Just Like Eddie

"Just Like Eddie"
Single by Heinz
B-side "Don't You Knock On My Door"
Released July 1963
Format 7", 45rpm
Length 2:39[1]
Label Decca F11693
Writer(s) Geoff Goddard
Producer(s) Joe Meek
Heinz singles chronology
"Dreams Do Come True"
(1963)		 "Just Like Eddie"
(1963)

"Just Like Eddie" is a song by recording artist Heinz. The song was his 2nd solo release after leaving the band The Tornados.

Background

The song was a tribute to American rock 'n' roll pioneer Eddie Cochran.[2] The song was produced and engineered by Joe Meek and was released via the record label Decca in 1963.[3] The guitar on the track was played by Ritchie Blackmore.[4] The song written by Joe Meek's associate Geoff Goddard.[5] The song is Heinz's only successful song as a solo artist after it entered the top 20 in the UK charts.[6] The song peaked at number 5 on the chart.[4] The B-side featured with the song was titled "Don't You Knock On My Door".[7]

Joe Meek shot himself to death with Heinz's shotgun, after killing his landlady. Other Heinz's singles = "Country Boy (1963), You Were There (1963)


Reception

In his book, "Rock & Roll: Facts, Figures & Fun", Mike Evans said that it was a tribute record that was not opportunistic like others because it was released three years after Cochran's death.[4]

Inclusions and covers

"Just Like Eddie" was featured on two Decca compilation EP's following its release. These were titled "Various Artists: Thank Your Lucky Stars Vol 2" and "Various Artists: Ready Steady Go". These were respectively released in June and July 1963.[8] It was included on Heinz's "Tribute To Eddie" collection in September 1963.[8] The song was featured on the "Just Like Eddie" compilation CD released on 7 August 1995.[9] In 2013, It was included on "Heinz - The Essential Collection".[10]

The song has been covered by the Finnish band Teddy and the Tigers.[11] "Just Like Eddie" was later covered by the British electro group Silicon Teens.[12]

Track listing

  1. "Just Like Eddie" – 2:39
  2. "Don't You Knock On My Door" – 1:50

References

  1. ↑ "Just Like Eddie: Heinz". Amazon.co.uk. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Cole, Paul; Daniels, Jack; Brookes, David (25 February 2007). "Music: Bev's pick; Heinz Just Like Eddie - The Heinz Anthology (Castle)". Sunday Mercury. (Trinity Mirror via Highbeam Research). Retrieved 12 October 2012.(subscription required)
  3. ↑ Zak 2001, p.232.
  4. 1 2 3 Talevski 2010, p.264.
  5. ↑ Clayson, Alan (28 January 2001). "The Joe Meek Curse; The record producer Joe Meek claimed to have learnt in a seance that Buddy Holly would die on 3 February. (He did, in 1959.) He himself died on 3 February 1967. The colour picture above, of Meek's proteges, was taken on 3 February 1999 - since when, the people in it have been dying at an alarming rate. Alan Clayson investigates". The Independent. (Independent Print Limited via Highbeam Research). Retrieved 12 October 2012.(subscription required)
  6. ↑ Fountain, Nigel (11 April 2000). "Heinz Burt". The Guardian. (Guardian Media Group). Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  7. 1 2 Neely and Popoff 2009, p.309.
  8. 1 2 Bloom 2007, p.365.
  9. ↑ "Just Like Eddie". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Heinz - The Essential Collection: Heinz". Amazon.co.uk. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "Just Like Eddie (2007 Digital Remaster): Teddy & The Tigers". Amazon.co.uk. 26 September 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Just Like Eddie: Silicon Teens". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2013.


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