Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie

1958 single by Eddie Cochran

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"Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie"

Single by Eddie Cochran
from the album  Legendary Masters Series
B-side| "Pocketful of Hearts"
Released| January 1958
Recorded| January 12, 1958
Genre| Rock and roll
Length| 2:18
Label| Liberty
Songwriter(s)| George Motola
Rickie Page
Producer(s)| Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran singles chronology
| "Twenty Flight Rock"
(1957)  | "Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie"
(1958)  | "Pretty Girl"
(1958)

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"Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie" is a song by Eddie Cochran recorded and released as a single in January 1958 on Liberty Records 55123\. It was a minor hit for Cochran and stalled at number 94 on the Billboard charts.[1] "Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie" was posthumously released in the United Kingdom in 1961 on the London Records label and rose to number 31.[2] Later versions are most commonly known as "Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie". The song was first written as "Johnny, Johnny, Johnny" for The Georgettes, but they never recorded it.[3]

## Personnel

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* Eddie Cochran: vocal, guitar
* Conny 'Guybo' Smith: electric bass
* Earl Palmer: drums
* (possibly) Ray Johnson: piano[4]

## Chart performance

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Chart (1958)  | Peak
position

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UK Singles Chart (1961)  | 31
US Billboard Hot 100 | 94

## Stray Cats version

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"Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie"

Song by Stray Cats
from the album  Stray Cats
Released| 1981
Recorded| 1980/1981
Genre| Rock and roll, hard rock
Length| 2:21
Label| Arista
Songwriter(s)| George Motola
Rickie Page
Producer(s)| Dave Edmunds

The Stray Cats recorded a version of "Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie" which was released on their first UK album Stray Cats in 1981. The song was also released on their debut US album Built for Speed. The song was often featured in their live shows and several live versions are available. The Stray Cats' version features rewritten and raunchier lyrics than the Eddie Cochran version.

## Other versions

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* Vince Taylor And His Play-Boys (as Jenny, Jenny, Jenny) - 1962
* Showaddywaddy
* Teddy & The Tigers - 1978
* The Inmates \- 1979
* The Firebirds \- 1991
* The Real Kids \- 1993
* Darrel Higham \- 1997, 2004. UK rockabilly singer and noted Eddie Cochran expert Darrel Higham recorded "Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie" for his 1997 album The Cochran Connection and another version in 2004 for Midnight Commotion.
* The Top Cats - 2004

## References

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1. ^ "Song artist 867 - Eddie Cochran". Tsort.info. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
2. ^ "Eddie Cochran's achievements on Remember Eddie Cochran". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08.
3. ^ "Cover versions of Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie by Eddie Cochran s". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
4. ^ "Eddie Cochran 1958 sessions at Remember Eddie Cochran". Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2012-11-16.

## External links

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* Eddie Cochran US discography on Remember Eddie Cochran
* Stray Cats discography
* Cover versions of Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie on Second hand Songs

* v
* t
* e

Eddie Cochran

Studio albums|

* Singin' to My Baby

Posthumous studio albums|

* Never to Be Forgotten
* My Way (UK)

Compilations|

* The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album
* Summertime Blues
* Legendary Masters Series
* The Very Best of Eddie Cochran
* Great Hits

Live albums|

* On The Air

Singles|

* "Sittin' in the Balcony"
* "Drive In Show"
* "Twenty Flight Rock"
* "Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie"
* "Summertime Blues"
* "C'mon Everybody"
* "Teenage Heaven"
* "Somethin' Else"
* "Hallelujah I Love Her So"
* "Three Steps To Heaven"
* "Lonely"
* "Sweetie Pie"
* "Weekend"
* "My Way"

* v
* t
* e

Stray Cats

* Brian Setzer
* Lee Rocker
* Slim Jim Phantom

Albums|

* Stray Cats
* Gonna Ball
* Built for Speed
* Rant n' Rave with the Stray Cats
* Rock Therapy
* Choo Choo Hot Fish
* 40

Singles|

* "Runaway Boys"
* "Rock This Town"
* "Stray Cat Strut"
* "(She's) Sexy + 17"

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* Phantom, Rocker & Slick
* Kat Men

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