Eddie Cochran - Have I told you lately that I love you

[georg2007ch]

I like this song. Wow.

[lilkleeb]

My grandfather used to play this song on the harmonica for my Grandma. She passed away this week, and even during the viewing, he pulled out his harmonica and serenaded her. We were all in tears.

[mkgnr1]

i love ep but eddie was the guitarist that elvis could never hope to be, long live eddie, elvis, buddy and the whole rock and roll music supremos.

[ThisYoungLibertine]

who wrote this?

[allenparsons31]

no i see a young Eddie in Elvis now hat's about right...

[ambertjeblue]

A tragedy he died so young, thank goodness we at least have some recordings. He will live on in music lovers forever. x

[meritz59]

I know... I love the slow version... Elvis could have kicked this... but I see so much of him in Eddy... this version Rocks....

[meritz59]

does anyone else see a young elvis in this performance? Eddie's version kick EP's off the shelf,,, not easy to do... would love to have seen Elvis do this rendition... but so happy to find this one by Eddie :) thanks for posting.

[rickyvale]

@meritz59

Elvis sings this song too, in an absolutely different way. Not so slowly

It's here on youtube too

[meritz59]

@rickyvale

I know, Eddies version is better in my opinion, I just see elvis in his style and mannerisms...

[aitibi62]

@meritz59

I do not only see a young Elvis, if I close my eyes I almost can HEAR him. It scares me a little bit, because until now, I thought, I could hear out EP among hundreds of interpretists. I wasn't aware of Eddie Cochran being THAT similar to Elvis Presley ! WOW!

[justmusicandme]

What a great talent - gone too soon.

[lyonese1]

Had this guy not died so young and tragically, he would have given Elvis a run for his money .

[reneholz66]

great!

[thomascow1]

Never heard Eddie do this, master piece, ta for share

[WillemSnijders]

Een prachtige opname van deze veel te jong gestorven musicus. Volgens mij had hij wel gevoel voor humor.

[WillemSnijders]

Prachtige opname van deze veel te jong gestorven musicus. Zo te zien was hij wel iemand met gevoel voor humor.

[WillemSnijders]

Prachtige opname van deze veel te jong gestorven musicus. Volgens mij had hij wel humor, zo te zien.

Van zijn hit"Three steps to heaven" heb ik helaas geen live-opname kunnen vinden. Jammer.

[WillemSnijders]

Schitterende opname van deze veel te jong gestorven musicus. Leek mij een jongen met humor, zo te zien.

In één woord geweldig. Van zijn bekend geworden hit "Three steps to heaven" heb ik helaas geen live-opname kunnen vinden. Jammer.

[algywatt]

Can any of you Eddie Cochran fans help settle an arguement...did Eddie ever record or sing "live" a version of Ritchie Valens's song"Hurry Up"....I'm sure I heard him feature this great rocker on a live UK radio show??

[rickyvale]

@algywatt check out on the site Remember Eddie Cochran (Sessions) (1958/3) ------------------------------­-- December 1958 Unreleased / demo lost Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and guitar. 'Hurry Up' is a demo for Ritchie Valens who recorded it in january 1959. Eddie's fiancee Sharon Sheeley had written 'Hurry Up' for Eddie as he was always late. Eddie felt it would be a great song for Ritchie to record. ------------------------------­--------

[gangerollo]

@rickyvale Yup, demo lost. One can only pray and hope it will be found one of these days...

[meritz59]

@rickyvale

do you have a link for this?

[TheElmapa]

wonderful...that good old version...

[countrybible]

It's hard to imagine that this guy died 50 years ago today (April 17th), I remember it so well even though I was only 14 years old at the time. His music is as great today as it was back then. RIP Eddie we still miss you!

[MRDOOWOP1]

So Cool!!

[MRDOOWOP1]

So Cool!!

[justmusicandme]

Thank you, rickyvale - -Terrific posting!

[drixdresspress]

Topp Super

Danke fuer den Sound , Peter

[MsVICTOR62]

Here is me again, I have listen of more songs from this live session. Were can I find a DVD with the concert complete?

[rickyvale]

type on Google:

Bear Family Records

[MsVICTOR62]

Super

[MsVICTOR62]

One of the best sessions ever. Eddie Cochran had it all, the voice and the feeling at 100%. To young to die but his music lives forever.

Thanks for that.

[bellgardens53]

@MsVICTOR62 second that.

[ChancerG]

"Brilliant".

[squirrelnutcased]

im suprised that hes wearing a black suit.. cause as you can see, most of the others are wearing white jackets to stand out more on the picture, cause the cameras didnt pickup black as well. you just didnt see that much. if you look, even the man in black himself wore white jackets on old TV shows!

RIP eddie

[TheHotshotmama]

@squirrelnutcased If you look at the infor up in the right hand corner from rickyvale you will see that this was played in concert four days after the death of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, so maybe he's wearing back as a gesture of respect to these guys?!?!

[bellgardens53]

@squirrelnutcased Maybe to honor the death of Holly, Valens and Big Bopper

[roscoe008]

Thanks to the late John Ritter and his brother Tom for opening the vault to share their father's tapes. Without them I don't think we'd have one audio/visual record of Eddie performing live. Every other film of EC i've seen had him lip-synching.

[rickyvale]

this is from Town Hall Party, not Tex Ritter's Ranch Party...

[roscoe008]

@rickyvale This performance was filmed as part of Tex Ritter's Town Hall Party television program. My DVD copies from Bear Family acknowledge in liner notes a thank-you to John and Tom; I was only seconding the commotion. I don't know if the Ritter estate owns the rights to Ranch Party tapes filmed at Columbia studios, but for the sake of history, I hope so.

[rickyvale]

@roscoe008

thank you!

[bellgardens53]

@roscoe008 Right.

[Duke0fRock]

arcane.bobs: Duke of Rock from XXCultradio just wanting you to know we play 59 yrs of Rock, including this song. Thanks for paying tribute. We think all Rock should be free, and videos like yours keep it that

[jennadyann]

2 spectacular!! awesomeness!

[elvisdead77]

Amazing performance

RIP Eddie...

3 steps to heaven

[iamlovedbysomeone]

This kind of made me sad. He had to of been so heartbroken as he sang this. It almost made me cry. He just keeps his cool the whole time. They were definitely quality back then. Thanks for posting!

[rickyvale]

You are welcome,

this is one of the most watched Eddie videos!

[ramlinrose2]

wow this is great .........:)

[195207bigdad]

another tallented young life lost in a car crash,

all his songs were good, I remember HEREING THE NEWS FLASH ON 2DU

[robharding1957]

truly a rocknroll legend,

[1minuteto1]

Great! One of my faves from Eddie.

On that very afternoon, just before this show took place, Ritchie and Buddy were buried, and obviously nobody took notice there in L.A. I think Eddie was the only one who cared about them but had to stay cool through this show. Must have been a hard evening for him.

[rickyvale]

his perfomance was excellent, perfect as usually. It's strange that the accident was not mentioned at all in the interview... Maybe to not not disturb the show

[babybear62]

First time I heard this song tonight. Loving it!!! Great music from the past..

[rickyvale]

it was already quite old in those days,

written by Scotty Wiseman and published in 1945

[Phoenixman6]

Wonderful.

[aronstonebridge]

the king

[aronstonebridge]

the king

[ftbrothers]

EDDIE COCHRAN TRIBUTE NIGHT APRIL 11TH,ACE CAFE, LONDON, DJs THE FLATTOP BROTHERS, FREE ENTRY

[belamadena]

is this the flattop brothers from brum?great vid man razzman

[peacemanken]

Wow! I'm speechless, 1st time hearing this song,just finding the greatest music tonight, I'm a huge Beatles fan & have just become Bigger fan to Eddie! Thx for sharing this Peace. Kenny:) P.S. I guess I wasn't speechless after all loved it.

[rickyvale]

The future Beatles members loved him too

[CptSato]

As for you, a posting was accomplished in the great song of the great singer.

Thank you BIG much.

[Snotra]

21 years of life.

[rickyvale]

a brilliant Life

[edurocker01]

wow Eddie rules ever!

[helyanwe63]

He played this concert the day his friends were buried. Hard to think about how he must have felt that moment...

[kengk1234]

love you eddie, Buddy, Richie & The Bopper. Music will never be the the same.

[daveyfey9]

I really like this particular version of this song

[VA24541]

I never heard Eddie sing this one.  Do you know Gene Autry wrote it?

[rickyvale]

""Have I Told You Lately that I Love You?" is a popular song written by Scotty Wiseman and published in 1945. It was the greatest hit of Wiseman and his wife and one of the first country music songs to attract major attention in the pop music field."

from Wikipedia

[Bopalena]

Went to his grave yesterday. God bless Eddie!

[rawn321]

Where are hes grave? im from norway i wish to know where it is?

[rickyvale]

Eddie Cochran was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Cypress, California on Monday April 25, 1960, he was only 21 years old

[craigowler]

During a British tour with Gene Vincent in early 1960 Eddie played in Bristol. On the night time journey from Bristol to London the Ford Consul taxi in which he was travelling crashed into a lamp post at Rowden Hill, Chippenham. He was taken to St. Martins Hospital, Bath where he was pronounced dead. A permanent memorial stone can be seen at the scene of the crash. Gene Vincent and Eddie's girlfriend Sharon Sheeley were also a passengers in the car but survived.

[drummoluke]

You're great!!! I'd like to go, but I'm from Italy.....Max respect for this great musician.

[rickyvale]

I know the guy who posted the comment,

he's really great, a truly Cochran fan who knew some of Eddie's best friends

[ArturCzar]

there would be not metal without him

[rodrigoraulsuarez]

Great singing here, so natural.

[jerryleelewisfan42]

i love him !

[ChivalrousMike]

Great stuff...

[Sureker]

Is that Buddy Holly behind Eddie around 0:10 or just a look a like?

[rickyvale]

The concert was filmed on February 7th, 1959

Buddy Holly had died only days before on February 3 in a plane crash in Iowa

[Sureker]

I didn't know the date this was filmed, I just saw the year was 59 so I thought maybe this was one of Buddy's last performances. But both Eddie and Buddy made great music.

[rickyvale]

the man wearing glasses is Guybo Smith (bass player)

[MensShoes]

When I watch clips of him performing he rocks me away every time, but this is something else.

[dean851]

he just makes me melt.. tia

[rickyvale]

He was amazing,

I think he knew it too

[iluvjzjzjz]

What an awesome voice!!

[tindermo]

Oh yeah this is what music should sound like. love It so

[eddiered1]

nice song eddie xxx

[jmen4ever]

Man, he sung from the heart!Sends a chill down ones spine.Best singer ever to come out of Minnesota.

[prism1959]

@jmen4ever And you have to remember that he was surely not in the best mood that day...

[wolfetone01]

Excellent, RIP Eddie.... Thanks for sharing....

[johnnie160]

can you beleive those guys died so young? Cochran, Holly, Valance! Real artists. life's a twat!

[serpico56]

This clip shows Eddie would have gone country if he had lived on RIP

[BitterCycle]

Like Waylen Jennings and Conway Twitty.

[tanx360]

EDDIE WAS SOOOO Talented and only 21 when he died.rock on EDDIE WE LOVE YOU

[corozoncontento]

hey rickyvale.any chance in knowing the names of the other guys. If this is ghe kelly four I dont think thats guybo on bass.love to know the pianists name

[rickyvale]

Take notice, dear friend:

Eddie Cochran: vocal/lead guitar

Larry D'Agostin: rhythm guitar

Connie 'Guybo' Smith: electric bass

Gene Riggio: drums

Dick D'Agostin: piano/guitar

Paul Coffman: saxophone

[HighwayCinema]

Cool to hear the original! After Sissy Spacek starred in Coal Miner's Daughter, she cut a great country LP called Hangin' Up My Heart, which includes a sweet twangy arrangement of Have I Told You Lately... yeah!

[kengk1234]

Just listen, he was great.