Eddie Cochran "Sittin' in the Balcony"

Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show. October 10, 1959. Re-posted by request. Better audio. No gray bar at the bottom.

[@maxsugar6394]

I'm 100% sure if Eddie had lived through the 60's, he would have become an absolute superstar alongside Elvis.

[@vincentl.9469]

they were different personalities. With the arrival of the Beatles he could have gone in any direction ..maybe producing rather than singing, performing

[@capitolia]

@@vincentl.9469 Just by face value, he seemed to be fun :D

[@dynjarren8355]

This is great because there is so little live footage of Eddie Cochran. He died so young tragically. He was very talented and wrote his own songs just like Buddy Holly who also was lost so young. Eddie was only 21 and Buddy was only 22. The great music they left behind is amazing considering how young they were. And I wouldn’t leave out Richie Valens either. He was only 17 and had good songs too. RIP to all three

[@peetermuna4178]

this song was written by John D Loudermilk

[@oldiesfan63]

​@@peetermuna4178 And he originally recorded it. I read that Liberty Records wanted to buy the disc from Colonial Records (the label that released the Loudermilk version) but they wouldn't sell so Liberty got Eddie Cochran to record it.

[@pawe3520]

❤️👍🙏

[@dynjarren8355]

@@peetermuna4178 Okay, fine but Cochran sang it. His voice was good and unique.

[@bekkybrown8329]

I love Eddie Cochran's songs and he was very talented singer. He was so cute and cool.

[@KevinKennedydublin]

Awesome! You can see how everyone wanted to be, or at least took some lead from what Elvis was doing. The sneers, the shoulder shrugs, the sly eye movements.. What a shame we never saw what EC could have been. Legends never die.

[@TasteTheRad1um]

That's wild, here Eddie just turned 21 a week before this aired and had only 6 months to live!

[@sodapop83]

omg... he was soooo gorgeous!!!

[@angied8919]

Such a great talent ❤

[@Jim4979]

I SAW EDDIE PERFORM LIVE IN 1958. IT WAS A GREAT SHOW!

[@Gam1ngYT_]

Thats nice man. I like people who writes about being on live shows in the middle 1900s 👍

[@Jim4979]

@@Gam1ngYT_ I seen dozens of shows a rock and rollers in the sixties and seventies. I had lots of fun going with friends. 🤗

[@Gam1ngYT_]

@@Jim4979 thats sound fun:-)

[@Jim4979]

@@Gam1ngYT_ it was a fun time. I saw a mini rock and roll artists in the 50s and 60s. I had a great time with my friends and we're still friends today, so take care and have a wonderful day. 🤗

[@Jim4979]

Mini should read many

[@BrianHernandez-h3h]

I love that solo, it has such a badass cowboy feel to it, contrasting to the teen oriented lyrics.

[@DEWDLES]

Personally I think he’d have been as big as Elvis had he lived longer .

[@oldermusiclover]

me too

[@andrewfisher3924]

Here we go again, same comments about he would have been as big as Elvis had he lived. In the same 3 year period from 1956 to 1959 Elvis had 12 number 1's, Eddie had none and only 1 top ten hit, please tell me why he would have been as big as Elvis???

[@Alsatiagent]

@@andrewfisher3924You're correct if you think they should not be compared because Elvis never wrote a song in his life. At 21 Cochrane had already provided us with several classics.

[@joejamesthomas5113]

I'm a huge fan of Elvis and I completely agree with you. Eddie Cochran was a legendary musician. My biggest inspiration is Eddie Cochran. I'm saving up so I can buy the Eddie Cochran gretsch signature guitar 😂

[@vincentl.9469]

@@andrewfisher3924 he may even have quit performing..concentrating on recording...or turned to acting; many singers did

[@markherron1407]

Happy birthday to Eddie Cochran his birth verse is John 10:3 rest in peace ✌️ Blessings and hugs 🤗❤️💕💖🙏🙏🙏!

[@cms1610]

...he looked so uncomfortable in that first quarter. poor guy. he seemed to warm up towards the end, but i don't doubt for a moment he'd rather not have mimed, that he struggled in an uncomfortable hand-hold until his ear caught those last chords. even so, wow ... what a piece of footage! gracias.

[@dashriprock9014]

Wow! How did Eddie make his voice sound so "reverberant" without even a microphone? Incredible!

[@fernandomaron87]

He's doing lip-synch here, everybody who went to the Dick Clark show back then were doing it over their pre recorded song. That said, i also think his voice is incredible too.

[@ivanqperello5756]

It's called 'playback'

[@jmen4ever]

I consider him the forth star,alongside Holly,the bopper and valens. Just a shame they all went so soon,all equally great.

[@nicholasvinyl]

jmen4ever he knew he would be next. he was offered to be in the winter dance party your he turned it down.

[@scottascooter3453]

3 stars is one of my favorite songs, Eddie Cochran's version because it holds so much history and you can actually hear him crying in the Take, only for him to die a year later

[@HarryWebb46]

I only consider Eddie joint 2nd with his friend Buddy!

[@scottascooter3453]

@@32southpaw76 yes, but at least in La Bamba Eddie is protrayed! (I screamed when I realized)

[@alexandra6535]

Those girls were SO lucky to have Eddie Cochran right beside them!!!! I can't believe how serious the girl to his left is.

[@maryraymond3675]

I was just thinking the same thing. She could barely make herself look at him.

[@Elvis-guy1973]

She must have been an Elvis fan.

[@Elvis-guy1973]

@Victor Jones It was a tv show she knew who he was alright.

[@fernandomaron87]

@@Elvis-guy1973 She probably panicked to know she was going to be on TV live

[@Elvis-guy1973]

@@fernandomaron87 the question is would she have behaved the same way if that had been Elvis?

[@darrylevans4401]

Dick Clark Beach Nut Saturday night show was great the late and great Eddie Cochran right Sittn in Balcony

[@gaylonfox3325]

Brings back sittin in the balcony @ the movie theatre,holdin hands makin out magic moments! Dig the REVERB GUIRTAR. jGaylon Fox Farmington NM

[@hakimhamidi9565]

Ce document est magnifique le voir souriant en plus pour moi c'est le meilleur musicalement et sa voix puissance bon j'arrête la merci.

[@Gam1ngYT_]

Songs like this should be on 1 of songs ever made

[@ruthdixon7807]

eddie in a smoochier mood than usual. the wholesome scenario dotted by a slight suggestion of naughtiness.

[@timzahniser2102]

in his autobiography roy orbison said this song had a bid influence on him,

[@michaelt3280]

Dick Clark, the man that never aged in looks. All teens love Dick Clark. And Especially EDDIE ❤. Ed RIP DICK AND EDDIE.

[@HarryWebb46]

How can Dick be the star of the show? He is just a presenter surely?...Eddie Cochran is a legend!!

[@MikeDial]

Friends don't let friends clap on beats one and three.

[@lenb7275]

Always clapping off beat

[@bryanmclellan8546]

Wow. Just wow.

[@markjohnson1224]

Fourth? Really fourth...? His legacy outlives the three you mention with perhaps the exception of Mr Holly - par. Just think if he had not come to the cold UK on tour...

[@Elvis-guy1973]

Yeah just think...Elvis would have been screwed!

[@boberino5862]

He was saying that eddie cochran is one of the 4 stars, he is not saying that any of them had a better career

[@meredrums1]

Nice Rockin' R&B to open.

[@colkidglen8802]

"Summertime Blues", he at least cowrote and played all the instruments on the record. I knew his cousin years later. Eddie's mom was still getting some royalty money in the mid 1970's. This song was also a good hit. A great singer/rocker.

[@fernandomaron87]

Im sure she did. His songs 'Somethin else', 'C'mon everybody', 'Summertime Blues' and 'Twenty flight rock' were covered by so many artists and bands that i think his mom never stopped to recieve money from his songs.

[@scottascooter3453]

For sometime blues he held a Elton role, his main thing was guitar/music/beat/voice and came up with the guist of most of his songs but the lyrics themselves were co-wroten

[@KEEPONROCKINKID]

Thanks for this better quality upload SUPERB

[@user-ve6df1sn2s]

Eden elvis.rocks even today

[@josephbarber8719]

wonder if the girl next to Eddie realised such a big moment in life

[@analuizaluciano4]

Adoro esse garoto, mandava bem demais.

[@fernandomaron87]

Com certeza. Muito talento e carisma.

[@sodapop83]

who else is envious of the girls on the balcony? ^.^

[@hellbent6344]

I’m a 28year old man and I’m envious lmfao . @1:48 that girl could care less .

[@robotnik77]

@@hellbent6344 She was petrified.

[@marcdelente2456]

Super des documents rares sur le géant eddy cochran décédé bien trop tôt . Gène vincent a toujours été peiné de la mort de son ami .

[@johnlane35]

terrific.where can I get some beech nut gum?

[@Elvis-guy1973]

I wonder what squares gave this 13 thumbs down? They probably listen to grime and rap, or crap as I like to say.

[@fr33k3r]

trap = crap :)

[@iamspartacus6713]

excellent eddie...btw lots of gum was sold that year

[@go-goakins1489]

Return to Macon county film brought me here🤙😎

[@Elvis-guy1973]

I think the girl on the right was an Elvis fan.

[@georelbonai8244]

Wow

[@johngarcia8827]

Wow Gum chewing was HuGe back then ! I never realized

[@robotnik77]

Sponsor was Beech Nut gum. I'm sure they passed out freebies.

[@allenblasco8157]

Who was the vocal group on this? Written by the now departed songwriting genius John D. Loudermilk ("Tobacco Road", etc.)

[@TasteTheRad1um]

I believe it was the Johnny Mann Singers

[@scytale6]

Those haircuts

[@pamelacharbonneau3115]

17 squares.

[@andrewdemetrius8090]

Just miming (badly) in the balcony......

[@lenb7275]

They always clapping off beat

[@franciscocarrillo8759]

El mejor para mi gusto personal pero el destino acabo con tu vida con solo 22 años pero

[@franciscocarrillo8759]

Nunca me olvidaré de tus canciones

[@fernandomaron87]

Solo tenia 21, amigo.

[@Thegaminator348]

My friends say I look like Eddie

[@TasteTheRad1um]

I went out with a guy who looked like Eddie. Too bad he was a complete psycho...

[@Thegaminator348]

Wow

[@TasteTheRad1um]

@@Thegaminator348 (I didn't mean that you're a psycho, lol.

[@Thegaminator348]

Lol I know

[@robotnik77]

Yes, you do. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpauXoBjnK-Sms0

[@eliseobetancourt2451]

Sounds like Elvis

[@moviemagg]

Another great performer made to lip sync to his music by Dick Head Clark.

[@lesreed9269]

These girls did NOT look cool - chewing gum!