Located about 12 miles west of Eddie Cochran's birthplace, the Tail Fins Malt Shop features the Eddie Cochran Room.

A local artist creates the prints for the Eddie Cochran Festival every year, and those prints (along with various other Eddie Cochran memorabilia) are displayed at this malt shop.

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Early rock and roll legend Eddie Cochran ("Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody") was born and raised in Albert Lea, MN.

The Freeborn County Historical Society Museum has a permanent Eddie Cochran exhibit that includes gold records, vintage 45s and 78s, memorabilia, photos, and a pair of Eddie's leather pants from his English tour.

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The cover of Bob Dylan's 1964 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan was shot at Jones Street and West 4th St in NYC. The cover photo, shot by Don Huntstein, features a then 22-year-old Dylan walk/cuddling with artist Suze Rotollo, his girlfriend from 1961 to 1964.

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Metallica bassist Cliff Burton died here in Sweden during a European tour in 1986. Burton was asleep in his bunk when the tour bus driver lost control. Burton was flung through the window and crushed under the flipped bus. The driver claimed to have hit a patch of black ice and didn't have any charges brought against him for the accident.

In 2006, on the twentieth anniversary of his death, a memorial stone in rural Sweden near Ljungby was erected near a roadside cafe across the street from the site of the accident.

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U2's live album Live from Boston 1981 was recorded at the Paradise Rock Club (at the time the Paradise Theater) on March 6, 1981 during their Boy Tour.

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