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**Eddie Cochran covers 1957-2006**
This overview of Eddie Cochran covers is not intended to be complete

Billy Forrest and The Giants
78 rpm - His Masters Voice SAB 379 - 1957
Original South-Africa release

Dark Lonely Street / My Heart And I

The Vipers
45 rpm - Parlophone 45-R 4484 - 1958
Original UK release

Summertime Blues / Liverpool Blues

Carl Smith
45 promo rpm - Columbia 4-41642 - April 1960
Original USA release

Cut Across Shorty / Why Did You Come My Way

Rikki Henderson
78 rpm - Embassy WB 399 - May 1960
Original UK release

The Urge / Three Steps To Heaven

SPIC & SPAN
45 rpm - LEN Records 1013 - July 1961
Original USA release

Summertime Blues / End Up With The Blues

The Beach Boys
From the album 'Surfin' Safari'
Long Play - Capitol T-1808 - 10 January 1962
Original USA release

Summertime Blues

The Legends
45 rpm - Capitol 5014 - July 1963
Original USA release

Run To The Movies / Summertime Blues

The All-Niters
promo 45 rpm - GMA 1 - 1964
Original USA release

You Talk Too Much / Summertime Blues

Dave Curtiss And The Tremors
45 rpm - PHILIPS BF 1330 - 1964
Original UK release

Summertime Blues / I'm A Hog For You Baby

The Trophies
USA 45 rpm - NORK 79908 - 1964
Original USA release

Walking The Dog / Somethin' Else

Merv Benton
45 rpm - Marvel GHGB 401 - August 1965
Original Australia release

Twenty Flight Rock / Yield Not To Temptation




The Apolloes
USA 45 rpm - S Records SR 001 - Probably 1966
Original USA release

Gone / Summertime Blues
The Apolloes are an unknown group based out of Atlanta Georgia from about '65 to '67. They cut an interesting variety of work, from the off-the-cuff and updated renditions of 50's standards like Slow Down and Summertime Blues to the intricately produced psychedelia of Chained and Bound (Information from garagehangover.com).

Blue Cheer
45 rpm - Philips PH.40516 - January 1968
Original USA release

Summertime Blues / Out Of Focus
Blue Cheer is a San Francisco-based rock group of the late 1960s and early 1970s, who helped to pioneer heavy metal music. Blue Cheer's three musicians played heavy blues-rock, and played it very loud. Original personnel were singer/bassist Dickie Peterson, guitarist Leigh Stephens, and drummer Paul Whaley. Their first hit was a cover version of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" from their debut album Vincebus Eruptum (1968). The single peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, their only such hit, and the album peaked at #11 on the Billboard 200 chart (Wikipedia).



Blue Cheer
45 rpm - Philips PH.40516 - 1968
Canada release

Summertime Blues / Out Of Focus

Blue Cheer
Netherlands 45 rpm - Philips 304 162 BF - 1968
Netherlands release

Summertime Blues / Out Of Focus

The Lords
45 rpm - Colombia C 23 892 - 1968
Original Germany release

Good Time Music / Somethin' Else
The Lords were the most long-living and successful beat band of West Germany. No other German band was so active during more than 40 years. In 1959 they started as a Skiffle-Band in Berlin using partly custom-made instruments. In 1964 they were The "Beat-formation No. 1" in Germany. In the period from 1965 till 1969 they had 11 hits in West German pop-charts. Their first hit single was Shakin' All Over - being their most famous record as well as Poor Boy and Gloryland. There were also some Tours on the bill with The Kinks and The Who. In 1971 The Lords disbanded. From 1976 The Lords played together with different line-ups and since 2000 The Lords have re-united once again (wikipedia).

NRBQ
45 rpm - CBS 4501 - 1969
Netherlands release

C'mon Everybody / Rocket Number 9
NRBQ formed in 1967 in Miami, Florida. They were signed to Columbia Records in 1969, and released their self-titled debut album the same year. The record featured cover versions of everyone from Eddie Cochran to Sun Ra, along with a number of similarly wide-ranging original songs. The following year, the group collaborated with rockabilly legend Carl Perkins on an album titled 'Boppin' The Blues' (Wikipedia).

The Who
45 rpm - Track Record 2094-002 - 1970
Original UK release

Summertime Blues / Heaven And Hell
The Who's version of 'Summertime Blues' appears on the 1970 album Live at Leeds. Their version is done in a more aggressive (and louder) style than the original, and is so well-known that many people mistakenly think of "Summertime Blues" as an original by The Who. It is played in the key of A major and on the 3rd verse modulates up to B major. This version features John Entwistle singing the vocal parts of the boss, the father, and the congressman in his trademark bass growl, in addition to playing the bass guitar. The track features the original four-man Who lineup of Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, and Pete Townshend. Another live version from The Who is featured in the concert and documentary film "Woodstock". "Summertime Blues" was a staple of Who concerts between 1967 and 1976 with intermittent appearances thereafter. Other Who versions can be found on Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970, Odds & Sods, 30 Years of Maximum R&B, and the CD release of Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Wikipedia).



The Who
promo 45 rpm - DECCA 32708 - 1970
USA release

Summertime Blues / Heaven And Hell

promo 45 rpm - DECCA 32708 - 1970
USA release

Summertime Blues / Heaven And Hell

The Who
45 rpm - POLYDOR 2058044 - 1970
Germany release

Summertime Blues / Heaven And Hell

The Who
45 rpm - POLYDOR 2058 044 - 1970
France release

Summertime Blues / Heaven And Hell

U.F.O
45 rpm - DECCA DL 25 450 - 1970
Germany release

C'mon Everybody / Timothy
UFO are an English hard rock band formed in 1969. UFO became a transitional band between early hard rock and heavy metal and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. UFO's influence was strongly felt in the 1980s heavy metal scene (Wikipedia).



UFO
45 rpm - Stateside SR-2680 - 1970
Japan release

C'mon Everybody / Timothy

Burch Ray
45 rpm - Boot Records BT 050 - 1972
Canada release

Summertime Blues / Woman On My Mind
"Burch" Ray Palmer was raised in Miles City, Montana. After graduation Burch formed The Walkers, a rock & roll band. He was very much impressed by people like Chan Romeo, from Billings, and Eddie Cochran, who came to town during Burch's senior year. Burch's parents, Ray and Crystal bought him a Gretsch guitar at that time and he drove a cattle truck with his father to earn enough to by a Fender amp. They did an album there in 1972 and released a few singles from it. The most popular of these cuts was "Banks Of The Yellowstone", written by Burch and "Summertime Blues".




The Rattles
45 rpm - DECCA 84.129 - 1973
Original Germany release

Somethin' Else / Devil's Son

The Rattles
45 rpm - PHILIPS 6003 279 - 1973
France release

Somethin' Else / What Do I Care


Neon Rose
45 rpm - PHILIPS 6015 083 - 1974
UK release

Sensation / C´mon Everybody
Neon Rose was a hard rock band from Sweden and formed in 1969. In 1975 the group split.

Showaddywaddy
UK 45 promo rpm - BELL 1426 - 1975
Original UK release

Three Steps To Heaven / The Party
Showaddywaddy are a 1970s pop group from Leicester, England. They specialised in revivals of hit songs from the 1950s, and dressed as Teddy Boys. The band was formed in 1973 with the unusual feature of having two vocalists, a couple of drummers and two bassists. They had most of their biggest hits with covers of songs from the 1950s and 1960s. These cover versions included amongst others "Three Steps to Heaven" which was a UK number 2 hit and Irish number 1.



Showaddywaddy
45 rpm - BELL 006-96 597 - 1975
Germany release

Three Steps To Heaven / The Party

Showaddywaddy
45 promo rpm - ARISTA AS 0143 - 1975
USA release

Three Steps To Heaven / The Party

The Sorrows
45 rpm - Telefunken 6.12020 AC - 1977
Germany release

C´mon Everybody / Let's Have A Party

Jim Mundy
45 rpm - Hill Country HC-778 - 1977
Original USA release

Summertime Blues / Gilpen Country Sidewalks

The Flying Lizards
45 rpm - Virgin Records VS 230 - 1978
Original UK release

C´mon Everybody / All Guitars
The Flying Lizards were a British experimental rock group formed by and led by David Cunningham, the group included avant-garde and free improvising musicians. The group released an album entitled The Flying Lizards in 1979; their singles include the postmodern cover versions of songs such as Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" (1978) and James Brown's "Sex Machine" (1984), as well as several originals. (Wikipedia).

Bobby Peck
45 rpm - EMI 2850 - 1978
Original UK release

Summertime Blues (Bobby Peck) / Sweet Huckolation (Eric Boat)

Sex Pistols
45 rpm - Virgin Records VS 240 - 1979
Original UK release

Something Else
Released on 9 February 1979 'Something Else' reached the #3 spot in the UK .




Sex Pistols
45 rpm - Virgin Records VS 272 - 1979
Original UK release

C´mon Everybody / God Save The Queen Symphony
Released on 22 June 1979 'C'mon Everybody' reached the #3 spot in the UK .




George Thorogood and The Destroyers
promo 45 rpm - MCA Records MCA-41117 - 1979
Original USA release

My Way/ My Way (same song on both sides)
George Thorogood (born February 24, 1950) is a blues-rock performer from Wilmington, Delaware.

Stray Cats
From the album 'Stray Cats'
Long Play - Arista STRAY 1 - February 1981
Original UK release

Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Canada 45 rpm - CBS E4-8499 - 1982
Original Canada release

Summertime Blues / Boardwalk
Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin on September 22, 1958 in Ardmore, Pennsylvania) is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and actress. She is best known for her hit single "I Love Rock N' Roll", which was #1 on the Billboard charts from March 20 to May 1, 1982. 'Summertime Blues' was released in 1982 on single in Canada.

The Rolling Stones
45 rpm - Rolling Stones Records RSR 111 - September 1982
Original UK release

Time Is On My Side (live) / Twenty Flight Rock (live)
The single with A-side 'Time Is On My Side' rose to number 62 on the UK charts. Tracks are taken from the the album 'Still Life - American Concert 1981'.



The Rolling Stones
45 rpm - ESS ESS-17287 - 1982
Japan release

Time Is On My Side (live) / Twenty Flight Rock (live)

Ernst Schultz
45 rpm - ARIOLA 104193 - 1983
Original Germany release

Summertime Blues / Mit Dem Fahrrad Zum Orinoko

Boomer Castleman
45 rpm - SRO-218 - 1986
Original USA release

Summertime Blues / Summertime Blues (same song on both sides)
Owen Castleman, better known by his stage name Boomer Castleman, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Farmers Branch, Texas. He was a one-hit wonder, hitting the US charts in 1975 with the single "Judy Mae", which peaked at #33. Castleman is also the inventor of the palm pedal, a device that allow guitar players to execute pedal steel-style string bends. (Wikipedia).

Greg Michaels and the Allies Boulevard Band
45 rpm - Fraternity F-3587 - 1991
Original USA release

Short Road To Love / Cut Across Shorty

Stray Cats
From the album 'Original Cool'
CD - Essential ESS CD 208 - 1993
Original UK release

Twenty Flight Rock / Somethin Else




Alan Jackson
45 rpm - Arista 12697-7 - 1994
Original USA release

Summertime Blues / Hole In The Wall
Alan Jackson (born 17 October 1958 in Newnan, Georgia) is an American country singer-songwriter who has sold over 40 million records. Alan Jackson's version of 'Summertime Blues' was recorded for his 1994 album 'Who I Am', released in 1994, reached Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and #4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 (equivalent to #104 on the Billboard Hot 100) (Wikipedia).




Little Richard & Tanya Tucker
From the album 'Rhythm Country and Blues' (various artists)
CD - MCA MCAD 10965 - 1994
Original USA release

Somethin Else





Little Richard and Tanya Tucker at the 1994 Country Music Association Awards show broadcast from the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.


Led Zeppelin
From the DVD 'Woodstock - The Director's Cut'
DVD - Warner Brothers 085391354925 - 26 March 1997
Original USA release

Summertime Blues
recorded live at Woodstock 17 August 1969



The Who performing Eddie Cochran's 1958 classic Summertime Blues live on stage on the Woodstock festival in August 1969.


The Who
From the album 'Odds & Sods'
CD - Polydor 5397912 - 10 March 1998
Original UK release

Summertime Blues / My Way
studio versions recorded 1967

Paul McCartney
From the DVD 'Live at The Cavern Club'
DVD - MPL IX0384MPBXD - 2000
Original UK release

Twenty Flight Rock
recorded live at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, 14 December 1999

Led Zeppelin
From the DVD 'Led Zeppelin'
DVD - Atlantic 0349701982 - 26 May 2003
Original UK release

C'mon Everybody / Somethin' Else
recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall in 1970



Led Zeppelin at the Royal Albert Hall on 9 January 1970 performing Eddie Cochran's 1959 classic 'C'mon Everybody'.



Led Zeppelin at the Royal Albert Hall on 9 January 1970 performing Eddie Cochran's 1959 classic 'Somethin Else'.


Stray Cats
From the album 'Rumble In Brixton'
CD - Surf Dog Records 44063-2 - 2004
Original USA release

Twenty Flight Rock

Snoop Dogg vs. Eddie Cochran
Doggystyle / Star Trak / Geffen - 2006
Original USA release

'C'mon Everybody Drop It Like It's Hot' (mashed up by DJ PRINCE)
Snoop Dogg's version of 'C'mon Everybody' is technically spoken not a cover version as the rhythm track of 'C'mon Everybody' is sampled.




Acknowledgements: Thanks to Terry Gordon (Rockin' Country Style) for scan of Capitol 5014 (Udo Frank). Uli Kisker for the scan of 'C'mon Everybody Drop It Like It's Hot'.