| "Three Steps to Heaven" | ||||
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| Single by Eddie Cochran | ||||
| from the album The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album | ||||
| B-side | "Cut Across Shorty" | |||
| Released | March 1960 (USA) May 1960 (UK) |
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| Format | 7" (45 rpm) | |||
| Recorded | January 8, 1960 | |||
| Genre | Rock and Roll | |||
| Length | 2:21 | |||
| Label | Liberty 55242 (USA) London HLG 9115 (UK) |
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| Writer(s) | Eddie Cochran Bob Cochran |
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| Producer | Snuff Garrett | |||
| Eddie Cochran singles chronology | ||||
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"Three Steps to Heaven" is a 1960 single by Eddie Cochran. It became a posthumous UK number-one hit for Cochran following his death in a car crash. In the US it didn't reach the Billboard Hot 100. Three Steps To Heaven was recorded in January 1960 and featured the late Buddy Holly's Crickets on instruments.
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Showaddywaddy's 1975 cover version of this song was also a hit, reaching No. 1 in Ireland and No. 2 in the UK.
| Preceded by "Cathy's Clown" by The Everly Brothers |
UK number-one single by Eddie Cochran (London HLG 9115) June 23, 1960 - June 30, 1960 (2 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Good Timin'" by Jimmy Jones |
| Preceded by "Cathy's Clown" by The Everly Brothers |
Irish Singles Chart number-one single by Eddie Cochran June 23, 1960 – July 28, 1960 (5 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Please Don't Tease" by Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| Preceded by "Stand By Your Man" by Tammy Wynette |
Irish Singles Chart number-one single by Showaddywaddy June 19, 1975 (1 week) |
Succeeded by "The Proud One" by The Osmonds |