Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie Explained

Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie
Cover:Eddie_Cochran_Jeannie_Liberty_F-55123.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Eddie Cochran
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
Producer:Eddie Cochran
Prev Title:Twenty Flight Rock
Prev Year:1957
Next Title:Pretty Girl
Next Year:1958

"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

Chart performance

Chart (1958)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart (1961)31
US Billboard Hot 10094

Stray Cats version

Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie
Cover:Stray Cats cover.jpg
Artist:Stray Cats
Album:Stray Cats
Released:1981
Recorded:1980/1981
Genre:Rock and roll, hard rock
Length:2:21
Label:Arista
Producer: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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Song artist 867 - Eddie Cochran. Tsort.info. February 8, 2020.
  2. Web site: Eddie Cochran's achievements on Remember Eddie Cochran . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708183316/http://www.eddiecochran.info/Biography/Achievements.htm . 2011-07-08.
  3. Web site: Cover versions of Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie by Eddie Cochran s. Secondhandsongs.com. February 8, 2020.
  4. Web site: Eddie Cochran 1958 sessions at Remember Eddie Cochran . 2012-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160810005803/http://www.eddiecochran.info/Sessions/IV.htm . 2016-08-10 . dead .