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Eddie
Cochran Sessions
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(probably) Early 1955
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Chuck Foreman - Eddie Cochran |
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May 1955 |
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The Cochran Brothers |
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Sunset Recorders -
Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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1003 AA |
EKKO 1003 |
Mr. Fiddle |
Hank
& Eddie Cochran |
2:18 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 008 |
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1004 A |
EKKO 1003 |
Two Blue
Singin' Stars |
Hank
& Eddie Cochran |
2:32 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 008 |
| 1005 A |
EKKO
1005 |
Your Tomorrows Never Come |
Hank
& Eddie Cochran |
2:13 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 008 |
| 1006 A |
EKKO
1005 |
Guilty Conscience |
Hank
& Eddie Cochran |
2:13 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 008 |
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Musicians -
Eddie Cochran: vocal and lead guitar - Hank Cochran: vocal and guitar -
Harold Hensley: violin - Unidentified: steel guitar and stand-up bass. Steel guitar on
all tracks except Mr. Fiddle. |
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The recordings on Rockstar RSRCD 008 are
mastered from mint copies of Eddie Cochran's record collection. |
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Middle
1955 |
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Eddie Cochran, Bob Denton, Carl West,
Conny 'Guybo' Smith, Art York |
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Bell Gardens (Local
hall) - Los Angeles |
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(probably)
Summer 1955 |
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Jess Willard |
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Hollywood - California |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
| 1018 A |
EKKO 1018 |
Every
Dog Has His Day |
Jess Willard |
2:05 |
BEAR
FAMILY BCD 16256 AH |
| 1018 AA |
EKKO 1018 |
Don't
Hold Her So Close |
Jess Willard |
2:22 |
BEAR
FAMILY BCD 16256 AH |
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Musicians - Jess
Willard: vocal - Eddie Cochran: lead guitar - Hank Cochran: guitar -
Cliffie Stone: bass - Unidentified: steel guitar, drums, piano and fiddle. |
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Jess Willard
was born in 1916. He hooked up with cowboy singer Jack Guthrie in the
'40s, who became Willard's chief musical influence. After Guthrie died of
TB in 1948, Willard vowed to carry on his name and music. He travelled to
L.A. in 1949 and it was there that Capitol A&R man Lee Gillette heard
him sing Guthrie's "Oklahoma Hills" while sitting in with Ole
Rasmussen's band. Gillette signed Willard and on June 14, 1950, he had his
first recording session with a hand-picked band that included Jimmy Bryant,
Cliffie Stone, and Tex Atchison. After over two years at Capitol, (where
he scored no hits), Willard toured the Far East with Eddie Hazelwood. In
1955, he toured with Eddie and Hank Cochran (the Cochran Brothers) and
joined them for a number of California Hayride shows. He recorded his
final single in 1959 before dying of a heart attack on May 26, 1959, aged
43 (Jim Smith, All Music Guide). |
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(probably)
Late Summer 1955 |
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Riley Crabtree
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Hollywood - California |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
| 1019 A |
EKKO 1019 |
Meet
Me At Joes |
Riley Crabtree |
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CATTLE CCD 317 |
| 1019 AA |
EKKO 1019 |
Don't
Turn Away From Me |
Riley Crabtree |
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CATTLE CCD 317 |
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Musicians - Riley
Crabtree: vocal - Eddie Cochran: guitar - Hank Cochran: guitar - Unidentified:
other instruments. |
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Riley Crabtree (born 1912 - died 1984)
was a fan of both Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers. His first two sessions
constisted of Jimmie Rodgers songs with beautiful yodeling, later he seemed
to be more impressed with Hank's style. He didn't copy any of the two. He
soon developed his own country blues voice with such much feeling that the
Grand Ole Opry wanted him as a regular in the early 50s. If he hadn't turned
down that offer and not decided to stay near his home in the Dallas area to
become a regular at the Big "D" Jamboree he might have been a 2nd Hank
Williams. |
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(probably)
Late Summer 1955 |
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Al Dexter
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Hollywood - California |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
| 1020 A |
EKKO 1020 |
Pistol Packin' Mama |
Al Dexter |
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Not available on CD
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| 1020 AA |
EKKO 1020 |
I
Won't Be Number Two |
Al Dexter |
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Not available on CD
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Musicians - Al Dexter: vocal - Eddie Cochran: guitar - Hank Cochran: guitar
- Unidentified: other instruments. |
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Al Dexter (May 4, 1905 in Jacksonville, Texas - January 28, 1984 in
Lewisville, Texas) was an American country musician and songwriter. He is
best known for "Pistol Packin' Mama", a 1942 hit that was one of the most
popular recordings of the World War II years and would later become a hit
again with a cover by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters. Born Clarence
Albert Poindexter, in the 1930s, he owned a bar and helped to popularize the
style of country music known as honky tonk. Other hits from the 1940s
include "So Long Pal", "Triflin' Gal", "Guitar Polka" and "I'm Losing My
Mind". He was the first country singer to perform on Broadway.
In 1971, Al Dexter was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
(based on wikipedia). |
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Al Dexter |
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Late 1955 |
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The Cochran Brothers |
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Bell Gardens (Gloria Cochran's
home) |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011
(UK) |
Rockin' &
Flyin' (version
1) |
Hank
& Eddie Cochran |
2:21 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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Musicians - Eddie Cochran:
vocal and lead guitar; Hank Cochran: vocal and guitar. |
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Recorded by
Chuck Foreman. |
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Eddie Cochran in 1955
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Rockstar
RSRCD
011 (UK) |
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October and/or November
1955 |
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Jerry Capehart and The Cochran
Brothers |
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Bell Gardens Music
Centre - Los Angeles |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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ROCKSTAR RSR-EP
2010 (UK) |
Closer, Closer, Closer |
Jerry Capehart
and Hank & Eddie Cochran |
2:52 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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ROCKSTAR RSR-EP
2010 (UK) |
A
Healer Like Time |
Hank
Cochran |
2:18 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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Unreleased |
My
Honest Name |
Jerry Capehart |
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Unreleased |
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Musicians -
Jerry Capehart: vocal - Eddie Cochran: lead guitar - Hank Cochran: vocal
and guitar on 'Closer, Closer, Closer' and 'A Healer Like Time'. |
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These
recordings come from primitive acetates made in the small demo-studio in
the back of Bell Gardens Music Centre. |
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Jerry
Capehart (born in Goodman,
Missouri 1928 - died in Nashville 1998) was the
producer and songwriter who, with Eddie Cochran, co-wrote the rock 'n'
roll anthems "Summertime Blues" and "C'mon Everybody".
Capehart earned his first hit in 1951 with "Beautiful Brown Eyes."
Rosemary Clooney took the song to No. 11 on the pop charts while Jimmy
Wakely reached No. 5 with it on the country charts. Capehart was a music
publisher when he met Cochran in October 1955 in Bell Gardens Music Centre
in California. "I met him in a small music store," Capehart would
tell journalists later. "I was in to buy guitar picks and he was
looking for guitar strings. I had been searching for someone to make
demonstration records of my songs and the store owner introduced me to
Eddie, who I think was 17 at the time." Capehart pitched Dolphin the
idea of cutting some “Hillbilly” sounds and came away with the promise
of a one record deal although he had to give away his songs to get it –
Dolphins name routinely appeared as the writer of any songs released on
his labels. Backed by four black musicians with Hank and Eddie on guitars,
Capehart recorded “Rollin and Walkin Stick Boogie” just before
Christmas 1955. Jerry Capehart became the manager of Eddie Cochran
and the two wrote "Summertime Blues" in May 1958, and Cochran's
rendition quickly reached No. 8. The song earned a timeless appeal with
one of pop music's definitive teenage expressions of frustration: "I
called my congressman and he said, quote, `I'd like to help you, son, but
you're too young to vote.' A hard rock version by Blue Cheer and a pop
version by the Who were recorded in 1968 and 1970, respectively. Country
star Alan Jackson recorded yet another version in 1994 that topped the
country charts for three weeks." Capehart also wrote Glen Campbell's
first hit single in 1961, "Turn Around, Look At Me," and at
times managed Campbell and impressionist Frank Gorshen. Jerry Capehart
died in 1998, aged 69, at Baptist Hospital in Nashville from brain cancer. He had
been in Nashville pitching a new song, "Summertime Blues No. 2,"
to record labels on Music Row (various sources). |
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Rockstar RSR-EP
2010 (UK)
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Jerry Capehart |
Eddie Cochran and Jerry
Capehart at the El Monte Legion Stadium (10th March 1956) |
Rockstar
RSRCD
011 (UK) |
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November 1955 - Early
1956 |
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Jerry Capehart featuring The Cochran
Brothers |
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Dolphin's Studio - Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
| 1021-A |
CASH 1021 |
Walkin' Stick Boogie |
Jerry Capehart |
2:07 |
STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 |
| 1021-AA |
CASH 1021 |
Rollin' |
Jerry
Capehart |
1:56 |
STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 |
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Musicians -
Jerry Capehart: vocal - Eddie Cochran: lead guitar - Hank Cochran: rhythm
guitar - probably Ernie Freeman: piano - possibly Irvin Ashby: guitar - R.
Martinez: drums. |
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'Rollin' and 'Walkin' Stick Boogie' were made available
on Rockstar RSR-LP 1001 'The Many Sides Of Eddie Cochran', Rockstar RSR-LP
1019 'Thinkin' About You' and Rockstar RSR-LP 1022 'Eddie & Hank The
Cochran Brothers'. Below is a picture of Dolphin's Of Hollywood, the
studio was in the back of the store. 'Walkin Stick Boogie' was made available on
the rare French CD 'The Early Years Vol.1' (Musidisc/DCA
108282), released
in 1991. |
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| CASH 1021 (side
A) |
Record store “Dolphin's
Of Hollywood” |
Stampede SPRCD 5002 (UK)
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Acknowledgements:
Thanks to
Terry Gordon (Rockin'
Country Style)
for the scans of EKKO 1003, 1005 (promo). Thanks Uli Kisker for the
info and scan of the French CD release of 'Walkin' Stick Boogie', DCA
108282. |
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