C'mon Everybody
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{{Infobox song
| name = C'mon Everybody
| cover = Eddie_Cochran_Cmon_Everybody_Liberty_F-55166.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Eddie Cochran
| B-side = Don't Ever Let Me Go
| released = October 1958
| recorded = October 10, 1958
| genre = Rock and roll{{cite book|first=Dave|last=Marsh|title=The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5t5DYDniSHEC|date=1989|publisher=Plume|isbn=0-452-26305-0|page=355}}
| length = 1:53
| label = *Liberty 55166 (US)
- London HLU 8792 (UK)
| writer = *Eddie Cochran
| producer = Eddie Cochran
}}
"C'mon Everybody" is a 1958 song by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart, originally released as a B-side.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Eddie-Cochran-Dont-Ever-Let-Me-Go-Cmon-Everybody/release/1854848|title=Eddie Cochran - Don't Ever Let Me Go / C'mon Everybody|website=Discogs}}This is an earlier and different song from the similarly titled but unrelated song performed by Elvis Presley in the 1964 film Viva Las Vegas. This song is credited to songwriter Joy Byers, although in recent years Byers's husband and songwriting partner Bob Johnston has disputed this. Johnston wrote a number of songs for Elvis in the 1960s including "It Hurts Me" and "Let Yourself Go," both of which were performed by Elvis in the 1968 "Comeback Special."
Background
When Cochran recorded his lead vocal for the song, he also created an alternate version of the song called "Let's Get Together". The only change to the lyrics was exactly that: the phrase "Let's get together" in place of "C'mon everybody". This alternate version was eventually released on a compilation album in the 1960s.
Personnel
- Eddie Cochran{{snd}}vocal, guitar and drum overdub
- Connie 'Guybo' Smith{{snd}}electric bass
- Earl Palmer{{snd}}drums
- Ray Johnson{{snd}}piano
- Jerry Capehart{{snd}}tambourine
Chart performance
In 1959 it peaked in the UK (where Cochran had major success and where he died in 1960) at number six in the singles chart, and, thirty years later, in 1988, the track was re-issued there and became a number 14 hit.{{cite web|title=Eddie Cochran|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/6660/eddie-cochran/|website=Official Charts|access-date=January 26, 2021}} In the United States the song got to number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100.
| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1958/59) !align="center"|Peak |
| align="left"|Canadian Singles Chart
|align="center"|39 |
| align="left"|Flanders Singles Chart{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/5b75/eddie-cochran-c%27mon-everybody|title=Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody|website=Ultratop.be|access-date=26 April 2021}}
|align="center"|20 |
| align="left"|UK Singles Chart
|align="center"|6 |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|35|artist=Eddie Cochran|artistid=4320}} |
| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1988) !align="center"|Peak |
| align="left"|Irish Singles Chart
|align="center"|7 |
| align="left"|UK Singles Chart
|align="center"|14 |
Legacy
Sex Pistols (with Sid Vicious, not John Lydon on lead vocals) covered the song for their soundtrack The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle in 1979. This was also released as a single, peaking at number three in the UK Singles Chart.{{cite book|title=Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2005|isbn=1-904994-00-8|pages=448|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |edition=18th }} The song is one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500. "C'mon Everybody" is ranked number 403 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was also used by Levi Strauss & Co. to promote their 501 jeans line in 1988. The song was re-released as a promotional single that year. The Hershey Company used Cochran's version in a 2021 promotional advertisement for Hershey's chocolate.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ispot.tv/ad/OY0G/hersheys-smore-good-times-together-song-by-eddie-cochran|title=Hershey's S'mores Commercial|website=iSpot.tv|access-date=29 July 2021}}
English rock band Humble Pie covered the song for their 1972 album Smokin'
English rock band UFO covered the song for their 1970 debut album UFO 1.
References
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