Singin' to My Baby

Singin' to My Baby
Singin' to My Baby
Studio album by Eddie Cochran
Released	Original: November 1957; Re-issue: 1981
Recorded	May – August 1957
Studio	Gold Star Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Rock and Roll Rockabilly ; Pop; Country ;
Length	26:00
Label	Liberty
Producer	Simon Jackson
Eddie Cochran chronology
Singles from Singin' to My Baby
	"Sittin' in the Balcony / Dark Lonely Street"; Released: February 1957; "One Kiss / Mean When I'm Mad"; Released: May 1957; "Twenty Flight Rock / Cradle Baby"; Released: November 1957;

Last updated August 03, 2025

Singin' to My Baby is the only album by Eddie Cochran, released on Liberty Records in mono in November 1957. The catalogue number was LRP 3061. It was the only album Eddie Cochran released during his lifetime. He died on April 17, 1960.

Content

The album contained the hit single "Sittin' in the Balcony" which rose to number 18 on the Billboard chart in 1957. The song was written by John D. Loudermilk under the psuedonym Johnny Dee. Cochran lip-synched to the song on the Saturday Night Beechnut Show hosted by Dick Clark.

Eddie Cochran co-wrote three of the songs with Jerry Capehart: "Completely Sweet", "Undying Love", and "Mean When I'm Mad". He wrote the words and music to the final song on the album, "One Kiss". He also adapted "Tell Me Why" from the 1945 song "Tell Me Why (The Stars Do Shine)" written by Mitchell Parish, Michael Edwards, and Sigmund Spaeth, which itself was adapted from the 1899 song "Why I Love You" composed by Roy L. Burtch with lyrics by Fred Mower.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sittin' in the Balcony"	Johnny Dee	1:58
2.	"Completely Sweet"	Jerry Capehart, Eddie Cochran	2:17
3.	"Undying Love"	Jerry Capehart, Eddie Cochran	2:05
4.	"I'm Alone Because I Love You"	Ira Schuster, Joe Young	2:20
5.	"Lovin' Time"	Jan Woolsey	2:04
6.	"Proud of You"	Dale Fitzsimmons	1:56

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mean When I'm Mad"	Jerry Capehart, Eddie Cochran	1:50
2.	"Stockings and Shoes"	Lyle Gaston	2:04
3.	"Tell Me Why"	Eddie Cochran	2:15
4.	"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?"	Scotty Wiseman	2:23
5.	"Cradle Baby"	Terry Fell	1:45
6.	"One Kiss"	Eddie Cochran	1:42

1981 reissue

The album was re-issued by Liberty in 1981 as a ten-track album, omitting "I'm Alone Because I Love You" and "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You". The catalogue number was LN-10137.

In 1999, Liberty released the album on CD for the Japan market as TOCP-53090 as part of the Rock The 100 Series.

Personnel

Eddie Cochran – guitar, ukulele, vocals
Perry Botkin Sr. – rhythm guitar
Connie "Guybo" Smith – double bass
The Johnny Mann Chorus – backing vocals

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Chart performance

Chart	Peak position	Total weeks
1960 UK Albums Chart^[2]	19	1
1963 UK Albums Chart^[3]	20	1

References

↑ Eddie Cochran's 1957 Sessions at Remember Eddie Cochran Archived 2012-01-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 June 2013
↑ Eddie Cochran at Official Charts Company
↑ Eddie Cochran at Official Charts Company

External links

Singin' To My Baby at Discogs (list of releases)
Eddie Cochran US discography at Remember Eddie Cochran

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[1] Eddie Cochran's 1957 Sessions at Remember Eddie Cochran Archived 2012-01-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 June 2013

[2] Eddie Cochran at Official Charts Company

[3] Eddie Cochran at Official Charts Company

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v t e Eddie Cochran
Studio albums	Singin' to My Baby
Posthumous studio albums	Never to Be Forgotten My Way (UK)
Compilations	The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album Summertime Blues Legendary Masters Series The Very Best of Eddie Cochran Great Hits
Live albums	On The Air
Singles	"Sittin' in the Balcony" "Drive In Show" "Twenty Flight Rock" "Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie" "Summertime Blues" "C'mon Everybody" "Teenage Heaven" "Somethin' Else" "Hallelujah I Love Her So" "Three Steps To Heaven" "Lonely" "Sweetie Pie" "Weekend" "My Way"