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[SteveO]

Summertime Blues ...another great rock classic !

EDDIE COCHRAN "the eddie cochran singles album" cd,1979. #39 UK

Eddie had a short 18month career prior to his death in a car crash in the UK in 1960(my dad saw him perform on that tour)...
never really big anywhere, but in terms of charting singles was way more successful in the UK than anywhere else...
like Carl Perkins, one of the forgotten men of 1950s Rock 'n' Roll, this album contains all of his UK hits,plus numerous other tracks ranging from ballads thru a doo-wop type song to straight out r+r in Summertime Blues,C'mon Everybody,Something Else and Twenty Flight Rock all of which are 50s rock standards...although i love "cmon everybody" and "something else" ive got to say that Sid Vicious/Sex Pistols covers are equal if not better than the originals.
ironically,in a strange twist of fate though, there is a tribute to Richie Valens,Buddy Holly and Big Bopper on here called "three stars"...Eddie died not long after this was recorded. and ironically, his only #1 hit anywhere was also in the UK with the apt titled 'three steps to heaven'
several fillers on here, but the vast majority are good rock and roll numbers..long live rock n roll!!!!!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: lonely
best track: summertime blues

tracks:

1. c'mon everybody ** #6 UK, #8 AU, #35 US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRjlZ8x2uQM live
2. three steps to heaven ** #1 UK, #18 AU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHgO7yh06V0 audio
3. cut across shorty *
4. jeanie,jeanie,jeanie ** #31 UK, #94 US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKVRaLzgbAI audio
5. twenty flight rock ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbkHhp-v1OI video
6. weekend *** #15 UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woyX0WXcunQ audio
7. sitting in the balcony ** #18 US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbqp6ryEsbw live(dick clark show)
8. hallelujah,i love her so *** #22 UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21WzVvgCcgw audio
9. lonely * #41 UK
10.sweetie pie * #38 UK
11.summertime blues *** #2 AU, #8 US, #18 UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeWC59FJqGc live
12.something else *** #22 UK, #58 US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_NWiFyR28w live(dick clark show)
13.my way *** #23 UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N9OCGJgWu4 audio
14.three stars ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhtYS-7hFM0 audio
15.drive-in show ** #82 US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nex4W64fRU audio
16.nervous breakdown **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBUuXMQEBRY audio
17.skinny jim **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYpJFcJzbpk audio
18.completely sweet *
19.rock 'n' roll blues *
20.cherished memories ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdtneJccRhQ audio

bonus links for anyone who's not heard Sex Pistols covers:

something else
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2DPuZXuAjo video

c'mon everybody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4RKo_K7VqM video

3s=9
2s=6
1s=5

rating: 2.2