Teenage Heaven
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| "Teenage Heaven" | ||||
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| Single by Eddie Cochran | ||||
| from the album The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album | ||||
| B-side | "I Remember" | |||
| Released | February 1959 | |||
| Recorded | January 1959 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Label | Liberty 55177 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Eddie Cochran Jerry Capehart | |||
| Producer(s) | Eddie Cochran | |||
| Eddie Cochran singles chronology | ||||
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"Teenage Heaven" is a 1959 song by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart.[1] It was the A-side of Liberty F-55177 and was featured in the movie Go, Johnny Go!.[2] This single rose to number 99 on the Billboard charts.[3] The B-side's "I Remember" was also recorded and filmed for the movie but was left out. It would be Cochran's last charting single during his lifetime.[4]
Personnel
[edit]- Eddie Cochran: vocal, guitar
- Don Myers: electric bass
- Gene Riggio: drums
- Jim Stivers: piano
- Plas Johnson: tenor saxophone[5]
- Earl Palmer: drums[6]
Chart performance
[edit]| Chart (1959) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 99 |
References
[edit]- ^ Cochran, Bobby (2003). Three Steps to Heaven: The Eddie Cochran Story. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 129, 235. ISBN 978-0-634-03252-3.
- ^ Bullman, Lee (2023-12-19). Eddie Cochran: In Person!: The Lost Treasures of a Rock 'n' Roll Legend. Weldon Owen International. p. 109. ISBN 979-8-88674-180-3.
- ^ "Song artist 867 - Eddie Cochran". Tsort.info. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ Pollock, Bruce (2014-03-18). Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era. Routledge. p. 356. ISBN 978-1-135-46296-3.
- ^ "Eddie Cochran biography". Eddiecochran.info. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, foreword by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999