J Frank Wilson's cover is by far the best. Without his cover no one would have even heard of this song. Pearl Jam's cover was good but the only people that would actually say its better are Pearl Jam fanboys. As far as this being a true story, its not. They wrote the song in 1961. The Jeannette Clark accident happened in 1962.
I'm not sure with all the comments saying Pearl Jam is better, it's a completely different style. This is soul music,and you don't get that in Pearl Jam.
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according to wikipedia(don't attack me for referencing wiki) the original written by this guy isn't about a true story, infact he knew tragedy songs are generally hits so he wrote this. If this is true, I feel I have been raped of a good song that where the cover is superior and the cover also feels more real.
Normally I wouldn't say that a cover is better than the original, because normally the original captures the emotion best (because the original artist connected more to the song than the cover artists could). However, Pearl Jam's version is much better in this case - it has more emotion because the musical style actually connects with the lyrics. I can't take the lyrics seriously with this style.
Definitely the Jam vocalised it to suit the dark sadness but remember - all songs from the Oldies were poppy. A version like Jam's would have been shunned like Elvis's pelvis
my sister and I used to play this over and over when we were little girls and cry...had the 45 if you know what I mean...uh, this and umm, oh yeah skeeter davis, the end of the world...haha, we were morbid little things
Sorry, but this is one of those examples where a cover IS superior to the original; meaning Pearl Jam's. But kudos to Cochran for writing the original.
@Koelker12 I agree. The Pearl Jam version has a lot of emotion to it. The lyrics are good but if you aren't listening to what he's saying I would have thought it was a happy song.
@Koelker12 yeah fucking right the original is way better you just don't know how to feel the song you probably heard pearl jam before wayne cocran like i did but i like the original way better
@Koelker12 yes listen and feel the music. pearl jam did the cover as a homage to wayne cocrans but that version didn't catch me like wayne cocran did yes i like the version pearl jam did because i heard it first and i loved it but when i heard the original i really can't put it into words but yes feel the fucking song all i said was the original is way better then pearl jams but some people hear covers before the original and always think there better but i don't
@4sativa20 that's fine man, I'll agree it's annoying when people are ignorant to the original version of songs, and 90 percent of the time I'll say the original is superior to a cover. But this, for me at least, is an exception to the rule. If you prefer Cochran's then power to you man, and to each his own
@ernestryles my opinion on the j frank's version was more like when elvis stole little walters version of my babe at the time people liked it more becuz it was with a band that was more out there on the radio but its still a good version i prefer the original i know i have my opinion and everyone has there own so don't attack me about the elvis comment i know nowadays people know that little walter did the original but thats bcuz it all took place over 50 yrs ago but yeah thats mine
I disagree with those who say the Cavaliers' version sounds too pop/bubblegum. I mean it does have that sound, but i don't think it detracts from the feel of the song. And i know most will disagree with this (so i'm prepared to be thumbed down to oblivion) but I think the Cavalier's version is the most emotional because it has a bit more energy in the singing than this version (which is still great) and pearl jam's version doesn't have that oldies feel that this song needs
@ThatDeviantBitch pretty sure i dont care lol pretty sure it was a joke and a jab at the evolution of music, and how the feeling towards this song has changed. How the world has changed, this is a horribly sad defeating song, but because of the time it was written it sounds like a ramones song, upbeat with a unfortunate topic, wasnt really until pearl jam remade this song that its true feelings came through. im not a car buff, its just the oldest car i kno of... its about the music.
i love this song and all its one of the most saddest choking up emotional songs i know.... i only heard pearl jams version until today, right now... but i started cracking up when it started, it sounds so joyous and skippy, like elevator music, it sounds almost comedic in a sense
I'm not very fond of the drumming and I think Eddie Vedder's voice is more emotive than Wayne Cochrance's. You can really hear the pain in Vedder's voice, and the original is just a bit too polished and tidy. Though it isn't always so, in this case, I think the cover is better than the original. .
All 3 versions of Last Kiss are good because it's an excellent song. This is the original performed by the artists who created the song. Thanks for the post!
This song is posted on Facebook page called "Golden Tunes - Sound of Oldies", so if you have fb account and some time, check it, i guess you will like it :) Page is for everyone who like like warm cozy sound of evergreen music.
@rub4tub Yeah, wiki now says summer 1961, but that does present a problem with chronology. The story has always been that the song was inspired by the Christmastime *1962* wreck in Barnesville GA that killed several young people.
I love this song in general. I've heard this in Wayne Cochran's, J. Frank Wilson's and Pearl Jams versions, and what means the most to me is the story.
But I like them all. All good voices singing it. (':
Genial! Acho que nem em uma vida inteira conseguiria compor algo tão romântico e profundo como essa musica, não há uma palavra fora de lugar nesta letra. Simplesmente genial.
edcrabb- Wayne lived in Thomaston Ga. the wreck happened in Barnesville Ga. in 1962. The song had already been recorded on the Gala label in1961.....He was singing it at a club in Roberta Ga. called Lake Henry in 1958.
peeweerote you are right on. Wayne started writing the song about 1958 at a club in Roberta Ga. called Lake Henry where he sang it often. I had 3 friends that played with him in the earley years. I met Otis Redding when he was doing shows with Wayne in the early 60`s , another great person.
Funny thing is that Wayne was a better guitar player then the one who played on this record. Could never figure out why Wayne didn't play guitar on this recording himself.
Of all the versions, Wayne Cochran is the only one to stay in both recording range and his own vocal limitations. I think that this version is definitely the way it was intended to be played and later versions come across as insincere in comparison. The song is solid so it is hard to produce a bad version of it, but based on what I've already mentioned I'd say that this is the best one.
@brownster98 In comparison, yes. If you take a song that has it's most significant impact in one genre, and then switch genre's you have little chance of matching it, not that sincerity is everything. If you want a solid example of taking a song from it's original form and making it better AND more sincere, see Harry Nillsson "Without You". Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt" is a reasonable example except that my neighbors dog could make nin song's sound better.
Wayne lived just down the road from where the accident happened. He had the basic music written already but didnt have the lyrics. There were many bad accidents on this hiway, when he heard about this one the night it happened he began writing the lyrics, then when he finished he dedicated it to Clark.
Waynes inspiration for the song was driven by the fact that he lived on a very busy section of hiway that had many deadly acidents. The one that inspired the lyrics was
Sixteen-year-old Jeanette Clark was out on a date in Barnesville, Georgia on December 22, 1962, the Saturday before Christmas. She was with a group of friends in a 1954 Chevrolet. J. L. Hancock, also sixteen, was driving the car in heavy traffic and while traveling on Highway 341, hit a log truck. Clark, Hancock, and another teenager were killed, and two other teens in the car were seriously injured.[3] Cochran finished the song, which he titled "Last Kiss", and dedicated it to Clark.
so is the song based off of that or just dedicated to Clark? is Cochran writing from an actual incident he was involved with or was it just fiction or was he writing about that crash or what?
@EgoTrippin311 He did live on a road with lots of crashes, it's about a real accident on the road he lived on. Somebody said that the girl was so messed up that her father didn't recognize her. Pretty sure he dedicated the song to her, too.
I believe the original is always the best. even if the Cover is better, which is only a matter of opinion, the original always has the most siginificance and those songs are moments in time that mean something to the creator and and reflect a certain era or idea, which is a fact. and most covers dont do the original justice and i think bands need to stop. but anyhoo, this song is awesome, and so are all the covers lol. (esp J Frank...)
First of All: Yes, This guy finished writing this song back in 1962.
Second of All: I think everyone here is a retard for saying Pearl Jam can't sing.
Eddie Vedder (Lead Singer of Pearl Jam for those of you who don't know) has a very unique voice and its probably the best version of this song, if not that's the only version of this song you got in this time.
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Pearl Jam is over rated for one the lead singer can't sing . J. Frank Wilson of the Cavaliers can! Pearl Jam's verson is very boring and lacks the real emotion!
I like it better than the Cavaliers, definatly more emotion to it, though I still think Pearl Jam's is the best, just because with such a sad subject it doesn't fit with any poppyness to it, almost seems like satire to have the singer not sound like he's about to break down in tears.
@wilagins what are you talking about? the happy music makes you think about thee positive elemts such as the hope of going to heaven. it is much more facination this way.
@wilagins this is the original.... i thought it was the cavaliers and frank wilson.... but this version was in 61... the cavaliers and wilson did this song in 64.... but i like the sound of he cavaliers better
WOW!! I looked up original and found J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers; that one was a little too bubble gummy though, then I read the comments and found out this was the actual original; WAY MORE SOUL!!! Thanks for putting it on youtube!!
@lisaannsnyder Yeah, it's been redone like a million times. Very good song, I only know it from Pearl Jam though. That's got to be my favorite version.
well i kno he wuz born in Thomaston ,GA and he has 1 sister named Phyllis and my grandma ,his oldest child, name is Cindy and he has 3 children of his own
@singingismypasion333: Bullshit, You prick. You could find out half that stuff on Wikipedia. That's a stupid thing to lie about, Go pencil prick yourself and learn how to fucking spell while you're at it. Douche bag.
Eddie couldn''t write anything that good????? are you kidding me Eddie vedder is one of the last great songwriters of our time you have to give him that he's the last true poet and his lyrics have meaning
his lyrics are very very meaning full definetly when i first heard there version i thought he wrote because of just the way it sounded it sounded like an origingal
eddie vedder is one of the greatest songwriters ever, just listen to better man, and he wrote that song in high school... black, nothingman, alive, elderly woman behind the counter in a small town, indifference, crazy mary, keep going and going
I think the press on Old King Gold is far better then the Gala recording. It's no wonder Wayne didn't do so well if the first time people heard the song was on the Gala count.
both pearl jam and wayne cochran have done legendary versions of this song, well the only reason im calling the pj version legendary is because i heard it a lot when i was younger
I moved her head She looked and smiled said, "Hold me darling just a little while." I held her close I kissed her our last kiss. I found the love That I knew I had missed. Well now she's gone Even though I held her tight. I lost my love, my life That night.
Thank you. I was going to play this version for my father who had been looking for this song for a long time. It was to be his christmas gift. He passed away Dec 5th of 2008. :(
Well... i prefer Pearl Jam singing ^^
marcel0gyn 3 days ago
I think they're just as good as each other... Pearl Jam's version and this.
ColorfulHyena 3 weeks ago
@ColorfulHyena why does no one seem to know the j frank wilson verison? i feel its better than this, and pearl jams is good as well
ernestryles 2 weeks ago
oh shit
stratocsater 1 month ago
great song, very poignant. i like Pearl Jam's version the best. feel gutted every time I hear it... Ed Vedder's voice and the wailing guitars...
TheBallet1 2 months ago
J Frank Wilson's cover is by far the best. Without his cover no one would have even heard of this song. Pearl Jam's cover was good but the only people that would actually say its better are Pearl Jam fanboys. As far as this being a true story, its not. They wrote the song in 1961. The Jeannette Clark accident happened in 1962.
Vmaz217 2 months ago 3
There have been a lot of cover's of this song. The most famous was done by J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers in 1968
worm5252 3 months ago
@worm5252 Pearl Jam's version is way more famous then J Frank Wilson's mate.
ffcs12 2 months ago
I agree!
majorkilo 3 months ago
People under 40 have such short points of reference. It's a shame they don't know anything about REAL music.
64JBran 3 months ago
yes it is a true story , the girls name was Jeanette Clark , in Georgia, Wayne chochran lived on the road where it happend, Erik Vonderlieth
rocknroll1955 3 months ago
@rocknroll1955 Makes sense that a song written in 61 was written about an accident that happened in 62...good job.
xxllxxdanielxxllxx 3 months ago
I'm not sure with all the comments saying Pearl Jam is better, it's a completely different style. This is soul music,and you don't get that in Pearl Jam.
Benkenobi8118 3 months ago
@Benkenobi8118 i hear quite a bit of soul in pearl jam.
MrRodney1985 3 months ago
@MrRodney1985 The one thing I hate about pearl jams version is the vibrating every note thing it's more annoying than emotional.
Schnitzelpops 2 months ago
doesnt feel like he's lost someone..but its good!!
KritShrestha 3 months ago
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rickyandjoseph 3 months ago
according to wikipedia(don't attack me for referencing wiki) the original written by this guy isn't about a true story, infact he knew tragedy songs are generally hits so he wrote this. If this is true, I feel I have been raped of a good song that where the cover is superior and the cover also feels more real.
crazyasscool7 3 months ago
what's pearl jam already ?
1964jazzbass 3 months ago
DIdnt know he wrote this!! saw him live at the Place in N Miami. If I lived in Miami I would attend his services, maybe I would be born again
HRMOKeefe1 3 months ago
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HRMOKeefe1 3 months ago
No wonder this did not chart! Man.. sorry but it's crap. But thanks for the inspiring Pearl Jam.
alvinpatacsil 3 months ago
This is so funny. It sounds pretty much exactly like Pearl Jam's. Surprised they kept it so original sounding.
margbo02 4 months ago
a cover will NEVER!!!! beat the original
DOGOR666 4 months ago 11
@DOGOR666 my ass
MrAcdcfan32 4 months ago
@ChrisBelback most people wouldnt have even noticed it if it werent for you stating it, just saying.
jnavaification 4 months ago
J Frank Wilson's is the best version, n00bs.
JOffJill 5 months ago 2
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This is NOT the original. And Pearl Jam's is best.
kicomp 5 months ago
This is NOT the original.
kicomp 5 months ago
@kicomp
Yes, it is the original.
Benkenobi8118 3 months ago
Normally I wouldn't say that a cover is better than the original, because normally the original captures the emotion best (because the original artist connected more to the song than the cover artists could). However, Pearl Jam's version is much better in this case - it has more emotion because the musical style actually connects with the lyrics. I can't take the lyrics seriously with this style.
LordRedXII 5 months ago 3
Definitely the Jam vocalised it to suit the dark sadness but remember - all songs from the Oldies were poppy. A version like Jam's would have been shunned like Elvis's pelvis
joecoolsthename 5 months ago
great song but I think Peal Jam did it the best.
416mcp 6 months ago 10
I hate Wayne Cochran, okay?
The Cavalier's has heart. And it's great.
And whoever keeps relating this song to that shit vampire show needs to learn a thing or two. Geez.
TheShowFoe 7 months ago
Especially in the refrain, I hear Roy Orbison's style? Not sure who came first and I should know.
sparklingmichele 7 months ago
I have a hard time with this song after my brother died in a car accident. Hard not to cry
packer041 7 months ago
my sister and I used to play this over and over when we were little girls and cry...had the 45 if you know what I mean...uh, this and umm, oh yeah skeeter davis, the end of the world...haha, we were morbid little things
greenpilgrim50 8 months ago
original
punkjoaquin 8 months ago
Sorry, but this is one of those examples where a cover IS superior to the original; meaning Pearl Jam's. But kudos to Cochran for writing the original.
Koelker12 8 months ago 21
@Koelker12
Yeah because it's slower, and grunge is perfect for these kind of songs.
q1111w 7 months ago
@Koelker12 I agree. The Pearl Jam version has a lot of emotion to it. The lyrics are good but if you aren't listening to what he's saying I would have thought it was a happy song.
wherareI 2 months ago
@Koelker12 yeah fucking right the original is way better you just don't know how to feel the song you probably heard pearl jam before wayne cocran like i did but i like the original way better
4sativa20 1 month ago
@4sativa20 I "don't know how to feel" the song? Alright, cool man.
Koelker12 1 month ago
@Koelker12 yes listen and feel the music. pearl jam did the cover as a homage to wayne cocrans but that version didn't catch me like wayne cocran did yes i like the version pearl jam did because i heard it first and i loved it but when i heard the original i really can't put it into words but yes feel the fucking song all i said was the original is way better then pearl jams but some people hear covers before the original and always think there better but i don't
4sativa20 1 week ago
@4sativa20 that's fine man, I'll agree it's annoying when people are ignorant to the original version of songs, and 90 percent of the time I'll say the original is superior to a cover. But this, for me at least, is an exception to the rule. If you prefer Cochran's then power to you man, and to each his own
Koelker12 1 week ago
@4sativa20 whats your opinion on the j frank wilson verison?
ernestryles 2 weeks ago
@ernestryles my opinion on the j frank's version was more like when elvis stole little walters version of my babe at the time people liked it more becuz it was with a band that was more out there on the radio but its still a good version i prefer the original i know i have my opinion and everyone has there own so don't attack me about the elvis comment i know nowadays people know that little walter did the original but thats bcuz it all took place over 50 yrs ago but yeah thats mine
4sativa20 1 week ago
I disagree with those who say the Cavaliers' version sounds too pop/bubblegum. I mean it does have that sound, but i don't think it detracts from the feel of the song. And i know most will disagree with this (so i'm prepared to be thumbed down to oblivion) but I think the Cavalier's version is the most emotional because it has a bit more energy in the singing than this version (which is still great) and pearl jam's version doesn't have that oldies feel that this song needs
57250tr 8 months ago
GREAT SONG!
VichoMetals 9 months ago
@ThatDeviantBitch pretty sure i dont care lol pretty sure it was a joke and a jab at the evolution of music, and how the feeling towards this song has changed. How the world has changed, this is a horribly sad defeating song, but because of the time it was written it sounds like a ramones song, upbeat with a unfortunate topic, wasnt really until pearl jam remade this song that its true feelings came through. im not a car buff, its just the oldest car i kno of... its about the music.
Sparkleyigloos 9 months ago
pride is not about nationality..........stupid racist
lowbuckfabrication 9 months ago
Vampire Diaries <3
lovegossipgirl08 9 months ago
pretty sure you couldnt kill anyone in a model t... how old is this song.
Sparkleyigloos 9 months ago
@Sparkleyigloos Pretty sure you don't know they souped up cars like that and made badass street rods out of them then.
ThatDeviantBitch 9 months ago
Damon and Elena are going to dance to this song!! CAN.NOT.WAIT!
glitternglozz 9 months ago 19
Thumbs up if you know who Jeanette Clark is and listened to this song way before Pearl Jam covered it.
TNFlightNurse 7 months ago
@glitternglozz Who?
friendlier 2 months ago
it has a lot of feelings in his voice
jane19gig 9 months ago
i love this song and all its one of the most saddest choking up emotional songs i know.... i only heard pearl jams version until today, right now... but i started cracking up when it started, it sounds so joyous and skippy, like elevator music, it sounds almost comedic in a sense
eatenbyzombies 10 months ago
this song sounds anything but happy. best version hands down
holmansmashbros 11 months ago
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holmansmashbros 11 months ago
I like this version. But it makes me wish Roy Orbison had done a cover if this. His voice would have gone well with it.
funkiersnoog 11 months ago 3
@funkiersnoog Oh man, now I'm sad because I want this so bad :(
newwave89 11 months ago
The emotion is the most important factor, I'm going to have to say this one tops the others.
TheTruDestroyer 11 months ago
This is a pretty good version, but Pearl Jam's is still the best... The beat seems too 'happy' for a song with a sad message.
expressivechild 11 months ago 5
IMO the J Frank Wilson version is the best; still brings a lump to my throat. The PJ cover isn't bad at all though.
UnseenCaller 1 year ago
@UnseenCaller i toatally agree with you
279mach 1 year ago
Wow. Depressing.
karkapariah 1 year ago
I'm not very fond of the drumming and I think Eddie Vedder's voice is more emotive than Wayne Cochrance's. You can really hear the pain in Vedder's voice, and the original is just a bit too polished and tidy. Though it isn't always so, in this case, I think the cover is better than the original. .
ashkayem 1 year ago
Great song, and by the original. Thanks so much for posting this, but why the extra 40 seconds of nothing at the end?
acefox92 1 year ago
All 3 versions of Last Kiss are good because it's an excellent song. This is the original performed by the artists who created the song. Thanks for the post!
turbo1964 1 year ago 3
Didn't like this version much, sorry
Pearl Jam did this song Justice, Vedder's heartbreaking voice easily surpasses this
WhitneyElizabethH 1 year ago
This song is posted on Facebook page called "Golden Tunes - Sound of Oldies", so if you have fb account and some time, check it, i guess you will like it :) Page is for everyone who like like warm cozy sound of evergreen music.
soundof90s 1 year ago
Amazing song.
CssStudioz 1 year ago 2
what year was this made. sounds 50's/early 60's
holmansmashbros 1 year ago
@holmansmashbros 1961
rub4tub 1 year ago
@rub4tub Yeah, wiki now says summer 1961, but that does present a problem with chronology. The story has always been that the song was inspired by the Christmastime *1962* wreck in Barnesville GA that killed several young people.
UnseenCaller 1 year ago
@UnseenCaller
Actually, its just to cash in on the teen tragedy. so it doesnt really matter when.
Though I do like how most people wont even acknowledge the Cavaliers version.
emeraldrafael 11 months ago
@brownprideroldies2, you got a lot of the lyrics wrong..
hockcockeyhaha 1 year ago
I love this song in general. I've heard this in Wayne Cochran's, J. Frank Wilson's and Pearl Jams versions, and what means the most to me is the story.
But I like them all. All good voices singing it. (':
TaylorTaller 1 year ago
i always thought that j frank wilson and the cavaliers wwas the original singer but i was wrong to i like this version to way more emonitional
MultiHostile 1 year ago
good song
gothhearse 1 year ago
Genial! Acho que nem em uma vida inteira conseguiria compor algo tão romântico e profundo como essa musica, não há uma palavra fora de lugar nesta letra. Simplesmente genial.
Rodrigovieira1301 1 year ago
pense que la tocaban los doltons mmm q decepcion tenian que ser peruanos como siempre :(
TheKRATOS29 1 year ago
"Lake Henry" that that name brings back a lot of memory's for this old man.
Never knew the "Last Kiss"connection. Very interesting to find out about real
story about how this great song came to be. Thanks!! Barry M from Macon,GA
waltherman31204 1 year ago
Where oh where can my baby be...this 27 year old took her away from me...Bastard.
CharlesVariations 1 year ago
ohh , i love this song, eddie vedder also sing it, i love the two versions :)
MrMrf15 1 year ago
edcrabb- Wayne lived in Thomaston Ga. the wreck happened in Barnesville Ga. in 1962. The song had already been recorded on the Gala label in1961.....He was singing it at a club in Roberta Ga. called Lake Henry in 1958.
azand091 1 year ago
peeweerote you are right on. Wayne started writing the song about 1958 at a club in Roberta Ga. called Lake Henry where he sang it often. I had 3 friends that played with him in the earley years. I met Otis Redding when he was doing shows with Wayne in the early 60`s , another great person.
azand091 1 year ago
my dad used to sing this song to me every morning on the way to school in the morning. Love it
lH0neyBeel 1 year ago
Funny thing is that Wayne was a better guitar player then the one who played on this record. Could never figure out why Wayne didn't play guitar on this recording himself.
abuiltmale 1 year ago
Este es el Original !! Wayne Cochran en el año 1962
SuperDario1978 1 year ago
ke va gringos mariks no hay como alce acosta jajajaj
jorgegraves 1 year ago
Wayne's voice is better than Frank Wilson's voice. But i have to say I still like Pearl Jam's version.
RyderGuy007 1 year ago
Pearl Jam did it better, with a lot more emotion. But still, I have to thank Wayne Cochran for providing the lyrics. They're beautiful.
tialinell 1 year ago 3
sad lyric, amazing song
magalish 1 year ago
Awesome voice this guy had...
necrOothic 2 years ago
Of all the versions, Wayne Cochran is the only one to stay in both recording range and his own vocal limitations. I think that this version is definitely the way it was intended to be played and later versions come across as insincere in comparison. The song is solid so it is hard to produce a bad version of it, but based on what I've already mentioned I'd say that this is the best one.
peeweerota 2 years ago
@peeweerota does eddie vedder sound insincere to you?
brownster98 1 year ago
@brownster98 In comparison, yes. If you take a song that has it's most significant impact in one genre, and then switch genre's you have little chance of matching it, not that sincerity is everything. If you want a solid example of taking a song from it's original form and making it better AND more sincere, see Harry Nillsson "Without You". Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt" is a reasonable example except that my neighbors dog could make nin song's sound better.
peeweerota 1 year ago
Wayne lived just down the road from where the accident happened. He had the basic music written already but didnt have the lyrics. There were many bad accidents on this hiway, when he heard about this one the night it happened he began writing the lyrics, then when he finished he dedicated it to Clark.
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Sixteen-year-old Jeanette Clark was out on a date in Barnesville, Georgia on December 22, 1962, the Saturday before Christmas. She was with a group of friends in a 1954 Chevrolet. J. L. Hancock, also sixteen, was driving the car in heavy traffic and while traveling on Highway 341, hit a log truck. Clark, Hancock, and another teenager were killed, and two other teens in the car were seriously injured.[3] Cochran finished the song, which he titled "Last Kiss", and dedicated it to Clark.
edcrabb 2 years ago 2
so is the song based off of that or just dedicated to Clark? is Cochran writing from an actual incident he was involved with or was it just fiction or was he writing about that crash or what?
EgoTrippin311 2 years ago
@EgoTrippin311 He did live on a road with lots of crashes, it's about a real accident on the road he lived on. Somebody said that the girl was so messed up that her father didn't recognize her. Pretty sure he dedicated the song to her, too.
nirvanarocks15 1 year ago
I believe the original is always the best. even if the Cover is better, which is only a matter of opinion, the original always has the most siginificance and those songs are moments in time that mean something to the creator and and reflect a certain era or idea, which is a fact. and most covers dont do the original justice and i think bands need to stop. but anyhoo, this song is awesome, and so are all the covers lol. (esp J Frank...)
sanjinface 2 years ago
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Pearl Jam CAN'T SING!!
1959buddyh 2 years ago
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roxydog2004 2 years ago
Dude what do YOU know about music stupid!
1959buddyh 2 years ago
I know a good sound when I hear 1 and Pearl Jam's been rockin since the early 90's
roxydog2004 2 years ago
use some grammar before you call people stupid, stupid.
kurtisdholmes 1 year ago
Was that meant for me, ??????
roxydog2004 1 year ago
Okay let me get one thing straight here,
First of All: Yes, This guy finished writing this song back in 1962.
Second of All: I think everyone here is a retard for saying Pearl Jam can't sing.
Eddie Vedder (Lead Singer of Pearl Jam for those of you who don't know) has a very unique voice and its probably the best version of this song, if not that's the only version of this song you got in this time.
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1959buddyh 2 years ago
well 1959buddyh you can say thats true since pearl jam isn't a person :P
but if you mean eddie vedder then maybe you should try to open your ears since he have a really beautiful voice
Jamiemsm 1 year ago
Apparently... He wrote this in the back of a truck on the way to LA i think it was.
Bogidiah 2 years ago
Alright, well I have to say this, this is prob the worst one, I mean I think the Cavaliers one is far the best, but Pearl Jams cover is awesome too
MrShotgunJesus 2 years ago
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1959buddyh 2 years ago
@1959buddyh and 1959buddyh "don't have good english and grammar"
mrultraman86 2 years ago
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Pearl Jam is over rated for one the lead singer can't sing . J. Frank Wilson of the Cavaliers can! Pearl Jam's verson is very boring and lacks the real emotion!
1959buddyh 2 years ago
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I like both 1960s versions. The Pearl Jam one sounds so constipated. It kills the song.
spinemelter2000 2 years ago
Very, very true!
1959buddyh 2 years ago
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roxydog2004 2 years ago
hey spine your comment tells us you have constipation of the brain and diarrhea of the mouth
roxydog2004 2 years ago
I like it better than the Cavaliers, definatly more emotion to it, though I still think Pearl Jam's is the best, just because with such a sad subject it doesn't fit with any poppyness to it, almost seems like satire to have the singer not sound like he's about to break down in tears.
wilagins 2 years ago 53
@wilagins It is about seeing her again so singing it happy like pulls more complex themes.
Nertrender 1 year ago
@wilagins what are you talking about? the happy music makes you think about thee positive elemts such as the hope of going to heaven. it is much more facination this way.
Nertrender 1 year ago 2
@wilagins this is the original.... i thought it was the cavaliers and frank wilson.... but this version was in 61... the cavaliers and wilson did this song in 64.... but i like the sound of he cavaliers better
Kailjiin 1 year ago
is this the actual original?
nortefasho 2 years ago
yep
44ch1m 2 years ago
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ReDRuM868 2 years ago
WOW!! I looked up original and found J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers; that one was a little too bubble gummy though, then I read the comments and found out this was the actual original; WAY MORE SOUL!!! Thanks for putting it on youtube!!
lisaannsnyder 2 years ago 23
me too!!!
sikoo31 2 years ago
have u heard the pearl jam cover
masterchief2442 2 years ago
@lisaannsnyder Yeah, it's been redone like a million times. Very good song, I only know it from Pearl Jam though. That's got to be my favorite version.
nirvanarocks15 1 year ago
@lisaannsnyder you should listen to the Peal Jam version, i cannot get through it without crying.
bigs8888 8 months ago
AMAZING
FarmACDCFreak 2 years ago
what year was this song made? i love it <3
immokalee187juju 2 years ago 2
it was made in 1961
MrBaseball314 2 years ago
:0 wow, and it's better than most of the crap that comes out today :)
immokalee187juju 2 years ago 3
this is my and my mom's favorite song - it is so beautiful.
ninaofcourse 2 years ago 4
I got chills when i listened to this song!
laggar28 2 years ago 5
u kno mi great grandpa rote dis song ya mi great grandpa iz wayne cochran... u kno diz song iz a true story... NO LIE I SWEAR!!
singingismypasion333 2 years ago
really?? then tell us sumthing that only ur family would know about him
TheMSLAA 2 years ago
well i kno he wuz born in Thomaston ,GA and he has 1 sister named Phyllis and my grandma ,his oldest child, name is Cindy and he has 3 children of his own
singingismypasion333 2 years ago
that is sumthin that any1 could look up on the web tho but its ok i belive you =D
TheMSLAA 2 years ago
well no duhh its a true story
crazymonkey5196 2 years ago
@singingismypasion333: Bullshit, You prick. You could find out half that stuff on Wikipedia. That's a stupid thing to lie about, Go pencil prick yourself and learn how to fucking spell while you're at it. Douche bag.
Kreuzigen1 1 year ago
"That I knew I had missed"
should be:
"That I knew I would miss"
Damn my ears!
Benkenobi8118 2 years ago
I love it this song.
Manoloerdelbombo 2 years ago
vedder's and wilson's versions are correct, but this is by far the besto one.
hankfuckermann 2 years ago 6
Eddie couldn''t write anything that good????? are you kidding me Eddie vedder is one of the last great songwriters of our time you have to give him that he's the last true poet and his lyrics have meaning
stowawaysrockandroll 2 years ago
his lyrics are very very meaning full definetly when i first heard there version i thought he wrote because of just the way it sounded it sounded like an origingal
a90zx 2 years ago
Even Flow, Jeremy, Alive... All pass this by 20 times
MrShotgunJesus 2 years ago
J. Frank Wilson's version is better.
InvaderPet 2 years ago
i think pearl jam's is better. its more emotional. something about the way eddie vedder sings it makes it sadder.
wayne cochran gets credit for coming up with it, but pearl jam improved it immensely
texanleprechaun 2 years ago 6
yes i think that so... but i think eddide would never writte anything that good.
snakerman2612 2 years ago
eddie vedder is one of the greatest songwriters ever, just listen to better man, and he wrote that song in high school... black, nothingman, alive, elderly woman behind the counter in a small town, indifference, crazy mary, keep going and going
eLu010 2 years ago
I think the press on Old King Gold is far better then the Gala recording. It's no wonder Wayne didn't do so well if the first time people heard the song was on the Gala count.
Benkenobi8118 2 years ago
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I'm surprised eddie didn't find some way to cram his political opinion down our throats like he usually does with this cover.
J frank still has the best version though.
Philly1330 2 years ago
vedder has a "crying voice" it makes it sound like hes crying while hes singing making it alot more emotional
a90zx 2 years ago
cant**
jakosh31 2 years ago
this song is awesome you can beat an original
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daimyosama 2 years ago
both pearl jam and wayne cochran have done legendary versions of this song, well the only reason im calling the pj version legendary is because i heard it a lot when i was younger
WIIFORWII 2 years ago 2
thank you sooo much for posting. is this really wayne cochran singing?? it's amazing. Only heard pearl jam and Polo (spanish) versions.
tigress00sorceress 2 years ago
When I woke up
The rain was pouring down.
There were people standin'
All around.
Something warm
Flowing through my eyes.
But I found my baby
Somehow that night.
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Benkenobi8118 2 years ago
We were out on a date
In my daddy's car
We hadn't driven
Very far.
There in the road
Straight ahead.
A car was stalled
The engine was dead.
Benkenobi8118 2 years ago
I couldn't stop
So I swerved to the right.
I'll never forget
The sound that night.
The screamin' tires,
The bustin' glass.
The painful scream
that I heard last.
Benkenobi8118 2 years ago
Where, oh where, can my baby be?
The Lord has taken her away from me.
Shes gone to heaven,
So I've got to be good.
So I can see my baby when I Leave
This world
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Benkenobi8118 2 years ago
Thank you. I was going to play this version for my father who had been looking for this song for a long time. It was to be his christmas gift. He passed away Dec 5th of 2008. :(
Benkenobi8118 2 years ago