Talk:Duane Eddy

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I think that Duane Eddy's highest Billboard Chart position was "Peter Gunn" in 1986 and not "Because they're young". Although, "Peter Gunn" was credited to "The Art Of Noise Featuring Duane Eddy" and not Duany Eddy alone. Ds77 07:56, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Correction: Because They're Young reached number 4 on Billboard's chart. Peter Gunn reached number 6 in Great Britain, and unfortunately, only number 50 in the States, due to lack of record company promotion. However, Peter Gunn held the number 1 dance track position in the Rolling Stone Magazine charts for nearly two months.

New Wikipedia user who is taking course on Electronic Music (E-145 @ Harvard) trying to discover what made Duane Eddy's sound so unique. How did he do it? I just turned 60, I remember the sound and the impact it made. Please help?

I seem to remember hearing an interview with Eddy, in which he said that early recording technology was better at recording bass guitars, so he tried using bass strings on his lead guitar, and that was the basis of the sound. --DuncanHill 19:13, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POVdectomy

What is a POV to the uninitiated please? Yes, this article needs a large one as it hase a large POV! Also a lot of the glowing terms should be excised.--Light current 15:56, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations. This article has the most over the top, POV opening sentence I've read so far. --djrobgordon 22:21, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

And so... I'll change it. Whoever wrote it, I'm sorry, but you're a dick.

[edit] This article is currently a mess

Parts are very good, others average, but some - particularly the discography - are a shambles in design, styling and content. Duane Eddy is not my specialist subject, but I have effected some basic changes. Can someone improve this further ?

Derek R Bullamore 20:29, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Hopefully, this last update will help. The fan club info and discography are not necessary. The basic points regarding career are what is needed here. (ShannonBrown 16:22, 24 March 2007 (UTC))

I think that a full discography is necessary. In most articles about artists the discography has it's own article, and a selected discography in the article about the artist. Kankkis (talk) 07:59, 9 May 2008 (UTC)