C'mon Everybody

For the Elvis Presley album, see C'mon Everybody (album).

"C'mon Everybody"
Single by Eddie Cochran
from the album The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album
B-side	Don't Ever Let Me Go
Released	October 1958
Recorded	October 10, 1958
Genre	Rock and roll, rockabilly
Label	Liberty Records 55166 UK London HLU 8792
Writer(s)	Eddie Cochran Jerry Capehart
Producer(s)	Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran singles chronology
"Summertime Blues" (1958) "C'mon Everybody" (1958) "Teenage Heaven" (1959)

"C'mon Everybody" is a 1958 song by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart, originally released as a B-side. In 1959 it peaked in the UK (where Cochran had major success and where he died in 1960) at No. 6 in the singles chart, and, thirty years later, in 1988, the track was re-issued there and became a No. 14 hit. In the United States the song got to No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100. "C'mon Everybody" is ranked No. 403 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

When Cochran recorded his lead vocal for the song, he also created an alternate version of the song called "Let's Get Together". The only change to the lyrics was exactly that: the phrase "Let's get together" in place of "C'mon everybody". This alternate version was eventually released on a compilation album in the 1970s.^[1]

The song was also used by Levi Strauss & Co. to promote their 501 jean range in 1988. The advert, titled "Eddie Cochran" and directed by Syd Macartney, told the story of how the (purported) narrator, songwriter Sharon Sheeley, attracted Eddie Cochran by wearing said jeans. The song was re-released as a promotional single that year.

Personnel^[2]

• Eddie Cochran: vocal, guitar, guitar and drum overdub
• Connie 'Guybo' Smith: electric bass
• Earl Palmer: drums
• Ray Johnson: piano
• Possibly Jerry Capehart: tambourine

Chart performance

Legacy

The song is one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500.

Cover versions

Cover versions exist by NRBQ, Led Zeppelin, Sid Vicious, Humble Pie, Neon Rose (Sweden), Backbeat Band, UFO, Cliff Richard and the Shadows, Tomoyasu Hotei and The Raveonettes.

Elvis Presley song

"C'mon Everybody" is also the title of an unrelated song performed by Elvis Presley in the 1964 film Viva Las Vegas. This song is credited to songwriter Joy Byers, although in recent years Byers's husband and songwriting partner Bob Johnston has disputed this. Johnston wrote a number of songs for Elvis in the 1960s including "It Hurts Me" and "Let Yourself Go," both of which were performed by Elvis in the 1968 "Comeback Special."

External links

• Eddie Cochran US discography on Remember Eddie Cochran

References

1. ↑ C'mon Everybody/Let's Get Together Lyrics at lyricsmania.com
2. ↑ Eddie Cochran 1958 sessions at Remember Eddie Cochran