Some songs take on lives of their own in the hands of different artists. “Summertime Blues” is a teenage national anthem. It came from a California teenager writing about a character who is repressed, ...
On this day (November 7) in 1958, Eddie Cochran made his UK chart debut with “Summertime Blues.” Penned by Chochran and Jerry Capehart, the song peaked at No. 18 on the Official UK Singles Chart. It ...
When rocker Eddie Cochran released “Summertime Blues” in August 1958, the concept of “the song of summer” was born. It had a catchy melody with a chugging beat and lyrics that anyone whose summer wasn ...
In the 1960s, singer Eddie Cochran, and later rocker Roger Daltrey of The Who, sang “there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues.” For kids in the Bethlehem area, Cochran and Daltrey are wrong. The ...
Eddie Cochran, the music pioneer behind classics like “Summertime Blues,” was more than just a rock ‘n’ roll star; he was also one of the key figures who helped shape the genre in the late 1950s and ...
When rocker Eddie Cochran released “Summertime Blues” in August 1958, the concept of “the song of summer” was born. It had a catchy melody with a chugging beat and lyrics that anyone whose summer wasn ...