"Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie"
Single by Eddie Cochran
from the album Legendary Masters Series
B-side"Pocketful of Hearts"
ReleasedJanuary 1958
RecordedJanuary 12, 1958
GenreRock and roll
Length2:18
LabelLiberty
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)

"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 100 94

Stray Cats version

"Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie"
Song by Stray Cats
from the album Stray Cats
Released1981
Recorded1980/1981
GenreRock and roll, hard rock
Length2:21
LabelArista
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

References

  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.
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