Wayne Cochran Lyrics

Wayne Cochran (Thomaston, Georgia, U.S., 1939 – November 21, 2017) was an American soul singer, known for his outlandish outfits and white pompadour hairstyle. He is sometimes referred to as The White Knight of Soul.Influenced by the country and rhythm and blues music he heard on the radio, Cochran fronted his first band - a group called the Rockin' Capris - as a teenager, and eventually left high school to pursue music as a full-time career. He relocated to Macon, Georgia, where he befriended the soul singer Otis Redding (playing bass guitar on Redding's early recording of "Shout Bamalama" and its B-side, "Fat Girl") and recorded his first single, "The Coo", which attracted the attention of Ki... read more