Sittin' in the Balcony
"Sittin' in the Balcony" is a song written and performed by John D. Loudermilk under his artist name Johnny Dee.{{Cite book |last=Wolff |first=Kurt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Jorozp1yp4C&dq=eddie+cochran+Sittin'+in+the+Balcony&pg=PA268 |title=Country Music: The Rough Guide |date=2000 |publisher=Rough Guides |isbn=978-1-85828-534-4 |pages=268 |language=en}} It was released in January 1957 on the Colonial Records label. Eddie Cochran had a Top 20 hit in the U.S. with his recording on Liberty Records in 1957.{{Cite book |last=Bullman |first=Lee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-yDnEAAAQBAJ&dq=eddie+cochran+Sittin'+in+the+Balcony&pg=PA49 |title=Eddie Cochran: In Person!: The Lost Treasures of a Rock 'n' Roll Legend |date=2023-12-19 |publisher=Weldon Owen International |isbn=979-8-88674-180-3 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Cochran |first=Bobby |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EFIEX0Il86gC&dq=Sitting'+in+the+Balcony+Eddie+Cochran&pg=PA70 |title=Three Steps to Heaven: The Eddie Cochran Story |date=2003 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-0-634-03252-3 |language=en}}
Eddie Cochran version
{{Infobox song
| name = Sittin' in the Balcony
| cover = Eddie Cochran Sittin In The Balcony Liberty F-55056.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Eddie Cochran
| album = Singin' to My Baby
| B-side = Dark Lonely Street
| released = 1957
| recorded = January 1957, Gold Star Studios
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Rockabilly
| length = 2:05
| label = Liberty
| writer = Johnny Dee
| producer =
| prev_title = Skinny Jim
| prev_year = 1956
| next_title = One Kiss
| next_year = 1957
}}
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"Sittin' in the Balcony" is a song performed by Eddie Cochran and released on single by Liberty Records in January 1957. It rose to number 18 on the Billboard charts by April of that year.{{Cite magazine |date=April 27, 1957 |title=The Top 100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FSAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48 |magazine=Billboard |volume=63 |pages=48 |via=Google Books}}
=Chart performance=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| align="left"|Chart (1957)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak |
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| align="left"|Canadian Singles Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|23 |
| align="left"|US Billboard Top 100{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=178}}
| style="text-align:center;"|18 |
| align="left"|U.S. Billboard Most Played R&B by Jockeys{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=125}}
| style="text-align:center;"|7 |
Other notable versions
- Don McLean (1989)
- Keld Heick (2010)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105133924/http://www.eddiecochran.info/Discography/USA/I.htm Eddie Cochran US discography]
- [http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/eddie_cochran/sittin_in_the_balcony___dark_lonely_street/ Rate Your Music review Sittin' in the Balcony / Dark Lonely Street]
- [http://www.secondhandsongs.com/work/112246 Sittin' in the Balcony on Second Hand Songs]
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Category:John D. Loudermilk songs