane Eddy, Grammy-Winning 'Rebel-Rouser' Guitarist, Dies at Age 86 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/duane-eddy-dead-1235671239/ |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Billboard/Penske Media Corporation |access-date=July 8, 2024 |date=May 1, 2024}}</ref><ref name="CMHoF"/>  In addition to his daughter with Mirriam Johnson/Jessi Colter, Eddy had three children with third wife Deed Abbate-Eddy.<ref name="BB obituary-style article"/><ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref>

Eddy died of cancer in [[Franklin, Tennessee]], on April 30, 2024, four days after his 86th birthday.<ref name="obit">{{cite web |last1=Masley |first1=Ed |title=Remembering 'Rebel Rouser' rock icon Duane Eddy, dead at 86 |url=https://eu.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/05/01/duane-eddy-obituary/73528988007/ |website=Eu.azcentral.com |access-date=1 May 2024 |archive-date=May 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501230843/https://eu.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/05/01/duane-eddy-obituary/73528988007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  Eddy was survived by his third wife Deed and his children (four, according to an obituary by ''Billboard'', or three, according to an obituary by ''[[The Guardian]]'').<ref name="BB obituary-style article"/><ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref>  ''The Guardian'' also reported that Eddy was also survived by five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref>

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.<ref name="BB obituary-style article"/><ref name="BB top hits 2024"/>

==Honors==

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.<ref name="BB top hits 2024"/> 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".<ref name="BB obituary-style article"/>

In 1994, Eddy was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/duane-eddy |title=Duane Eddy bio |website=Rockhall.com |date=April 26, 1938 |access-date=March 7, 2012 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004002215/https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/duane-eddy |url-status=live }}</ref> and he was inducted into the [[Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum]] in 2008.<ref name="rs">{{cite web |author=Daniel Kreps |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kid-rock-keith-richards-help-induct-crickets-muscle-shoals-into-musicians-hall-of-fame-20081029 |title=Kid Rock, Keith Richards Help Induct Crickets, Muscle Shoals into Musicians Hall of Fame |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=October 29, 2008 |access-date=June 14, 2013 |archive-date=October 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008041851/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kid-rock-keith-richards-help-induct-crickets-muscle-shoals-into-musicians-hall-of-fame-20081029 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guitar greats make an impression |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/381290148 |access-date=2 May 2024 |work=Buffalo News |date=28 September 1997 |location=Buffalo, NY |archive-date=May 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502202521/https://www.proquest.com/docview/381290148 |id={{ProQuest|381290148}} |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2000, at the [[Ryman Auditorium]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], the title "Titan of Twang" was bestowed upon Eddy by mayor [[Bill Purcell (mayor)|Bill Purcell]].<ref name="ls">{{cite web |last1=Lewry |first1=Fraser |title=Rock'n'roll pioneer and 'Titan of Twang' Duane Eddy dead at 86 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/duane-eddy-rip |website=Loudersound.com |access-date=2 May 2024 |date=2 May 2024 |archive-date=May 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502085659/https://www.loudersound.com/news/duane-eddy-rip |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2004, Eddy was presented with the ''[[Guitar Player Magazine]]'' "Legend Award".<ref name="gp">{{cite magazine |last=Gress |first=Jesse |date=June 2012 |title=10 Things You Gotta Do to Play DUANE EDDY |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1017880183 |magazine=Guitar Player |location=New York |volume=46 |issue=6 |access-date=2 May 2024 |archive-date=May 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502202435/https://www.proquest.com/docview/1017880183 |id={{ProQuest|1017880183}} |url-status=live }}</ref> He was the second recipient of the award, the first having been presented to [[Les Paul]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

==Legacy==
Among those who have acknowledged Eddy's influence are [[George Harrison]],<ref name="AMG" />{{Unreliable source?|reason=[[WP:ALLMUSIC]]|date=May 2024}} [[Dave Davies]], [[Hank Marvin]],<ref name="AMG" />{{Unreliable source?|reason=[[WP:ALLMUSIC]]|date=May 2024}} [[the Ventures]],<ref name=prown>Prown, Pete; Newquist, H.P; and Eiche, Jon F. (1997). ''Legends of Rock Guitar'', pp. 21–22. Hal Leonard Corporation. {{ISBN|0-7935-4042-9}}.</ref><ref name="CMHoF"/> [[John Entwistle]],<ref name=prown /> [[Bruce Springsteen]],<ref name="BBCinf">{{cite web | title='King of Twang' guitarist Duane Eddy dies at 86 | website=BBC News | date=2 May 2024 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68940716 | access-date=2 May 2024 | archive-date=May 2, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502045748/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68940716 | url-status=live }}</ref> [[John Fogerty]],<ref name=BBCinf/> [[Adrian Belew]], [[Bill Nelson (musician)|Bill Nelson]], [[Mark Knopfler]], [[Steve Earle]],<ref name="CMHoF"/> [[Marty Stuart]],<ref name="CMHoF"/> and [[Ben Vaughn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.benvaughn.com/bio/|title=BIO|website=Benvaughn.com|access-date=October 27, 2017|archive-date=December 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205143737/http://www.benvaughn.com/bio|url-status=dead}}</ref>  Eddy's playing inspired some of the lead guitar playing on Springsteen's 1975 hit "[[Born to Run (song)|Born to Run]]".<ref name="CMHoF"/>

In the 1990s, Eddy's songs appeared in the soundtracks of popular films including ''[[Forrest Gump]]'', ''Natural Born Killers'', ''Broken Arrow'', ''[[Milk Money (film)|Milk Money]]'', and ''[[Scream 2]]''.<ref name="CMHoF"/>

==Signature guitars==
Eddy's favored guitar was a 1957 Chet Atkins [[Gretsch 6120]] guitar that he bought at Ziggie's Music in Phoenix, Arizona in 1957.<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> He traded in an early 1950s gold top [[Gibson Les Paul Standard]] guitar for it,<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> plus monthly payments of $17.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celebrityrockstarguitars.com/rock/eddy.htm |title=Duane Eddy |website=Celebrityrockstarguitars.com |access-date=December 7, 2013 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233707/http://www.celebrityrockstarguitars.com/rock/eddy.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 1959's ''[[The "Twangs" the "Thang"]]'' LP he also used a [[Danelectro]] six-string bass.<ref name=Reverb>{{cite web |url=https://reverb.com/uk/news/interview-duane-eddy-bacons-archive |title=Twagin' the Golden Days |date=April 25, 2019 |author=Tony Bacon |website=Reverb.com |access-date=May 1, 2024 |archive-date=May 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501210900/https://reverb.com/uk/news/interview-duane-eddy-bacons-archive |url-status=live }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/five-reasons-duane-eddy-is-a-guitar-legend |title=Five Reasons Duane Eddy is a Guitar Legend |date=19 October 2021 |journal=Guitar Player |access-date=May 1, 2024 |archive-date=May 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501211438/https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/five-reasons-duane-eddy-is-a-guitar-legend |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 (guitar company)|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.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/duane-eddy-you-use-the-technology-and-dont-let-it-use-you-i-cant-get-that-through-to-people |journal=Music Radar |title=Duane Eddy: "You use the technology and don't let it use you. I can't get that through to people" |author=Matt Parker |date=29 October 2018 |access-date=May 1, 2024 |archive-date=May 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501211749/https://www.musicradar.com/news/duane-eddy-you-use-the-technology-and-dont-let-it-use-you-i-cant-get-that-through-to-people |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Awards==
* Number One World Musical Personality in the ''[[NME]]'' Poll (UK: 1960)<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/the-day-the-music-died-nme-goes-free-after-63-years-with-vintage-video-1817066 |newspaper=Yorkshire Post |title=The day the music died |author=David Behrens |date=6 Jul 2015 |access-date=May 1, 2024 |archive-date=May 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501212137/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/the-day-the-music-died-nme-goes-free-after-63-years-with-vintage-video-1817066 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[29th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy]] Winner – [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance|Best Rock Instrumental]] – "Peter Gunn"  (1986)<ref name="lat" />
* Grammy Nomination – Best Country Instrumental – (''Doc Watson'' album) (1992)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Dailey |first1=Hannah |title=Duane Eddy, Grammy-Winning 'Rebel-Rouser' Guitarist, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/duane-eddy-dead-1235671239/ |access-date=2 May 2024 |magazine=Billboard |date=1 May 2024 |archive-date=May 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502170801/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/duane-eddy-dead-1235671239/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] Member (1994)
* [[Rockwalk]] Induction (1997)<ref>{{cite news |title=Guitar greats make an impression |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/381290148 |access-date=2 May 2024 |work=Buffalo News |date=28 September 1997 |location=Buffalo, NY |archive-date=May 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502202521/https://www.proquest.com/docview/381290148 |id={{ProQuest|381290148}} |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Presented with "Chetty" award by [[Chet Atkins]] (2000){{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
* ''[[Guitar Player Magazine]]'' Legend Award (2004)<ref name="gp" />
* Musicians Hall of Fame Member (2008)<ref name="rs" />
* ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' Icon Award (UK: 2010)<ref>{{cite news |title=Page, Eddy and Thompson honoured at Mojo awards |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/page-eddy-thompson-honoured-mojo-1912771 |access-date=2 May 2024 |work=Wales Online |date=11 June 2010 |archive-date=May 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502150619/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/page-eddy-thompson-honoured-mojo-1912771 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Discography==
{{More citations needed section|date=May 2024}}
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="3" style="width:3em;" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="3" | Album
! scope="col" colspan="4" | Peak chart positions
! rowspan="3" style="width:3em;" |Label and stereo catalogue reference
! rowspan="3" |Notes
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:5em;font-size:75%;" | [[Billboard 200|US Billboard]]<br/>
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:5em;font-size:75%;" | [[Cashbox (magazine)|US Cashbox<br/>Mono]]<ref name="HoffmannAlbums">{{cite book |last1=Hoffmann |first1=Frank |last2=Albert |first2=George |year=1988 |title=The Cash Box Album Charts, 1955-1974 |location=Metuchen, New Jersey |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |page=110 |isbn=0810820056}}</ref>
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:5em;font-size:75%;" | [[Cashbox (magazine)|US Cashbox<br/>Stereo]]<ref name="HoffmannAlbums"/>
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:5em;font-size:75%;" | [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first= David|last= Roberts|year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 178| title-link= British Hit Singles &lbums
}}</ref>
|-
! 1958
|''[[Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tony50.tripod.com/htgwt.html |title=Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel |website=Tony50.tripod.com |access-date=March 7, 2012 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314102659/http://tony50.tripod.com/htgwt.html |url-status=live }}</ref>||align=center|5<ref name="BB top hits 2024"/><ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref>||align=center|3||align=center|—||align=center|6||[[Jamie Records|Jamie]] JLPS-3000||<small>''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.''<br /> Note: It is very likely that so-called "original" version white letter covers do not exist.</small> 
|-
! rowspan=2| 1959
|''[[Especially for You (Duane Eddy album)|Especially for You]]'' ||align=center|24||align=center|13||align=center|—||align=center|6||Jamie JLPS-3006||
|-
|''[[The "Twangs" the "Thang"]]''||align=center|18<ref name=JWT-Twangs-Thang>{{cite book|title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums|publisher=Billboard Books|author=Joel Whitburn|year=1995|page=100|isbn=0823076318}}</ref>||align=center|14||align=center|36||align=center|2||Jamie JLPS-3009||
|-
! 1960
|''Songs of Our Heritage''||align=center|—||align=center|38||align=center|—||align=center|13||Jamie JLPS-3011||<small>''Original copies featured gatefold covers, later replaced with regular covers. Also pressed in limited quantities of red vinyl and blue vinyl.''</small>
|-
! 1961
|''Girls! Girls! Girls!''||align=center|93||align=center|29||align=center|—||align=center|—||Jamie JLPS-3019||<small>''Front cover features photos of Duane Eddy with [[Brenda Lee]] and [[Annette Funicello]]''</small>
|-
! rowspan=3| 1962
|''Twistin' with Duane Eddy''||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||Jamie JLPS-3022||
|-
|''Twistin' 'N' Twangin{{'}}''||align=center|82||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|8||[[RCA Records|RCA]] LSP-2525||
|-
|''Twangy Guitar – Silky Strings'' ||align=center|72||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|13||RCA LSP-2576||
|-
! rowspan=4| 1963
|''Duane Eddy & The Rebels – In Person'' (a.k.a. ''Surfin{{'}}'')||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||Jamie JLPS-3024||
|-
|''Dance with the Guitar Man''||align=center|47||align=center|30||align=center|—||align=center|14||RCA LSP-2648||
|-
|''"Twang" a Country Song''||align=center|—||align=center|63||align=center|—||align=center|—||RCA LSP-2681||
|-
|''"Twangin'" Up a Storm!''||align=center|93||align=center|82||align=center|—||align=center|—||RCA LSP-2700||
|-
! 1964
|''Lonely Guitar''||align=center|144||align=center|66||align=center|—||align=center|—||RCA LSP-2798||<small>Entered the [[Billboard 200]] on 16 May 1964<ref name="Lonely Guitar time of release evidence">{{cite web |last1=Billboard Media, LLC |title=Billboard 200 album chart, 16 May 1964 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1964-05-16/ |website=billboard.com |publisher=Billboard Media, LLC |access-date=6 March 2025}}</ref></small>
|-
! rowspan=5| 1965
|''Water Skiing''||align=center|—||align=center|69||align=center|29||align=center|—||RCA LSP-2918||
|-
|''Twangin' the Golden Hits''||align=center|—||align=center|82||align=center|—||align=center|—||RCA LSP-2993||
|-
|''Twangsville''||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||RCA LSP-3432||<small>Record sleeve copyright dated 23 July 1965<ref name="Evidence, month of release, Twangsville">{{cite journal |last1=Library of Congress. Copyright Office |title=Third Series. Part 11B: Commercial Prints and Labels Jan-Dec 1965: Vol 19 No 1-2 |journal=Catalog of Copyright Entries |date=1965 |volume=19 |issue=1 |page=115 |url=https://ia801301.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/9/items/catalogofcop196531911libr/catalogofcop196531911libr_jp2.zip&file=catalogofcop196531911libr_jp2/catalogofcop196531911libr_0143.jp2&id=catalogofcop196531911libr&scale=2&rotate=0 |access-date=7 March 2025 |issn=0041-7823 |quote="Twangsville; Duane Eddy; LSP-3432. Record sleeve. © 23Jul65; KK189219."}}</ref></small>
|-
|''Duane-a-Go-Go''||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||[[Colpix Records|Colpix]] CPS-490||
|-
|''Duane Eddy Does Bob Dylan''||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||Colpix CPS-494||
|-
! 1966
|''The Biggest Twang of All''||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||[[Reprise Records|Reprise]] RS-6218||
|-
! rowspan=2| 1967
|''The Roaring Twangies''||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||Reprise RS-6240||
|-
|''Tokyo Hits''||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||Reprise||<small>Japan only release</small>
|- cover.
! 1987
|''Duane Eddy & The Rebels''||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||[[Capitol Records|Capitol]] ST-12567 ||
|-
! 2011
|''[[Road Trip (Duane Eddy album)|Road Trip]]''||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|—||align=center|116||Mad Monkey/EMI MAD1||
|-
|colspan="7 style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

===Compilations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !!Title !! [[Billboard 200|US<br />Billboard]]!![[Cashbox Magazine|US<br />Cashbox<br />Mono]]<br /><ref name="HoffmannAlbums"/>!![[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>!!Label and stereo catalogue reference!!Notes
|-
! 1960
|''[[$1,000,000 Worth of Twang]]''||align=center|10<ref name=JW1M>{{cite book|title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums|publisher=Billboard Books|author=Joel Whitburn|year=1995|page=100|isbn=0823076318}}</ref>||align=center|38||align=center|5||Jamie JLPS-3014||
|-
! 1962
|''$1,000,000.00 Worth of Twang, Volume 2''||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|18||Jamie JLPS-3021||
|-
! 1964
|''16 Greatest Hits''||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||Jamie JLPS-3026||
|-
! 1965
|''The Best of Duane Eddy''||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||RCA LSP-3477||
|-
! 1975
|''Guitar Man''||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||GTO GTLP 002||
|-
! rowspan=2| 1978
|''Pure Gold''||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||RCA ANL1-2671||
|-
|''Twenty Terrific Twangies''||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||RCA ||
|-
! rowspan=2| 1986
|''Compact Command Performances''||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||Motown WD72547||
|-
|''21 Greatest Hits''||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||Motown||
|-
! 1991
|''Twangy Peaks''||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||EMI CDP 7965572 ||
|-
|-
! 1993
|''Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology''||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||Rhino R2-71223 ||
|-
! 1994
| ''Twangin' from Phoenix To L.A.''||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||Bear Family Records/BCD 15778 EK||
|-
! 1996
|''Ghostrider''||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||Curb D2-77801 ||
|-
! 2013
|''Complete UK Hits: 1958–62''||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|-||Peaksoft PEA016||
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | '''Source:'''<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Richie |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/duane-eddy-mn0000171637 |title=Duane Eddy – Music Biography, Credits and Discography |website=AllMusic |date=April 26, 1938 |access-date=February 2, 2013 |archive-date=March 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314174154/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/duane-eddy-mn0000171637 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=[[WP:ALLMUSIC]]|date=May 2024}}
|}

===Singles===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Year !!rowspan="2"|Titles<br /><small>Both sides from same album except where indicated</small> !!colspan="5"|Chart positions !!rowspan="2"|Album
|-
!<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US <br />Billboard]]</small><br /><ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|year=2003|title=Top Pop Singles 1955–2002|edition=1st|publisher=Record Research Inc.|location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|isbn=0-89820-155-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/218 218]|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/218}}</ref><ref name="BB top hits 2024"/> !!<small>[[Cashbox Magazine|US <br />Cashbox]]</small><br /><ref>{{cite book |last=Hoffmann |first=Frank |year=1983 |title=The Cash Box Singles Chart, 1950-1981 |location=Metuchen, New Jersey |publisher=[[The Scarecrow Press]] |pages=186–187 |isbn=0810815958}}</ref> !![[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref>{{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |title=Australian Chart Book 1940–1969 |title-link=Kent Music Report |publisher=Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. |year=2005 |page=62 |isbn=0-646-44439-5 |author-link=David Kent (historian)}}</ref>!![[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="betts">{{cite book| first= Graham| last= Betts| year=2004| title= Complete UK Hit Singles 1952–2004| edition= 1st|publisher= Collins| location= London| isbn= 0-00-717931-6| page=248}}</ref>!![[CHUM Chart|CAN]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?artist=8507|title=CHUM Charts 1958-1963|access-date=May 3, 2024|archive-date=July 16, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716101625/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?artist=8507|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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! 1955
| "I Want Some Lovin'"<br /><small>b/w "Soda Fountain Girl"<br />(Credited to "Jimmy & Duane with Buddy Long & The Western Melody Boys")</small> || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center| Non-LP tracks
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! rowspan=4| 1958
| "Moovin' n' Groovin'"<br /><small>b/w "Up and Down" (From ''$1,000,000 Worth of Twang, Volume II'')</small> || align=center|72|| align=center|54 || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|- || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|''Have "Twangy" Guitar Will Travel''
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| "[[Rebel-'Rouser]]"<br /><small>b/w "Stalkin'"</small> || align=center|6|| align=center|7|| align=center|9|| align=center|19|| align=center|8
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| "[[Ramrod (Duane Eddy song)|Ramrod]]"<br /><small>b/w "The Walker" (Non-LP. Eddy does not appear on the track)</small> || align=center|27|| align=center|33|| align=center|90|| align=center|-||align=center|7
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| "[[Cannonball (Duane Eddy song)|Cannonball]]"<br /><small>b/w "Mason Dixon Lion" (Non-LP track)</small> || align=center|15|| align=center|16|| align=center|52|| align=center|22|| align=center|7
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! rowspan=7| 1959
| "The Lonely One"<br /><small>b/w "Detour"</small> || align=center|23|| align=center|19|| align=center|47/45|| align=center|-|| align=center|8 
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| "[[Peter Gunn (song)|Peter Gunn]]"<br /><small>b/w "Yep!"</small> || style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|<small>(''see 1960'')</small>|| align=center|6|| align=center|2 || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|''Especially for You''
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| "[[Yep!]]"<br /><small>b/w "Three-30-Blues" (from ''Have "Twangy" Guitar Will Travel'')</small> || align=center|30|| align=center|27|| align=center|46 || align=center|17|| align=center|12 
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| "[[Forty Miles of Bad Road]]" / || align=center|9|| align=center|10|| align=center|11 || align=center|11|| align=center|4 ||style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|''$1,000,000 Worth of Twang''
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| "The Quiet Three" || align=center|46||align=center|68|| align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|-
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| "[[Some Kind-a Earthquake]]" / || align=center|37|| align=center|28|| align=center|32|| align=center|12|| align=center|21
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| "First Love, First Tears" || align=center|59|| align=center|75|| align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|21
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! rowspan=5| 1960
| "[[My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean|Bonnie Came Back]]"<br /><small>b/w "Lost Island" (Non-LP track)</small> || align=center|26|| align=center|20|| align=center|15|| align=center|12|| align=center|15
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| "[[Shazam! (Duane Eddy song)|Shazam!]]"<br /><small>b/w "The Secret Seven" (Non-LP track)</small> || align=center|45|| align=center|41|| align=center|21|| align=center|4 || align=center|26|| align=center|''Duane Eddy's 16 Greatest Hits''
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| "[[Because They're Young (song)|Because They're Young]]"<br /><small>b/w "Rebel Walk" (from ''The "Twangs" The "Thang"'')</small> || align=center|4|| align=center|3||align=center|6|| align=center|2 || align=center|5|| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|''$1,000,000 Worth of Twang''
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| "[[Kommotion (song)|Kommotion]]"<br /><small>b/w "Theme for Moon Children"</small> || align=center|78|| align=center|39||align=center|40|| align=center|13|| align=center|27
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| "[[Peter Gunn (song)|Peter Gunn]]"<br /><small>b/w "[[Along the Navajo Trail (song)|Along the Navajo Trail]]"</small> || align=center|27|| align=center|26 || align=center|2 || align=center|<small>(''see 1959'')</small> || align=center|30|| align=center|''Especially For You''
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! rowspan=7| 1961
| "[[Pepe (song)|Pepe]]"<br /><small>b/w "Lost Friend"</small> || align=center|18|| align=center|19|| align=center|29 || align=center|2|| align=center|17|| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|''$1,000,000 Worth of Twang, Volume II''
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| "[[Dixie (song)|Theme from Dixie]]" / || align=center|39|| align=center|37||align=center|21|| align=center|7|| align=center|37
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| "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" || align=center|101|| align=center|-|| align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|-
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| "[[Ring of Fire (Duane Eddy song)|Ring of Fire]]"<br /><small>b/w "Bobbie" (from ''$1,000,000 Worth of Twang, Volume II'')</small> || align=center|84|| align=center|57|| align=center|27 || align=center|17 || align=center|-|| style="text-align:center;"|Non-LP track
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| "Drivin' Home"<br /><small>b/w "[[Tammy (song)|Tammy]]" (from ''Girls! Girls! Girls!'')</small> || align=center|87|| align=center|69|| align=center|43|| align=center|30 || align=center|-|| align=center|''$1,000,000 Worth of Twang, Volume II''
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| "[[My Blue Heaven (song)|My Blue Heaven]]"<br /><small>b/w "Along Came Linda" (from ''Especially for You'')</small> || align=center|50|| align=center|81|| align=center|62 ||align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|''The "Twangs" the "Thang"''
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| "[[Caravan (Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington song)|Caravan]]" (Part 1)<br /><small>b/w "Caravan" (Part 2)</small> || align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|42 || align=center|-|| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Non-LP tracks
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! rowspan=7| 1962
| "The Avenger"<br /><small>b/w "[[Londonderry Air]]"</small> || align=center|101|| align=center|-|| align=center|60|| align=center|-|| align=center|-
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| "Moanin' 'n' Twistin'"<br /> || align=center|18|| align=center|19|| align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|''Twistin' 'n' Twangin{{'}}''
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| "The Battle"<br /><small>b/w "Trambone"</small> || align=center|114||align=center|100||align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|''The "Twangs" the "Thang"''
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| "[[Deep in the Heart of Texas]]"<br /><small>b/w "Saints and Sinners" (Non-LP track)</small> || align=center|78|| align=center|83|| align=center|38|| align=center|19 || align=center|-|| align=center|''The Best of Duane Eddy''
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| "Runaway Pony"<br /><small>b/w "Just Because" (from ''Especially for You'')</small> || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center| – || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|Non-LP track, Final Jamie Records single
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| "[[The Ballad of Paladin]]"<br /><small>b/w "The Wild Westerners" (Non-LP track)</small> || align=center|33|| align=center|48|| align=center|15|| align=center|10 || align=center|9|| align=center|''The Best of Duane Eddy''
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| "[[(Dance with the) Guitar Man]]"<br /><small>b/w "Stretchin' Out" (Non-LP track)</small> || align=center|12|| align=center|11|| align=center|-|| align=center|4 || align=center|2|| align=center|''Dance with the Guitar Man''
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! rowspan=3| 1963
| "Boss Guitar"<br /><small>b/w "The Desert Rat" (Non-LP track)</small> || align=center|28|| align=center|30|| align=center|13|| align=center|27 || align=center|5|| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|''The Best of Duane Eddy''
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| "Lonely Boy, Lonely Guitar"<br /><small>b/w "Joshin'" (Non-LP track)</small> || align=center|82||align=center|76||align=center|52||align=center|35|| align=center|-
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| "Your Baby's Gone Surfin"<br /><small>b/w "Shuckin'" (Non-LP track)</small> || align=center|93|| align=center|82|| align=center|46|| align=center|49|| align=center|-
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! rowspan="4"|1964
| "The Son of Rebel Rouser"<br /><small>b/w "The Story of Three Loves"</small> || align=center|97|| align=center|90|| align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|Non-LP tracks
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| "Guitar Child"<br /><small>b/w "Jerky Jalopy" (Non-LP track)</small> || align=center|- || align=center| – || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|''Twangin' Up a Storm''
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| "Water Skiing"<br /><small>b/w "Theme from 'A Summer Place'" (from Twangin' the Golden Hits)</small> || align=center|- || align=center| – || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|- || align=center|''Water Skiing''
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| "Guitar Star"<br /><small>b/w "The Iguana"</small> || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|-|| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Non-LP tracks
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! rowspan="3"|1965
| "Moon Shot"<br /><small>b/w "Roughneck"</small> || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|- || align=center|- 
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| "Trash"<br /><small>b/w "South Phoenix"</small> || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|''Duane a Go-Go''
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| "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"<br /><small>b/w "[[The House of the Rising Sun]]"</small> || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|-||align=center|''Duane Eddy Does Bob Dylan''
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! rowspan="2"|1966
| "El Rancho Grande"<br /><small>b/w "Papa's Movin' On (I'm Movin' On)"</small> || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|-||align=center|Non-LP tracks
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| "Daydream"<br /><small>b/w "This Guitar Was Made for Twangin'"</small> || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|''The Biggest Twang of Them All''
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! rowspan="2"|1967
| "Roarin'"<br /><small>b/w "Monsoon" (Non-LP track)</small> || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|''The Roarin' Twangies''
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| "Guitar on My Mind"<br /><small>b/w "Wicked Woman from Wickenburg"</small> (from ''The Roarin' Twangies'')<br /><small>(Credited to "Duane and Miriam Eddy")</small> || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|-|| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="12"|Non-LP tracks
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! rowspan="2"|1968
| "There Is a Mountain"<br /><small>b/w "This Town"</small> || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|- || align=center|-
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| "The Satin Hours"<br /><small>b/w "Niki Hoeky"</small> || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|- || align=center|-
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! 1969
| "Break My Mind"<br /><small>b/w "Lovingbird"</small> || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|-
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! rowspan="2"|1970
| "Freight Train"<br /><small>b/w "Put a Little Love in Your Heart"</small> || align=center|110||align=center|95|| align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|93<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6118.pdf|title=RPM Top 100 Singles - February 7, 1970|access-date=May 3, 2024|archive-date=May 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513002704/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6118.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.78525912.pdf| title=RPM Top 50 Adult - February 14, 1970}}</ref>}}
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| "Something"<br /><small>b/w "The Five-Seventeen"</small> || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|-
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! 1972
| "Renegade"<br /><small>b/w "Nightly News"</small> || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|-
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! rowspan="3"|1975
| "[[Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar]]"<br /><small>b/w "Blue Montana Sky"</small> || align=center|-|| align=center|- || align=center|- ||align=center|9|| align=center|-
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| "The Man With The Gold Guitar"<br /><small>b/w "Mark of Zorro"</small> || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|- || align=center|-
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| "Love Confusion"<br /><small>b/w "Love is a Warm Emotion"</small> || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|- || align=center|-
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! 1976
| "You Are My Sunshine"<br /><small>b/w "From 8 to 7"</small> || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|- || align=center|-
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! 1986
| "[[Peter Gunn (song)|Peter Gunn]]" (with [[Art of Noise]])<br /><small>b/w "Something Always Happens" (The Art of Noise)</small> || align=center|50||align=center|49|| align=center|- ||align=center|8|| align=center|-
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! 1987
| "Spies"<br /><small>b/w "Rockabilly Holiday"</small> || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|- || align=center|-|| align=center|-|| align=center|''Duane Eddy''
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|colspan="8” style="font-size:90%" align=“center”| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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==Film appearances==
* ''[[Because They're Young]]'' (1960)<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs" />
* ''[[A Thunder of Drums]]'' (1961)<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs" />
* ''[[The Wild Westerners]]'' (1962)<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs" />
* ''[[The Savage Seven]]'' (1968)<ref name="ls" />
*''[[Kona Coast (film)|Kona Coast]]'' (1968)<ref name="auto"/>

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=nb}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* 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.

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{AllMusic}}
* {{IMDb name|0248885}}
* [http://tony50.tripod.com/deddydisc.html Discography at Duane Eddy tribute page]
* {{Discogs artist|Duane Eddy}}
* [http://rockabillynblues.blogspot.com/2016/05/duane-eddy-part-2-more-rockabilly-n.html Career overview radio interview]
* [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/duane-eddy Duane Eddy Interview] at [[NAMM Oral History Program|NAMM Oral History Collection]] (2009)

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