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Pg S NEW RECORD MIRROR. Week -ending July 20, 1963 DISCOGRAPHY

"'UST LIKE EDDIE " sings Heinz on his new disc.Eddie who / JEddie Cochran, of course.At lasta one of the world's greatest rockstersisissued. Just who was Eddie Cochran ?Why did he create such an by impact ?And will his name live on ?The answers are simple. Eddie Cochran was probably one of the most successful and Norman Aspinall popular U.S. stars in Britain at the time of his fatal crash here. andJeffKing His unique hoarse style of singing and superb guitar playing had takenhimintomanyBritishhomesviarecordsand TV appearances. His name MUST liveon. For SINGLES JAN and DEAN one ofthehitteams of every Cochran disc that's issued isHLU.838620 -FLIGHT ROCK/DARK LONELY STREET "Surfin'" discs. eagerlysnapped up bythefans.HLU.8433SITTIN' IN THE BALCONY,COMPLETELY SWEET Maybe the fans com-HLU.8702SUMMERTIME /LOVE AGAIN plain about the sparsity of releasesHLU.8792C'MON EVERYBODY/DON'T EVER LET ME GO from their idol, but compared withHLU.8880TEENAGE HEAVEN/1 REMEMBER EddiesfanstheyhavevirtuallyHLU.8944SOMETHIN' ELSE/BOLL WEEVIL nothing to grumble about. HLW.9022HALLELUJAH! I LOVE HER SO/LITTLE ANGEL EddiehimselfwasfeaturedinHLG.9115THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN/ three films, "The Girl Can't HelpHLG.9196LONELY/SWEETY PIE It". -Untamed Youth" andHLG.9362WEEKEND/CHERISHED MEMORIES "Johnny Melody". Eddie began hisHLG.9460JEANNIE, JEANNIE, JEANNIE/ career playing guitar in hands for POCKETFUL OF HEARTS manyfilms by Warner Bros. andHLG.9464PRETTY GIRL/THERESA 20th Century Fox. After a shootingHLG.9467UNDYING LOVE/STOCKIN'S 'N' SHOES accident he began singing to passLIB.10049NEVER/TH1NK OF ME away the period of boredom while The late EDDIE COCHRAN, as seen in the film "The Girl Can't Help LIB.10088MY WAY/ROCK 'N' ROLL BLUES And hewas convalescing.A contract It".His brief but prolific recording history is listed alongside. with Liberty shortly after led to the still his records sell. huge world-wide fame which Eddie RE-U.I214 C'MON EVERYBODY enjoyed until his death. SITTIN' IN THE BALCONY, C'MON EVERBODY/SUMMERTIME RE-G..1262-EDDIE'S HITS BLUES, 20 -FLIGHT ROCK THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN, CUT ACROSS SHORTY/JEANNIE, Here then is a complete list of all JEANNIE, JEANNIE, POCKETFUL OF HEARTS hisdiscs made intheStates on RE -U.1239 SOMETHIN' ELSE Liberty, and issued here on LondonSOMETHIN' ELSE, BOLL WEEVIL SONG/ , RE -G.1301CHERISHED MEMORIES OF EDDIE COCHRAN I REMEMBER WEEKEND, CHERISHED MEMORIES/NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, and Liberty. PRETTY GIRL LEP.2052 , LONG TALL SALLY/LITTLE ANGEL, Dorothy Baker in London LEP.2090 CHERISHED MEMORIES (Vol. One) ROCK 'N' ROLL BLUES, DARK LONELY STREET/SWEETIE PIE, SKINNY JIM LONG PLAYERS HA -U.2093"SINGING TO MY BABY" "Down-under's" SITTIN' IN THE BALCONY; COMPLETELY SWEET; UNDYING LOVE; I'M ALONE BECAUSE I LOVE YOU; LOVIN' TIME; PROUD OF YOU; AM IBLUE/20-FLIGHT ROCK; DRIVE IN SHOW; MEAN WHEN I'M MAD; STOCKIN'S 'N' SHOES; TELL ME WHY; HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU; latestexport CRADLE BABY; ONE KISS HA -G.2267 EDDIE COCHRAN MEMORIAL ALBUM 1.,-.VEN behind her protective darkabout 40 a year.So they come to C'MON EVERYBODY; THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN; CUT ACROSS London. - SHORTY;JEANNIE, JEANNIE, JEANNIE; POCKETFUL OF glassesit waseasytosee HEARTS; HALLELUJAH! I LOVE HER SO; DON'T EVER LET DorothyBaker'sgorgeoushazel ME GO / 1REMEMBER; ; THERESA; eyesglitterwith aggressive patrio- Victorian SOMETHIN' ELSE; PRETTY GIRL; TEENAGE HEAVEN; BOLL tism whenI askedifthere was a WEEVIL SONG scene to speak of down Do theyfindtheEnglish scene HAG.2267 Released in September, 1960, re -issued on Liberty (LBY.1127) radicallydifferent?"Well,people in April, 1963. there in Australia. tend to be more Victorian in taste Liberty LBY.1109 CHERISHED MEMORIES OF EDDIE COCHRAN Trying to sound as sarcastic asinAustralia, particularly Melbourne, CHERISHED MEMORIES; I'VE WAITED SO LONG; NEVER; possible she wondered ifI'd heardwhere I come from." SKINNY JIM; HALF LOVED; WEEKEND; NERVOUS BREAK- of Frank (field, Patsy Ann Noble. But thereisa more flourishing DOWN/LET'S GET TOGETHER; ROCK 'N' ROLL BLUES; DARK lankly circuit. In England, Dorothy LONELY STREET; PINK PEGGED SLACKS; THAT'S MY DESIRE; Rolf Harris, Lorrae Desmond andhas done a short tour (Birmingham, SWEETIE PIE; THINK OF ME Alan Freeman to name but fie." Bristoland Liverpool) with those Liberty LRP.3220 NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN (Not issued here) ultra -modern telly stars Dasid Frost WEEKEND; LONG TALL SALLY; LONELY; NERVOUS BREAK- and Kenneth Cope.She was ap- DOWN; CHERISHED MEMORIES;20 -FLIGHT ROCK / BOLL International palled to see how many empty seats WEEVIL SONG; LITTLE ANGEL; MILK COW BLUES; SWEETIE Yea,Iconfessed, but not whenthere were and startled when told PIE; LOVE AGAIN; BLUE SUEDE SHOES that the tour had done quite well. "Let's Get Together" was the original take of "C'mon Everybody" but they were in Australia.Since they'dby today's standards. ell come over toBritainitseems Eddie wasn't happy withitat the time. Then he finally cut the song "Also, I can'tgetusedtothe substituting the words "C'mon Everybody" for "Let's Get Together". reasonable to assume that nothingEnglish system of working fora much washappeningforthemfew weeks at a lot of money and Also the Single recording of "Completely Sweet" is not the same take in action at the increasingly down under. then not doing anything for a couple as the track on the (LP) "Stngin' To My Baby". popular SCENE CLUB, in London. of months," said Dorothy. "All those people got so far in Australia it wasn't possible for them to go any further - in Australia," Contract Dorothyexplained."Theycould probably get as much work, if not But within a few weeks of landing more, in Australia but nobody everhereDorothygotaParlophone becomes aninternationalstarbyrecording contract. Her "Try Being slaying there Nice To Me". with a slick accom- paniment by Johnnie Spence, was YES "It'sverydifficulttoget workissued a couple of weeks ago. BILLY FURY SUKIYAKI permits for artistesinAmerica.I Itremains tobe seenwhether thinkthe U.S. governmentissuesDorothy, who's 23. can achieve her Pete Ma bigambition:"Iwanttoget In summer The Blue Diamonds through to the teenagers." & The .. Melbourne lass Dorothy was a F 11701 F 21715 Stop Press . topTVartistbackhomeand decided to take a working vacation inBritain to have a stab at inter- DECCA DECCA DEC BEATLES EP national status. TOPS 150,000 Television SINCEitsrushreleaselast Withseveralhitdiscstucked DON'T Friday EP fea- under her belt from Australia's best Me Richard TILL THEN turing "Twist And Shout" and sellers,sheiscurrentlytryingto "Do You Want To Know A emulatethatsuccessin Britain. BLOW US UP Secret" had sold over 150,000 Both titles on her debut single are Travelin' shoes The Valentines copies by Tuesday evening of good and refreshingly different. this week. Clay Morton But whether the current boom in HLIS 9756 F 11711 An additional chapter in the big beat music will swamp her on F 11703 success story of this sensational thisparticular disc remains to be seen. She made avery polished OCR Liverpool team was added when .40VT/ DECCA DEEdi itwas revealedthis week that andprofessionalappearancetwo Beatcrazeornobeatcraze, their LP had passed the 100,000 weeks ago on ABC Television'sDorothy Baker hasthetalentto mark. "Lucky Stars" disc show, which iscrash the charts here with the right undoubtedly a top showcase. record.Let's hopeitisthis one.