"Eddie My Love" | ||||
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Single by The Teen Queens | ||||
from the album Eddie My Love | ||||
B-side | "Just Goofed" | |||
Released | January 1956 | |||
Genre | Doo wop, soul | |||
Length | 2:53 | |||
Label | RPM | |||
Songwriter(s) | Maxwell Davis (BMI) Aaron Collins, Jr. (ASCAP) Sam Ling (BMI) | |||
The Teen Queens singles chronology | ||||
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"Eddie My Love" is a 1956 doo wop song. According to BMI and ASCAP, the song was written by Maxwell Davis (BMI), Aaron Collins, Jr. (ASCAP), and Sam Ling (BMI). Maxwell Davis played sax on the Teen Queens record. Aaron Collins was the brother of the Teen Queens. [1] Sam Ling was an alias of Saul Bihari, co-founder of Modern, RPM, and other labels.
The Teen Queens were the first to record the song, releasing their rendition on RPM in 1956. [2] It became their biggest selling single, with several follow up records failing to generate the same success. The Chordettes and The Fontane Sisters also released hit versions of "Eddie My Love" in 1956. According to one critic, Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey adapted the song into the number, " Freddy, My Love", for the 1971 musical Grease. [3]
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 Lillian Briggs's versions, with the Teen Queens, the Chordettes, and the Fontane Sisters' versions marked as bestsellers, [4] while reaching No. 8 on Cash Box's chart of "The Ten Records Disk Jockeys Played Most This Week", [5] and No. 12 on Cash Box's Top Ten Juke Box Tunes chart. [6] 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. [7]
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". [8]
Chart (1956) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Best Sellers in Stores [9] [10] | 14 |
US Billboard Most Played in Juke Boxes [9] [11] | 16 |
US Billboard Top 100 [9] [12] | 22 |
US Billboard Rhythm and Blues Records - Best Sellers in Stores [2] | 3 |
US Billboard Rhythm and Blues Records - Most Played by Jockeys [13] | 2 |
US Billboard Rhythm and Blues Records - Most Played in Juke Boxes [14] | 4 |
US Cash Box Rhythm & Blues Top 15 [15] | 2 |
Chart (1956) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Best Sellers in Stores [16] [10] | 17 |
US Billboard Most Played by Jockeys [16] [10] | 14 |
US Billboard Top 100 [16] [12] | 18 |
Chart (1956) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Best Sellers in Stores [17] [18] | 15 |
US Billboard Most Played by Jockeys [17] [19] | 13 |
US Billboard Most Played in Juke Boxes [17] [11] | 11 |
US Billboard Top 100 [17] [12] | 12 |