EDDIE COCHRAN - Singin' To My Baby LP

The way we see it, Eddie Cochran had precisely one talent which made him somewhat special - he was a gifted and creative songwriter, putting his own special musical and narrative twist on the rockabilly formula whenever Mother Inspiration came down from the sky and cuddled him, which was not too often, but often enough for us to fondly remember him even after he became too old for the 27 Club.

As a singer, as a guitar player, as a personality he was good, but no Elvis, no Chuck, and no Gene respectively. Therefore, any intelligent talent nurturer would have done the obvious - namely, let the boy write his own songs, and let him write them the way he wanted to. Alas, Singin’ To My Baby simply miscasts Cochran by (a) having only five of his compositions and (b) way too often featuring him as a young and rowdy crooner rather than a young and rowdy rock’n’roll troubadour.