The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album

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The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album
Eddie Cochran LP LRP3172.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedMay 1960
RecordedJanuary 1957 - January 1960
Genre Rock and roll, rockabilly
Length26:02
Label Liberty
Producer Eddie Cochran
Simon Jackson
Snuff Garrett
Eddie Cochran chronology
Singin' to My Baby
(1957)
The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album
(1960)
Never to Be Forgotten
(1962)
Singles from The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album
  1. "Drive In Show"
    Released: 1957
  2. "Sittin' in the Balcony"
    Released: 1957
  3. "Teenage Heaven"
    Released: February 1959
  4. "Hallelujah I Love Her So"
    Released: November 1959
  5. "Cut Across Shorty"
    Released: March 1960
  6. "Three Steps to Heaven"
    Released: March 1960 (USA)
    May 1960 (UK)
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The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album is the second album by Eddie Cochran, released on Liberty Records in mono, LRP 3172, in May 1960. It had previously been issued as 12 of His Biggest Hits in April 1960 with the same catalogue number, but after Cochran's death on April 17 it was retitled and reissued, and has remained so titled ever since. It is currently in print on the Magic Records label in France, on CD on EMI-Toshiba in Japan, and on BGO in the UK as a twofer with "Singin' To My Baby." [1]

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Content

Eight tracks were released as singles, with "Three Steps to Heaven" appearing as a b-side. Three additional tracks "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You," "Lovin' Time," and "Tell Me Why" had been released on his first album, Singin' to My Baby in 1957. All five singles that appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 are included, with the teen anthem "Summertime Blues" being the only time Cochran made the top ten. No Cochran album has ever charted in the United States.

Personnel

Track listing

Chart positions from Billboard Hot 100; all catalogue numbers Liberty Records.

Side one

TrackRecordedCatalogueRelease DateChart PeakSong TitleWriter(s)Time
1.10/10/585516610/58#35"C'mon Everybody" Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart 1:54
2.1/8/6055242b3/60"Three Steps to Heaven" Eddie Cochran 2:11
3.1/8/60552423/60"Cut Across Shorty" Marijohn Wilkin and Wayne Walker 1:48
4.7/57LRP 306111/57"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" S. Wiseman 2:32
5.10/21/595521711/59"Hallelujah I Love Her So" Ray Charles 2:17
6.1/57550562/57"Sittin' in the Balcony" John D. Loudermilk 1:58

Side two

TrackRecordedCatalogueRelease DateChart PeakSong TitleWriter(s)Time
1.3/28/58551447/58#8"Summertime Blues" Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart 1:57
2.6/57LRP 306111/57"Lovin' Time" Jan Woolsey 2:04
3.6/23/59552037/59#58"Somethin' Else"Bob Cochran and Sharon Sheeley 2:03
4.7/57LRP 306111/57"Tell Me Why" Eddie Cochran 2:14
5.1/59551772/59#99"Teenage Heaven" Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart 2:04
6.5/57550877/57#82"Drive In Show" Fred Dexter 2:00

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