"Eddie My Love" is a

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doo wop song. According to BMI and ASCAP, the song was written by

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(BMI), Aaron Collins, Jr. (ASCAP), and Sam Ling (BMI).

played sax on the Teen Queens record. Aaron Collins was the brother of the Teen Queens. Sam Ling was an alias of Saul Bihari, co-founder of

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, and other labels. The Teen Queens were the first to record the song, released on RPM in 1956. It became their biggest selling single, with several follow up records failing to generate the same success.

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and

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also released hit versions of "Eddie My Love" in 1956. According to one critic,

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and

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adapted the song into the number, " Freddy, My Love", for the 1971 musical '' Grease''.

Chart performance

The song reached No. 13 on the '' Cash Box'' Top 50 Best Selling Records chart, in a tandem ranking of the Teen Queens, the Chordettes, the Fontane Sisters, and

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's versions, with the Teen Queens, the Chordettes, and the Fontane Sisters' versions marked as bestsellers, while reaching No. 8 on ''Cash Box''s chart of "The Ten Records Disk Jockeys Played Most This Week", and No. 12 on ''Cash Box''s Top Ten Juke Box Tunes chart. The song also reached No. 10 on '' Billboard''s Honor Roll of Hits, with the Teen Queens, the Chordettes, and the Fontane Sisters' versions listed as best sellers. The Teen Queens version was ranked No. 17 in ''Cash Box''s ranking of "1956's Top R&B Records as Voted in the ''Cash Box'' Poll".1956's Top R&B Records as Voted in the Cash Box Poll
, '' Cash Box'', December 29, 1956. p. 40. Retrieved May 1, 2018.

The Teen Queens version

The Chordettes version

The Fontane Sisters version

External links

List of recordings
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References

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