"Teenage Heaven" is a 1959

song A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetitio ...

Eddie Cochran Ray Edward Cochran (; October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American rock and roll musician. Cochran's songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", " C'mon Everybody" and " Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire ...

and

Jerry Capehart Jerry Neil Capehart (August 22, 1928 – June 7, 1998) was an American songwriter and music manager. Capehart co-wrote the songs "Summertime Blues" and " C'mon Everybody" with Eddie Cochran, whom he also managed. One of his most-recorded so ...

. It was the A-side of

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F-55177 and was featured in the movie Go, Johnny Go! The single rose to number 99 on the

Billboard charts The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in '' Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, p ...

. The B-side " I Remember" was also recorded and filmed for the movie but was left out.

Personnel

: vocal, guitar * Don Myers: electric bass * Gene Riggio: drums * Jim Stivers: piano *

Plas Johnson Plas John Johnson Jr. (born July 21, 1931) is an American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most widely known as the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme". He also performs on alto and baritone sax ...

: tenor saxophone * according to Tony Scherman's biography of

Earl Palmer Earl Cyril Palmer (October 25, 1924 – September 19, 2008) was an American drummer. Considered one of the inventors of rock and roll, he is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Palmer was one of the most prolific studio musicians of al ...

, he was the drummer on this session.Scherman, Tony, ''Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story'', foreword by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999

Chart performance

References

External links

Eddie Cochran US discography on Remember Eddie Cochran
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