Summertime Blues
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Label of the 1958 US single
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| Single by Eddie Cochran | ||||
| from the album The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album | ||||
| B-side | "Love Again" | |||
| Released | July 21, 1958 (US) September 1958 (UK) |
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| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | March 28, 1958, Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll, blues-rock | |||
| Length | 1:53 | |||
| Label | Liberty | |||
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| Producer(s) | Eddie Cochran | |||
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| Song by The Beach Boys from the album Surfin' Safari | ||||||||||
| Released | October 1, 1962 | |||||||||
| Length | 2:09 | |||||||||
| Label | Capitol | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Nik Venet | |||||||||
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Cover of the 1968 Netherlands single
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| Single by Blue Cheer | ||||||||||
| from the album Vincebus Eruptum | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Out of Focus" | |||||||||
| Released | 1968 | |||||||||
| Format | 7" | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1967 | |||||||||
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| Length | 3:43 | |||||||||
| Label | Philips | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Abe "Voco" Kesh | |||||||||
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Cover of the 1970 Germany single
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| Single by The Who | ||||||||||
| from the album Live at Leeds | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Heaven and Hell" | |||||||||
| Released | June 1970 | |||||||||
| Format | 7" | |||||||||
| Recorded | February 14, 1970 | |||||||||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||||||||
| Length | 3:22 | |||||||||
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| Producer(s) | The Who | |||||||||
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| Single by Alan Jackson | ||||||||||
| from the album Who I Am | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Hole in the Wall" | |||||||||
| Released | June 6, 1994 | |||||||||
| Format | CD Single | |||||||||
| Recorded | January 11, 1994 | |||||||||
| Genre | Country | |||||||||
| Length | 3:11 (album version) | |||||||||
| Label | Arista Nashville | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Keith Stegall | |||||||||
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| Song by Olivia Newton-John from the album Clearly Love | ||||||||||
| Released | 1975 | |||||||||
| Length | 2:11 | |||||||||
| Label | MCA | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | John Farrar | |||||||||
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| Single by Rush | ||||||||||
| from the album Feedback | ||||||||||
| Released | May 21, 2004 | |||||||||
| Genre | Rock | |||||||||
| Length | 3:43 | |||||||||
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| B-side to "10 A.M. Automatic" by The Black Keys | |
| Released | August 30, 2004 |
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| Producer(s) | The Black Keys |
"Summertime Blues" is a song co-written and recorded by American rockabilly artist Eddie Cochran. It was written by Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 29, 1958 and number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. It has been covered by many artists, including being a number-one hit for country music artist Alan Jackson, and scoring notable hits in versions by The Who and Blue Cheer. Jimi Hendrix performed it in concert.
"Summertime Blues" was recorded on March 28, 1958 at Gold Star Recording Studios in Hollywood, California. Eddie Cochran sang both the vocal and bass vocal, played all the guitar parts, and added the hand clapping with possibly Sharon Sheeley. Connie 'Guybo' Smith played the electric bass and Earl Palmer drums.
The 1958 Liberty Records single by Eddie Cochran was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 and the song is ranked number 73 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In March 2005, Q magazine placed it at number 77 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. The song is also on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum list of "The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll". The song appears on the soundtrack for the movie Caddyshack, as well as opening season 4 of Beverly Hills, 90210.
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