Sittin' in the Balcony

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"Sittin' in the Balcony" is a song written and performed by John D. Loudermilk under his artist name Johnny Dee. [1] It was released in January 1957 on the Colonial Records label. Eddie Cochran had a Top 20 hit in the U.S. with his recording on Liberty Records in 1957. [2] [3]

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Eddie Cochran version

"Sittin' in the Balcony"
Eddie Cochran Sittin In The Balcony Liberty F-55056.jpg
Single by Eddie Cochran
from the album Singin' to My Baby
B-side "Dark Lonely Street"
Released 1957
RecordedJanuary 1957, Gold Star Studios
Genre Rockabilly
Length2:05
Label Liberty
Songwriter(s) Johnny Dee
Eddie Cochran singles chronology
"Skinny Jim"
(1956)
"Sittin' in the Balcony"
(1957)
"One Kiss"
(1957)
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"Sittin' in the Balcony" is a song performed by Eddie Cochran and released on single by Liberty Records in January 1957. It rose to number 18 on the Billboard charts by April of that year. [5] Cochran lip-synched to the song on the Saturday Night Beechnut Show hosted by Dick Clark. It appeared on his 1957 Liberty Records album Singin' To My Baby.

Chart performance

Chart (1957)Peak
position
Canadian Singles Chart23
US Billboard Top 100 [6] 18
U.S. Billboard Most Played R&B by Jockeys [7] 7

Other notable versions

References

  1. Wolff, Kurt (2000). Country Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. p. 268. ISBN   978-1-85828-534-4.
  2. Bullman, Lee (2023-12-19). Eddie Cochran: In Person!: The Lost Treasures of a Rock 'n' Roll Legend. Weldon Owen International. ISBN   979-8-88674-180-3.
  3. Cochran, Bobby (2003). Three Steps to Heaven: The Eddie Cochran Story. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   978-0-634-03252-3.
  4. "Sittin' in the Balcony / Dark Lonely Street by Eddie Cochran (Single, Rock & Roll): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  5. "The Top 100". Billboard. Vol. 63. April 27, 1957. p. 48 via Google Books.
  6. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 178.
  7. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 125.