Eddie Cochran - Sweet Little Sixteen

[TaschaTerrorist]

I just 'discovered' this music (and Ray Charles) and I immediately fell in love with it! This is some great music. I feel ashamed to live in this time with all the bullshit music in the charts. Weird thing is, I also love metal and (some) rap.

[Leffus66]

I agree whith bmxshowtime.

[fred450611]

Amen! I say, the trash that we have to contend with today makes one really long for those days of yore!! Great choices guys!!

[paulinus43ad]

RAW,,, good ,, pure rock,,,,,

[Ao3Dash]

Even though this is live.. it still remains the best version of the song ever recorded in my opinion

[charlyW34]

O.K., according to eddiecochran.info, This tune was from the Boy Meets Girls U.K. TV show Feb.27th 1960. It may feature Andy White on drums, heard the world over 2 years later by playing on Love Me Do (lp version and all 45's outside the U.K. and Canada). He can also be heard on the Beatles Anthology vol.1 on an early version of Please Please Me. The odd sound I alluded to may be explained by the TV source, though I feel It may also have some later overdubs... It is a great performance.

[TheDJGrandPa]

Undisputely the best live recording of that era!

[chaot0punk]

one of the best songs ever.

[19chiefs57]

Go Eddie Go!

[bmxshowtime]

We will Never see talent like this again, never. Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, to name a few. What was it about our 50s that produced all of this World Class Talent? and no-one today that can ever fill their shoes. This truly was Rock N Roll at it's Best. How lucky we were to have them, but thank goodness they left us all their great music and all the great memories of them.

[darkmaxification]

Why is the music and some of the lyrics the same as Surfin USA ?

[Serendeppity2009]

@darkmaxification the beach boys used it for surfin usa, chuck sued and I believe his names on there record now as co writer,

[Wonka275]

@darkmaxification Because the Beach Boys ripped it off of Chuck. Chuck actually sued them over it.

[tititop]

@darkmaxification You're reason ! Plagiat ? it's really weird !

[charlyW34]

I do love this, but I wonder if the original performance has been altered with overdubs of music and audience sound? What is the source? Is it live on BBC? Cheers

[bmxshowtime]

@charlyW34 Hi,

This is the only copy of this song and were luckey it was recorded at a live performance or we wouldn't have it. Thanks to whoever recorded it and shared it with the world. It was one of Eddies Best.

[charlyW34]

@bmxshowtime Hi! You get no dispute from me that this is great to have. I would still like to know more about the source of this recording. I can't help but feel some of the instrumentation was overdubbed at a later date. That is the only point I'm making. Cheers

[jbsports44]

Eddie and Buddy were great. can't find music like this anymore.

[albertanglo]

Like wow! What an amazing version of this. And this was live too! So glad we have got this as Eddie did not do it as a studio recording.

[BrotherSecretary]

My parents thought Eddie Cochran was another devil in disguise just like Elvis Presley. But, heck, we kids new better. We knew what rock and roll was doing to the country--waking it up to recognize the young generation. The old people have our full attention now and I'm just a young 66!!

[masonlandon17]

@BrotherSecretary

you said it man. Im 31 but just can't seem to get away from the music from this era. I love Eddie and Buddy.

[bmxshowtime]

@BrotherSecretary Love the post, it say's it all.

[bmxshowtime]

Nobody can sing this like Eddie did. Just great.

[DougPatton1]

Let it Rock Eddie baby !

[amandamichael100]

keep it rockabilly forever

[paokipi]

GENE AND EDDIE FOREVER

[StormoTiger]

Better than Chuck

[freddiemesquit1]

@StormoTiger He had a better voice, that's for sure. Who knows what he would have done if he could have lived even another 20 years.

[L0ngLiveRnR]

Just awesome...

[Eneru89]

wow, who stole this!!!

[FreshFFFish]

Tell the Teacher IM Surfing, Surfing USA ??

[davidamurdoch]

what a voice, eddie was awesome

[vitoboogie]

ça c,est le vrai rock

[Wayneelvis]

Had a lot of Elvis in him....

[MegaWolfsong]

Eddie und Gene for ever! Was für eine geile Jugend mit saugeiler Musik! Werd ich mein Lebtag nicht vergessen die Zeit!

[missionrd100]

This is rockin'!!!

[Fuji12mann]

Voilà, c'est rock'n roll!

[utahaztec]

rock and roll 

[1954surya]

Tolle Version!

[pamkayvan]

In his short life he brought so much joy. Eddie died way to young.

[MissHayleyRose]

I never even realised that Beach Boys thing until now! How did I miss that??

[jerrylw75]

tres bon

[jerrylw75]

tres bon

[Bit6string]

Right On aaronstately... Chuck sued the Beach Boys and won a large amout of money over Surfin USA.. The BB settled out of court..

[aaronstately]

Wow you tell who he has influenced....Beach boys.

I cant believe this guy did all this before 21...played with elvis...summertime blues....what a shame he dies so young.

[kaypgirl]

@aaronstately This is a cover of Chuck Berry's Sweet Little Sixteen. And the Beach Boys Surfin' USA is the same melody with different words, and Chuck Berry is credited with writing the music.

[sammytheiller]

soooo i wonder how much ass the first rock n roll guitar players got, cuz the ones now get a lottttttt

[kackalacke66]

the first white rockstar. cause the first was thegood old: chuck barry. love rock and roll.

[wwxasw]

que temazoooo¡¡surco a toda velocidad las peligrosas curvas de tus caderas por una carretera con dueño, privada y prohibida, en esta noche de fiesta y excesos recorro tu cuerpo quizas por ultima vez,imagino que voy en mi viejo chevrolet descapotable en busca de un tunel que me permita huir del dia al menos unas horas mas,en mi cabeza suena sweet little sixteen de eddie cochran,no puedo quitarme de mi cabeza la imagen de tu cuerpo desnudo, si esto es el infierno que me sirvan un yak daniels.giova

[omanrocks123]

this reminds me of a certain surfing usa song...

[darraghtank]

@omanrocks123 naw your just bein paranoid

[NADYAKOST]

Thank you!!!!

[Metalhead001122]

It's funny when Eddie Cochran starts singing the girls go nuts and then when he stops they shut up.

[BigJiggety]

Rock & roll was seldom better than with Eddie and Gene!

[Illuminu]

@terryc and @moosey62

Eddie Chochrane was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota. (says wikipedia)

[terrryc]

Eddie was from Macon, Georgia, USA......

[moosey62]

Fuck off! Eddie was British.

[Metalhead001122]

@moosey62 No he was American.

[nzoneaffe]

If some people say Elvis is the king i have to say Cochran is the god of rock n roll ;D

[dvdsmlprstylr]

@nzoneaffe Even though this is Chuck Berry's song.

How can he be the god of rock n roll and copy someone else's song

LONG LIVE THE KING...CHUCK BERRY

[nzoneaffe]

@dvdsmlprstylr i hope you knwo that eddie wrote most of his songs or were involved in composing ;)

[The170460]

@dvdsmlprstylr stupid guy. Eddie Wrote some of the best rock 'n' roll songs ever recorded like C'mon Everybody, Somethin' Else, Summertime Blues and many more. On this one he pay tribute to chuck berry. And at last eddie was a real better guitarist than chuck berry.

[dvdsmlprstylr]

@The170460 ARE YOU MAD!!!!!!! I mean yeah, I admit, Chuck isn't the BEST guitaristas he is now...but he was wayyyyy better than anyone else. He danced around the stage whilst playing, he did't play the guitar, he made it orgasm and sing at the same time.

Eddie is an ALRIGHT guitarist, better than me, way better than me, but he's not pleasant to listen to.

[The170460]

@dvdsmlprstylr chuck berry was good but now it's a pity to see his ive performances. At last listen to Eddie's Blues and after tell me than Chuck is a genius on guitar.

[dvdsmlprstylr]

@The170460 Pretty amazing, thanks for mentioning it. I still believe that Chuck was a better guitarist than Eddie.

I don't think Chuck is THE best, but he is bettER

[MegaGARFISH]

@The170460

Technique wise, it's far easier to play like Chuck Berry than it is to play Eddie Cochran licks. Most people would think of the mainly acoustic rhythms of "C'mon Everybody" and "Somethin' Else" but if they heard his Gretsch powered "Eddie's Blues" they'd realise that Eddie was an extremely talented player. He was only a kid when he started as a session player. Both were great players in their own styles. Anyway, Blue Cap Cliff Gallup was probably 'cleverer' than both of them...

[panmandee]

@The170460 I will agree that Eddie Cochran was an outstanding guitarist (especially for his age) but you can't compare Eddie to Chuck Berry. Berry was an innovator of a particular style, Blues and Rhythm. Eddie Cochran is a Rock and Roll guitarist (definitely among the first). It isn't exactly the same music.

[The170460]

@panmandee have heard Eddie's blues ????? Eddie cochran was more innovative than chuck berry who have found an intro for Johnny be good and recycled it on many titles (carol, bye bye johnny etc etc etc

[zeboh]

BRILLIANT

[alxndr01]

Great cover!

[merstrand]

On Saturday, April 16, 1960, at about 11:50 p.m., while on tour in the United Kingdom, 21-year-old Cochran died in a traffic accident in a taxi traveling through Chippenham, Wiltshire, on the A4. The taxi crashed into a lamp post on Rowden Hill, where a plaque now commemorates the event (no other car was involved). Cochran was thrown through the windscreen, suffered severe head injuries, and was taken to St. Martin's Hospital where he sucumbed to his injuries..

[Mortthemoose]

love this song!!

[wookyhollow]

Sad to say this is better than JLL version. Thank you Rover TCB.

[MegaGravyboy]

I'm 66 years old and this still moves me to my tripes!

[bumblebeemoi]

@MegaGravyboy Hi. I'm assuming that "moves me to my tripes" is a British phrase. Now, what the hell does it mean?

[MegaGravyboy]

@bumblebeemoi For me it means that it hits me where I live - ie right down deep inside me - mind, body, spirit ,emotions, in short, everything. By the way I'm Australian though born in Wales. Eddie Cochran toured here with Gene Vincent, Little Richard and Johnny O'Keefe in late 1957 - probably the wildest rock'n'roll show ever.

[kitkat6026]

@bumblebeemoi tripe[s] is guts or can mean rubbish or shit[sorry] ie you talk a load of tripe or whats this tripe . some people eat tripe yuk sheeps stomach that is lol honest tripe [sheaps insides can be eaten ] vomit

[rodrigoraulsuarez]

Great photo!

[motormadhead13]

great classic rocknroll-allthe good music starts with rocknroll-then you get to todays rocknroll-motorhead

[goofygobber101]

I think the Beach Boys copied this tune except they talk about surfin in the U.S.A.? because it sounds just like the song. this song is good, too!

[Metallica1419]

@goofygobber101 Your right. The beach boys took the riffs and changes note for note, and I'm about 99% sure that chuck berry sued them over it.

[GoFigureSkating]

@goofygobber101 This song was written by Chuck Berry who successfully sued the Beach Boys for copywright infringement.

[rockdoowop5060]

great song

[amozartii]

Eddie was one of the greats of all time!!!

[280449werder]

Das ist Musik !!!!

[lelestifler]

i think that beach boys copied this song for "surfin U.S.A"

[tempemoore]

Yes. Lost a lawsuit by Chuck Berry. He's credited as a co-writer.

[Mr11062005]

Superbe morceau!!! Une reprise terrible de CHUCK BERRY. Du super Rock'n'Roll!

Quel talent cet EDDIE COCHRAN !!

[289cab]

@Mr11062005

connaissait pas cette version

les grands morceaux ne meurent pas

[Mr11062005]

Message à toi 289cab, viens voir notre adaptation,sur myspace, les CRIPPERS

[mitylena]

et oui ,cla c'etait de la musique ert tres tres bonne epoque

[otto2752]

Von Chuck Berry ist dieses Lied immer noch am besten. Von Eddie am zweitbesten.

[jt123egypte]

Surely one of the greatest live covers of the Berry Classic. Add 10 stars!

[Angus1966]

He was huge in England.

[tempemoore]

What a talent. This guy was "Somethin Else". Thanks for posting.

[heyzog]

I have a question, how come there are all these live recordings of Cochran and others from the 50s out there - many of them very good quality - when there is nothing of Buddy Holly??? Only a poor quality audio from ONE show in England.

[dkfelix]

I suppose it's because Eddie was on televsion one or more times and Buddy wasn't. Back in those days it wasn't very common to record "normal" concerts, because it was difficut and the outcome wouldn't be very good.

[eugenecraddock]

this one comin' from an UK TV show recorded live that's why the sound is good. Boys Meet Girls TV Shows Jack Good production.

[BlueSuedeRock]

Eddie had the Biggest talent and was ahead of his time by 10 years at least. He didn't need fancy guitar effect like the Metal bands of today. Today everybody plays the Gretsch guitar, Setzer, Bono of U2 and so many more. Eddie picked the right guitar and played the right music which is Rock and Roll. Almost all Hard rock 70's band covered at least one Eddie's song. Amazing.

[mikeystrafford]

He is Brian Setzer 1957.  Cool as fuck

Mikey xx

[squirrelnutcased]

or brian setzer is eddie cochran 1981.....haha i hope i read that right

[Erkele]

Toi "Brian" on vaan skidi nassikka verrattuna tähän Starbaan. IN FINNISH, SORI - E

[heyzog]

I'm not here to slag the Beatles, but my God, this guy could out perform them all. Mick Jagger once said that of all the white rockers of that time, Buddy Holly was the most original. I must disagree with Mick, this guy was THEE most original by far. His music doesn't sound country and western, nor hillbilly, but it doesn't sound black either.

[jonbeatlesfan]

Actually, Cochran is technically one of the least original performers of the age. He was Britain's answer to Elvis. They had to scramble to find an artist who could perform America's rock n' roll so they wouldn't have to import the hot names and labels. They even called him the English Elvis. Plus nearly all the songs I see him doing are covers. Not saying that he ain't good, he's excellent, but they weren't his.

[RoverTCB]

If I got it right, you think Eddie was british? He was american, but had more success in the UK than at home, probably because of the huge number of rock n roll performers in the USA. It's true he did a lot of covers, but his biggest hits were written by him, C'mon everybody and Summertime Blues.

[386due]

I agree with your comments. I loved Eddie's songs C'mon everybody and Summertime Blues. Eddie was just becoming a super star, but unfortunately tragedy stuck! I think he would have been better than Elvis if Eddie lived!

[tempemoore]

Don't forget "Somethin Else". One of the greatest.

[jayscott49]

thanks! i was like, 'Eddie Cochran's British? What the...'

[BoppinBobble]

Sorry Mate but Eddie Cochran wasn't English & nobody has ever called him "The English Elvis"

Also, eighty percent of the records he released was written by him or for him..Sharon Sheighly (Eddies girlfriend) also wrote & co-wrote several of his songs.

[Erkele]

Speakin' "wtf" ?

[Caylus1578]

You sure you ain't think'n 'bout TomJones!!?? Eddie was the best dammed guitarist to come out of the US of A ......ever....next you're goin' to tell us that he covered the sex pistols tracks.....

[greaser1993]

nah man he wasnt the english answer to elvis because he was american and billy fury was britains elvis

[shelleys9I]

@jonbeatlesfan, You are getting Eddie mixed upwith Cliff Richard my friend. The Who covered Summertime Blues, The Stones did 20 Flight Rock, Led Zep did Come on Everybody, The Pistols did Somethin Else AND Come On Everybody. Has Elvis been so hounoured ????

[rbound827]

@sheley91- More artists covered Elvis Presley songs than any other, except for the Beatles.

[TheDJGrandPa]

@jonbeatlesfan Read up on him, he did a lot of revolutionary stuff for the music, he was the first to bend notes apparently (I don't even know what that means), and he was also, along with Buddy Holly, one of the first to produce and write his own music.

[Metalhead001122]

@TheDJGrandPa Old blues musicians? (Although they never got recognised because they were black and when blues was happening people were racist).

[TheDJGrandPa]

@Metalhead001122 Are you talking about the one of the first to produce and write his own music?

[Metalhead001122]

@TheDJGrandPa Well most of the white rock n' roll or other popular musicians of the time would have someone else write their music normally ld black blues musicians. And things like country and folk and blues of the time although they did write their own songs no one recognised them for it. But yes Blues musicians and the others wrote their own songs but because they were black they were not allowed to perform because it was the 30's 40's 50's 60's when people were racist so no one knew about it

[TheDJGrandPa]

@Metalhead001122 Black people were often allowed to perform at least in the 40's and onward, even though they didn't get the recognition they deserved a lot of the times. The 50's had a bunch of famoust black artists/acts (Chuck Berry, Little Richard, The Platters, Fat Domino etc). But yes, when you say that Eddie Cochran was revolutionary because he wrote/produced/etc. his music, it's mostly because he was a white 1950's Rock n Roll star, and it needs to be taken in consideration.

[amozartii]

One of the greatest!

[bignumber59]

Eddie's voice is amazing here, as always...

i really like the Beatles performance of this song from their BBC release about 15 years ago too.

[ECsweden]

it´s such a shame that there is no videorecordings from gene and eddies tours in the UK! you can hear and see on the photos that he was more raw and rocked harder than before! thats what i think anyway:P rock on!

[gangerollo]

I'm pretty sure BBC did some -sources from here and there claim it- but erased/overplayed it, as rockn'roll was just another fad in the view of BBC officials and from medias POV i.e., the tabloids/newspapers. Just check old papers from that time on the net.

[ECsweden]

yes ive heard that they filmed but there isnt any videos to see now days? i would be so happy if someone had videos from the uk tours!!

[RoverTCB]

To my knowledge, there is no such videos, though something might exist in the BBC vautls. They have nothing on their archive website, maybe we have to wait a few years for copyrights reasons, I don't know...

[eugenecraddock]

the tapes were erased. And remember the show was transmitted on ITV not BBC

[eugenecraddock]

Rockstar records have secured an amateur 8mm movie of Eddie and Gene on stage in England but they never published it.

[SDADSDSFDSGDA]

This was Chuck Berry's song. Look how much more energy it has when Eddie sings it! This is far better!

He sounds pretty aggressive on this song actually!

[TheOnlineGirl]

eddie cochran the colest rock 'n' roll guy ever live

[56Johnny]

I hate it when people say he was an inspiration for the punk stuff, you don't need to be a punk when you're a rocn 'n' roller. Know what I mean

[gangerollo]

56Johnny, and even more when coming to Gene Vincent. In UK he was forced/persuaded by Jack Good to wear that ridicoulus leather outfit "...to look more dangerous..." -as in getting bigger audience=more money- and a chain w/medallion. There is a wide spread myth, maybe not here but in common, that the '50s rockn'rollers were dressed in leather jackets. Crap mytology! The real rockn'rollers was dressed in baggy suits/jackets or in Cochrans case, anyway in UK, shirt and one of his many vest. Cont

[gangerollo]

Cont...though he had leather pants at the NME Poll Winners Concert Sunday February 21, 1960. I give them that.