JOHNNY JOHNNY JOHNNY
Created on 11/02/2006Latest update on 18/09/2012
Artist: G-Notes
Author: George Motola/Ricky Page
Label: Guyden
Year: 1958
Girl group (Sisters Gino) with Eddie Cochran on guitar. Coauthor Ricky Page (George Motola's wife) states the G-Notes' version came first, although it wasn't released but after Eddie's (and Jimmy Maddin's).
Covers:
- 1958:
Eddie Cochran [as Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie]
- 1958:
- 1975:
Johnny Hallyday [as Jeanie, Jeanie et ta soeur]
- 1981:
Stray Cats [idem; Setzer portrayed Cochran in Richie Valens biopic La Bamba]
Written for girl group The Georgettes (named after coauthor George Motola and with his wife Ricky as one of the members) but they never recorded it.
