Artist: G-Notes
Author: George Motola/Rickie Page
Label: Guyden
Year: 1958
Girl group (Sisters Gino) with Eddie Cochran on guitar. Coauthor Rickie Page (George Motola's wife) states the G-Notes' version came first, but kept on the side for Eddie's (and Jimmy Maddin's) to go first.
Covers:
Eddie Cochran [as Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie]
Johnny Hallyday [as Jeanie, Jeanie et ta soeur]
Stray Cats [idem; Setzer portrayed Cochran in Ritchie Valens biopic La Bamba]
Written for girl group The Georgettes (named after coauthor George Motola and with his wife Rickie as one of the members) but they never recorded it.
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