Summertime Blues
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"Summertime Blues" is a song co-written and recorded by the American rock artist Eddie Cochran. It was written by Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in
Label of the 1958 US single
German single picture sleeve, 1970
Summertime blues
Blue Cheer
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Blue Cheer was an American rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009. Based in San Francisco, Blue Cheer played in a psyc
Summertime Blues
…It has been covered by many artists, including being a number-one hit for country music artist Alan Jackson, and scoring notable hits in versions by Blue Cheer, the Who and Brian Setzer, the last of whom recorded his version for the 1987 film La Bamba, in which he portrayed Cochran. The song is about the…
From left to right: Dickie Peterson, Randy Holden, and Paul Whaley in 1968
Billboard advertisement, June 15, 1968