He had turned 86 last week.
His next hit, featuring Eddys signature late-50s Chet Atkins Gretsch 6120, would change the game.
Eddy often was backed by The Rebels during his career heyday, when instrumentals flooded the pop charts.
Duane Eddy in the 1960sGAB Archive/Redferns
The Trashmen famously incorporated that song into the hook of their hit Surfin Bird the following year.
another track from the movie hitting No.
Eddy was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2008.
Duane Eddy in 1958Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
His debut LP in the States,Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel, reached No.
5 on the Billboard 200, but subsequent albums missed the Top 10.
His 1960 compilation set$1,000,000.00 Worth of Twang,reached No.
A box set,Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology, was released in 1993.
I had a distinctive sound that people could recognize, and I stuck pretty much with that.
A lot of guys are more skillful than I am with the guitar.
A lot of it is over my head.
But some of it is not what I want to hear out of the guitar.
Eddy recorded only sporadically after 1960s.
Along with his wife, Eddy is survived by four children, five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
