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Eddie
Cochran Sessions
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1956 or 1957
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| June Cochran |
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| Unknown
recording location |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010
(UK) |
I'm
Confessin' |
June
Cochran |
1:48 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010
(UK) |
I
Dream Of You |
June
Cochran |
1:51 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010 |
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Musicians -
June Cochran: vocal - Eddie Cochran: guitar - probably Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up
bass - Jerry Capehart: brushes. |
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June Cochran is the wife of Eddie's brother
Bobby Cochran. |
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June and
Bobby Cochran (Eddie's brother) |
Rockstar RSRCD
010 (UK) |
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1957
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| Jerry Capehart
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| Unknown
recording location |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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ROCKSTAR
RSR-LP 1009 (UK) |
That's What It Takes To Make A Man |
Jerry
Capehart |
1:57
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010
(UK) |
This Must Be The Place |
Jerry
Capehart |
1:44
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010 |
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musicians -
Jerry Capehart: vocal - Eddie Cochran: guitar - Unidentified: other
instruments |
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It is possible that these
two songs are recorded at different sessions. |
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Rockstar RSR-LP
1009 (UK) |
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Eddie
Cochran and
Jerry Capehart in Goldstar Studio |
Rockstar RSRCD
010 (UK) |
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January 1957
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| Eddie Cochran |
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| Liberty Custom Recorders - Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
| LB 685 |
LIBERTY F-55056 |
Sittin' In The Balcony |
Eddie
Cochran |
1:58 |
EMI CD ECB 1
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Musicians -
Eddie Cochran: vocal and guitar - Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - probably Jerry
Capehart: box slapping - The Johnny Mann Chorus: chorus. |
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| Liberty
F-55056 |
Liberty
F-55056 (company sleeve) |
US
sheet music |
EMI CD
ECB 1 (UK) |
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March 1957
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Eddie Cochran |
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| Goldstar Studio - Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
| LB 710 |
LIBERTY
F-55070 |
One kiss |
Eddie
Cochran |
1:48 |
EMI CD ECB 1 |
| LB 711 |
LIBERTY
F-55070 |
Mean when I'm Mad |
Eddie
Cochran |
1:21 |
EMI CD ECB 1 |
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Musicians -
Eddie Cochran: vocal - guitar - Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass -
Unidentified: drums -
The Johnny Mann Chorus. |
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April 1957
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| Bob Denton |
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| Goldstar Studio - Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
| MW 9662 |
DOT
15573 |
On
My Mind Again |
Bob
Denton |
2:39 |
Not
available on CD |
| MW 9663 |
DOT
15573 |
Always Late |
Bob
Denton |
2:00 |
LBY120503 (bootleg CD) |
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Unreleased |
It's Nothing To Me |
Bob
Denton |
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Unreleased |
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Musicians -
Bob Denton: vocal - Eddie Cochran: guitar - Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up
bass -
probably Jerry Capehart: box slapping - Unidentified: chorus. |
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One of Eddie
Cochran's closest friends, Bob Denton, was born Robert Bull in
Moline, Illinois on 31 May 1935 and lived on a farm until he was 10. In
1945 his family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he became interested in
country music and took up the guitar. The Dentons finaly settled in
Norwalk, California where Denton joined Richard Ray and the Shamrock
Valley Boys, a local group which played neighboorhood dances and
broadcasts on local radio. Denton met Cochran one night in 1954 when Eddie
sat in with the Valley Boys and Denton subsequently introduced him to an
acquaintance of the band, Hank Cochran, a meeting which led to the two
unrelated namesakes forming the Cochran Brothers, Eddie's first
professional venture. Denton was a spectator at a number of Cochran's
sessions including 'Sittin' In The Balcony' and shared the same manager,
Jerry Capehart. When Denton finally landed a record deal in his own right
with Dot Records, in the spring of 1957, Eddie was "first in, closest
to the mike". "He played guitar on my first [Dot] session",
Denton recalled, "we recorded a tune called 'On My Mind Again' at
Goldstar in 1957. We got done and started playing around with another song
called 'Sick And Tired'. We used to go hunting all the time. He loved to
hunt. He was a fantastic shot. We were always together doing things we
both enjoyed: hunting, camping, chasing women and a lot of drinking."
'Skinnie Minnie' and 'Playboy' (a cover of Wayland Chandler's original on
4-Star) were both recorded at Denton's fourt and final Dot session in
March 1958 and featured West Coast session stalwarts Joe Maphis (guitar),
Jimmy Pruitt (piano), Skeets McDonald (bass) and Pee Wee Adams (drums).
The following month Denton was conscripted into the US Army and spent the
next two years in Hawaii. While on home leave in the summer of 1958, he
duetted with Cochran on 'Thinkin' About You' for Crest Records though it
was not released until 1961. Following a further release on Chancellor,
Denton bowed out of music in 1962 (Rob Finnis 1996, Booklet CDCHD 592 'Dot
Rock 'n' Roll'). |
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| Dot 15573
(side 1) |
Dot 15573 (side 2)
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Bob
Denton
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LBY120503 (bootleg CD) |
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April 27, 1957
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| Lee Denson |
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| Goldstar Studio - Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
| H4PW
3959 |
VIK
0281 |
New Shoes |
Lee Denson |
1:56 |
HYDRA
BCK
27115 |
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Musicians -
Lee Denson: vocal - Eddie Cochran: guitar - Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up
bass - Jerry Capehart: box slapping - Unidentified: male vocal quartet.
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'New Shoes' is also available on
Bear Family BCD 15622 AH 'That'll Flat Git It' vol 1 and on ACE
CDCHD 496 'Rockin' From Coast To Coast' vol 1.
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Lee
Denson was a rockabilly singer who reportedly
taught Elvis Presley how to play the guitar. Lee Denson one of
rock's little-known pioneers. Active between 1956-1965, Denson, who also
recorded under the name Jesse James, is best-remembered for the stellar
cast of musicians and vocalists that he featured on his recordings,
including Eddie Cochran, Sam "The Man" Taylor, Dorsey Burnette,
and Kenny Burrell & the Jazz Guitar Band. Two songs -- "Mississippi
Bridge" and "Sixteen States" -- featured the harmonies of
Richard and Karen Carpenter, the only commercial recording with Karen
singing background vocals. Denson had his greatest success as a songwriter
when Elvis Presley recorded his hymn "Miracle of the Rosary." (Craig
Harris, All Music Guide) Lee Denson also recorded Heart Of A Fool (VIK
0251), written and recorded by Eddie and Hank Cochran and Jerry Capehart.
Early VIK and KENT discography of Lee Denson:
| 1956 |
SP VIK 4X-0251 |
Heart Of A
Fool / The Pied Piper |
| 07/1957 |
SP VIK 4X-0281 |
New Shoes
/ Climb Love Mountain |
| 07/1958 |
SP KENT 45x306 |
High School
Hop / Devil Doll |
| 09/1958 |
SP KENT 45x314 |
(as Jesse
JAMES) South's Gonna Rise Again / Red Hot Rockin' Blues |
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| Vik
4X-0281 (company sleeve) |
Vik 4X-0281 (side B) |
Lee
Denson VIK publicity picture |
Hydra
BCK 27115 (Germany) |
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Spring 1957
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| Yvonne Lime |
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| Goldstar Studio - Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010
(UK) |
Ting-A-Ling Telephone |
Yvonne
Lime |
2:28 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010 |
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Musicians -
Yvonne Lime: vocal - Eddie Cochran: guitar. Unidentified: other
instruments. |
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Yvonne Lime was born in
Glendale, California in 1936 and after finishing Junior College, she
enrolled in the Pasadena Playhouse. While appearing in the play Ah
Wilderness, she was noticed by the talent scouts and eventually signed
to feature roles in dozens of TV shows. She made her movie debut in THE
RAINMAKER, the only woman in the cast besides Katherine Hepburn. Impressed
with her talent, Herman Cohen signed her up for the role of Michael
Landon's girlfriend Arlene in I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF. She also appeared
in other teenage exploitation movies like UNTAMED YOUTH with Eddie
Cochran, HIGH SCHOOL HELLCATS, DRAGSTRIP RIOT, SPEED CRAZY and in Elvis
Presley's LOVING YOU. |
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Eddie
Cochran and
Yvonne
Lime during a recording session in Goldstar Studio on 15 May 1957
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Rockstar
RSRCD
010 (UK) |
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May - August 1957
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Eddie Cochran
(different sessions between May and August) |
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| Goldstar Studio - Hollywood |
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Summer
1957
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| Darla
Daret |
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| Goldstar
Studio - Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
| 2001-AA |
SILVER
2001 |
Honey
Honey |
Darla
Daret |
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Not
available on CD |
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Musicians
- Darla Daret: vocal - Eddie Cochran: guitar - The Johnny Mann
Chorus: chorus - Unidentified: piano, drums and stand-up
bass. |
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A busy session vocalist
in the 1950s and early-60s, Darla Daret (artist name Patty
Saturday) was equally
comfortable singing pop as she was singing country music. Born
in 1937, Darla grew up in Los Angeles. As early as age 6 or 7,
Darla could sing and play the piano and performed at school
auditoriums and dances. Influential country music legend Bob
Wills
decided to hire her as the girl singer for his Texas Playboys
and she continued to periodically work with the
band throughout the remainder of the 1950s. Following the
tenure with Bob Wills, Darla was hired by Cliffie Stoone and
became a regular on Hometown jamboree, the famous C&W show out
of the West Coast from 1949 to 1959. Then came a stint with
Philadelphia-based Swan records. Her vocals on the
Sonny James recording, "Are You Mine", went
un-credited. Daret unknowingly became a foot-note in rock and roll
history when she recorded her only solo single, "Don't
Cha Wanna" b/w "Honey Honey". Released in 1957,
the single featured accompaniment by the Johnny Mann Orchestra
and Eddie Cochran on guitar. In the early sixties Darla went
on to a successful and fruitful life outside the music business.
She became the founder of CTV, a public education community TV
service in the
San Francisco Bay area. Today she resides in Danville, CA with
her husband Chuck Stevens. (based on Craig Harris, All Music Guide and Andrew
Merey, Blue Suede News #77). |
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Discography
Darla Darett as Patty Saturday: Swan 4022: Ladie's choice/Love is a beautiful thing
- Swan 4035: Walking in the sand/As
I love you. - Swan 4041: That's My Story/Slow
Motion. As Darla Darett: Silver 2001: Don't Cha
Wanna/Honey Honey |
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| SILVER
2001 |
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Darla
Daret |
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Acknowledgements:
Thanks to
Terry Gordon (Rockin'
Country Style)
for the scans of DOT 15573, Liberty F-55087 (A), F-55112 (A) (Udo
Frank), F-55123 and Zephyr 70-022. Thanks Marc Alesina for playing time on Bob Denton's 'On
My Mind Again' and 'Always Late.' |
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