Summertime Blues – Eddie Cochran Lyrics
28 Jan 2009


Album: N/A
Genre: Rock and Roll
Writers: Jerry Capehart, Eddie Cochran
Released: June, 1958

Summertime BLues was released on June 11th, 1958 by Eddie Cochran. Twenty-two years later, it was used on the movie Caddyshack, a comedy film starrring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight and Michael O’Keefe. The song has been ranked on the position #77 on the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks by Q Magazine. Some artists o bands who have used it as a cover are: Alan Jackson (Who I Am album), Olivia Newton-Jon (Clearly Love album), The Beach Boys (Surfin’ Safari album) and Cheech Marin (Born in East L.A. album). Eddie Cochran died too young at the age 21 in a traffic accident. His genres were the rock and roll and rockabilly.

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