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Wayne Cochran

Wayne Cochran has been played on NTS shows including The Gaza Strip, with Harlem Shuffle first played on 27 April 2018.

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…

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No Return
Wayne Cochran
Gala Records1962
No Return
Wayne CochranGala Records1962
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Goin' Back To Miami
Wayne Cochran
Mercury1966
Goin' Back To Miami
Wayne CochranMercury1966
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Last Kiss
Wayne Cochran
Gala Records1961
Last Kiss
Wayne CochranGala Records1961
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Harlem Shuffle
Wayne Cochran
King Records1970
Harlem Shuffle
Wayne CochranKing Records1970
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