Singin' to My Baby
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{{Infobox album
| name = Singin' to My Baby
| type = Studio album
| artist = Eddie Cochran
| cover = Eddie_Cochran_LP_LRP3061.jpg
| alt =
| released = Original: November 1957
Re-issue: 1981
| recorded = May – August 1957
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Rockabilly
- pop
- country
}}
| length =
| label = Liberty
| producer = Simon Jackson
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album
| next_year = 1960
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Singin' to My Baby
| type = studio
| single1 = Sittin' in the Balcony / Dark Lonely Street
| single1date = February 1957
| single2 = One Kiss / Mean When I'm Mad
| single2date = May 1957
| single3 = Twenty Flight Rock / Cradle Baby
| single3date = November 1957
}}
}}
Singin' to My Baby is the only album by Eddie Cochran, released on Liberty Records in mono in November 1957. The catalogue number was LRP 3061. It was the only album Eddie Cochran released during his short lifetime (which ended on April 17, 1960).
Content
The album contained the hit single "Sittin' in the Balcony" which rose to number 18 on the Billboard chart in 1957.
Track listing
{{track listing
|headline = Side one
|title1= Sittin' in the Balcony
|writer1= Johnny Dee
|length1= 1:58
|title2= Completely Sweet
|writer2= Jerry Capehart, Eddie Cochran
|length2= 2:17
|title3= Undying Love
|writer3= Jerry Capehart, Eddie Cochran
|length3= 2:05
|title4= I'm Alone Because I Love You
|writer4= Ira Schuster, Joe Young
|length4= 2:20
|title5= Lovin' Time
|writer5= Jan Woolsey
|length5= 2:04
|title6= Proud of You
|writer6= Dale Fitzsimmons
|length6= 1:56
}}
{{track listing
|headline = Side two
|title1= Mean When I'm Mad
|writer1= Jerry Capehart, Eddie Cochran
|length1= 1:50
|title2= Stockings and Shoes
|writer2= Lyle Gaston
|length2= 2:04
|title3= Tell Me Why
|writer3= Eddie Cochran
|length3= 2:15
|title4= Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
|writer4= Scotty Wiseman
|length4= 2:23
|title5= Cradle Baby
|writer5= Terry Fell
|length5= 1:45
|title6= One Kiss
|writer6= Eddie Cochran
|length6= 1:42
}}
=1981 reissue=
The album was re-issued by Liberty in 1981 as a ten-track album, omitting "I'm Alone Because I Love You" and "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You". The catalogue number was LN-10137.
Personnel
- Eddie Cochran – guitar, ukulele, vocals
- Perry Botkin Sr. – rhythm guitar
- Connie "Guybo" Smith – double bass
- The Johnny Mann Chorus – backing vocals
Chart performance
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| Chart
!Peak !Total |
|---|
| align="left"|1960 UK Albums Chart[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/eddie%20cochran/ Eddie Cochran at Official Charts Company]
| style="text-align:center;"|19 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |
| align="left"|1963 UK Albums Chart[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/eddie%20cochran/ Eddie Cochran at Official Charts Company]
| style="text-align:center;"|20 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|type=album|290087|name=Singin' To My Baby}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105133924/http://www.eddiecochran.info/Discography/USA/I.htm Eddie Cochran US discography at Remember Eddie Cochran]
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