Eddie Cochran
Various - Go, Johnny Go!
Various - Go, Johnny Go! (1959)
Side One
1. Go, Johnny Go! (Johnny B. Goode) - Chuck Berry
2. I'll Take A Long Time - Jimmy Clanton
3. Jump Children - The Flamingos
4. Angel Face - Jimmy Clanton
5. Don't Be Afraid To Love - Harvey
6. Mama Can I Go Out - Jo Ann Campbell
7. Teenage Heaven - Eddie Cochran
8. Playmates - Sandy Stewart
9. My Love Is Strong - Jimmy Clanton
Side Two
1. Memphis Tennessee - Chuck Berry
2. Jay Walker - The Cadillacs
3. You Better Know It - Jackie Wilson
4. Please Mr. Johnson - The Cadillacs
5. Heavenly Father - Sandy Stewart
6. Little Queenie - Chuck Berry
7. Ooh My Head - Ritchie Valens
8. Ship On A Stormy Sea - Jimmy Clanton
Personnel On Teenage Heaven Include:
Eddie Cochran - vocal, guitar
Mike Henderson - saxophone
Mike Deasy - saxophone
Jim Stivers - piano
Dave Shriver - electric bass
Gene Riggio - drums
Notes:
Go, Johnny Go! was a Hal Roach Studios production starring disc jockey Alan Freed and a host of rock stars from the late 50s including Eddie Cochran backed up by The Kelly Four (aka The Hollywood Swingers).
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Teenage Heaven / I Remember
Liberty Records F-55177 (1959)
Side One
1. Teenage Heaven
Side Two
1. I Remember
In June of 1959, the rock 'n' roll movie "Go Johnny Go!" was released in the U.S.
"Go, Johnny Go!" was a Hal Roach Studios production starring disc jockey Alan Freed and a host of rock stars from the late 50s including Eddie Cochran backed up by The Kelly Four (aka The Hollywood Swingers).
Alan Freed plays a talent scout searching for a future rock and roll star. Co-starring in the film are Jimmy Clanton, Sandy Stewart, and Chuck Berry. The film has also been released as "Johnny Melody", "The Swinging Story" and "The Swinging Story of Johnny Melody".
Eddie Cochran is one of the 50s rock stars who appears in the film, lip-syncing the song "Teenage Heaven" which he recorded with his backup band The Kelly Four, aka The Hollywood Swingers. "Teenage Heaven" version #1 was recorded on three track stereo. Unfortunately the master tapes were subsequently erased. The song "I Remember" was also to be included in the movie but was eventually left out. Both songs were released as a doubled sided single and "Teenage Heaven" was included on the album ""Eddie Cochran - 12 Of His Biggest Hits" re-titled "The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album" after his death in a car crash while on tour in England in April of 1960.
Personnel on "Teenage Heaven" included:
Eddie Cochran - vocal, guitar
Mike Henderson - tenor saxophone
Mike Deasy - baritone saxophone
Jim Stivers - piano
Dave Shriver - electric bass
Gene Riggio - drums
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Eddie's Blues / Chicken Shot Blues / Milk Cow Blues
Liberty Records [unreleased] (1959)
Tracks Recorded
1. Eddie's Blues
2. Chicken Shot Blues
3. Milk Cow Blues
Personnel Include:
Eddie Cochran - vocal, guitar, guitar overdubs
Mike Deasy - rhythm guitar
Jim Stivers - piano
Dave Shriver - bass
Guybo Smith - bass
Gene Riggio - drums
Notes:
These three tracks were recorded August 25, 1959 at Goldstar Studios, Hollywood, CA. Tracks one and two were instrumentals. Track three is an Eddie vocal. None of these songs were released prior to Eddie's death. "Eddie's Blues" would eventually be issued in the UK in 1964 on the "My Way" LP (Liberty LBY 1205) and then as a single in 1967 (Liberty 10276). "Milk Cow Blues" was also included on the "My Way" album. "Chicken Shot Blues" will first be released on the "Words And Music" LP in 1982 (Rockstar RSR 1005).
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Have An Apple Dearie aka Big Red Apple
Eddie Cochran - Have An Apple Dearie aka Big Red Apple
[unreleased] (October 1959)
Track Recorded
Take 1. Have An Apple Dearie aka Big Red Apple (instrumental)
Take 2. Have An Apple Dearie aka Big Red Apple (instrumental)
In October of 1959, Eddie Cochran and his band The Kelly Four AKA The Hollywood Swingers went into Gold Star Studios in Hollywood and recorded a special song for Halloween, hoping to get the novelty tune on radio for the upcoming holiday. Known as "Have An Apple Dearie" and also as "Big Red Apple", the instrumental song was never released as a single and not included on any album until Rockstar Records dug it out of the vaults and put it on two Cochran compilation CDs in 2009.
Personnel on "Big Red Apple" included:
Eddie Cochran - guitar
Mike Deasy - saxophone
Mike Henderson - saxophone
Jim Stivers - piano
Dave Shriver - bass
Gene Riggio - drums
Stan Ross - novelty vocal effects
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Hallelujah I Love Her So / Little Angel
Eddie Cochran - Hallelujah I Love Her So / Little Angel
Liberty Records 55217 (November 1959)
Side A
1. Hallelujah I Love Her So
Side B
1. Little Angel
Personnel Include:
Eddie Cochran - vocal, guitar
Mike Deasy - saxophone
Mike Henderson - saxophone
Jim Stivers - piano
Dave Shriver - bass
Gene Riggio - drums
Notes:
Ten takes of both "Little Angel" and "My Love To Remember" (fifth
version) were cut at Gold Star Studios in Hollywood on August 29 and 31 1959. "Little Angel" was used as the B-side of "Hallelujah I Love Her So", which was cut two days later on September 2 1959 and over-dubbed with strings on October 21 1959. Take 10 of "My Love To Remember" was first issued on the French LP "The Legendary Eddie Cochran" (United Artists UAS 29163) in 1971.
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Eddie Cochran / Eddie Cochran - 12 Of His Biggest Hits
Liberty LRP 3172 (1960)
Side One
1. C'mon Everybody
2. Three Steps To Heaven
3. Cut Across Shorty
4. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
5. Hallelujah, I Love Her So
6. Sittin' In The Balcony
Side Two
1. Summertime Blues
2. Lovin' Time
3. Somethin' Else
4. Tell Me Why
5. Teenage Heaven
6. Drive In Show
Personnel Include:
Eddie Cochran - guitar, ukelele, bass, piano, percussion, vocals
Mike Henderson - saxophone
Mike Deasy - saxophone, guitar
Perry Botkin, Jr. - guitar
Sonny Curtis - guitar
Ray Johnson - piano
Jim Stivers - piano
Connie "Guybo" Smith - double bass, electric bass
Dave Shriver - electric bass
Earl Palmer - drums
Gene Riggio - drums
Jerry Allison - drums
Jerry Capehart - percussion
Sharon Sheeley - percussion
The Johnny Mann Chorus - backing vocals
Notes:
This was Eddie's second album and was released in April 1960 as "Eddie Cochran - 12 Of His Biggest Hits" just prior to his death in a car crash in England. Liberty retitled and reissued it as "The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album" with the same songs and the same catalog number a month later. As of this posting it is still available in different parts of the world on vinyl and CD.
The original album brought together three tracks that had been on Cochran's first album (A4, B2, B4) with eight songs that were released as singles. Five of those singles appeared on the Billboard Magazine Hot 100.
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Tired & Sleepy
Rock Star Records (UK) RSR-EP (1979)
Side One
1. Tired & Sleepy
Side Two
1. Fool's Paradise
2. Instrumental Blues
Personnel Include:
Instrumental Blues:
Eddie Cochran - guitar
Mike Henderson - saxophone
Dave Shriver - electric bass
Gene Riggio - drums
Jim Stivers - piano
Mike Deasy - rhythm guitar
Notes:
"Instrumental Blues" was recorded in 1959 but unreleased until this UK EP in 1979. It would also appear on the 1988 German compilation album "The Early Years".
Ace Records CDCH 237 (1988)
