Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
It's half a century since Eddie Cochran first complained about the debilitating condition. But there still ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues - not this year, at least.
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
It's half a century since Eddie Cochran first complained about the debilitating condition. But there still ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues - not this year, at least.
Daily Mail on Sunday (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
It's half a century since Eddie Cochran first complained about the debilitating condition. But there still ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues - not this year, at least.
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
It's half a century since Eddie Cochran first complained about the debilitating condition. But there still ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues - not this year, at least.
Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The Holy Spirit "Speaks"! "This has gotta be true!" To UK; i.e. Ur Kweer nation. Here I was certain that Roger Daltrey wrote Summertime Blues, and I was wondering why The Who never played it and why it hasn't been broadcasted lately. Then I see that Eddie Cochran wrote it, yet Live at Leeds has the best version of it, except the final verse. So I wrote a new final verse. This should be folk music by...
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
It's Britain's very first Beatles Day in Liverpool, and you know what that means - time to celebrate Cliff Richards - really!
FreeBingo.co.uk News (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Following the release of our all new Musical Bingo room, we reveal more details behind the true meanings of each the new calls...
Some Velvet Blog (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Eddie Cochran "Summertime Blues" Blue Cheer "Summertime Blues" Sly & The Family Stone "Hot Fun In The Summertime" Jan & Dean "Surf City" Beach Boys "Surfin' Safari" Cruel Summer "Bananarama"
WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Summer has finally arrived, and so here are a few versions of Eddie Cochran's seasonally appropriate Summertime Blues. First a video of The Who doing it at Monterey: Of course, I can't leave out the most rocking cover version of...
Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
"I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler About working all summer just to try 'n' earn a dollar" Now I love the genius of Eddie Cochran but his classic 113 seconds to the trails of 1950's teenage life is not a philosophy to run your business 50 years later. You know you've heard it "Nothing happens now it's the summer". Come on that's wishy-washy thinking. But Rod what can I do? I hear some...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
KT Tunstall reveals that she finds her busy schedule of gigs "cathartic".
The latest from newcritics (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
It all started innocently enough over at my joint when I put up this charming clip. One of the two or three regular readers of my blog, who chooses, perhaps out of laziness, to go by the moniker Anonymous, left this comment: Great 60’s Male Vocalists in No Particular Order: John Lennon Elvis Presley Paul Jones Paul McCartney Roy Orbison [...]
NewMexiKen (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Today is the birthday … of Olympia Dukakis. She’s 77. Miss Dukakis won the Oscar for best supporting actress for Moonstruck. … of Martin Landau. He’s 77. Mr. Landau has been nominated for three best supporting actor Oscars, winning of course for Ed Wood. … of Danny Aiello. He’s 75. Mr. [...]
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Can Disney's latest squeaky clean act the Jonas Brothers live the rock'n'roll lifestyle without succumbing to its sordid thrills? They can if they follow this guide
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
A themed compilation like this is revealing not only of the highs, but also the lows in arguably the most important decade in the history of popular music. As defined here it reveals also that the U.S. underground of that time was as open to cynical opportunists as it was to fervent idealists. Thus for every MC5 there's a Tiny Tim...
