I always found Pearl Jam to be a bit insufferable. long before this was released i saw an even better hard rock/metal version of this in LA by a young talented band. Mike Loves Metal from LaPretty sure they werent the first ones to do a hard rock version of this song.Thanx so much for many years of great music to save me from bitter moments and to enlighten me to a better mind place, from my soul to yours.thank you! But, as for this.as usual, Pearl Jam did an excellent cover. Denise Sometimes from Davis,caI have always enjoyed Pearl Jam although I'm not to fond of coversongs.This song was on the radio almost every day. Dooderbug008 from Grand JunctionMy mom and dad were in a 1 car drunk driving accident in March 1999.Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind Well, now she's gone, even though I hold her tight I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss
I lifted her head, she looked at me and said When I woke up, the rain was pourin' down She's gone to Heaven, so I got to be good I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right Pearl Jam ROCKED this song better than anyone ever!So I can see my baby when I leave this world Wayne Cochran, who performed on Jackie Gleason's television show in Miami in the 60's, is now a preacher. He was in a terrible automobile accident himself in Ohio some time after Last Kiss became a hit. Frank Wilson was born in 1941 in Lufkin, Texas and had worked as a hospital orderly. It entered the charts in September, 1964 and was a huge success, reaching #2 on the Billboard Top 40 charts. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, on the Josie label. The record was released as Last Kiss, by J. Major Bill paired them with a twenty-two-year-old singer from Lufkin, Texas named John Frank Wilson. This group, called the Cavaliers, had formed in San Angelo, Texas and consisted of Phil Trunzo, Bobby Woods, Jerry Graham, and George Croyle. Major Bill Smith had a group in Fort Worth who were with his Josie label. He later recorded the song for another record label, but the owner wouldn't promote it.Ī recording executive in Fort Worth, Texas, Major Bill Smith (who had produced Bruce Channel's Hey! Baby and Paul and Paula's Hey Paula) heard it and liked the song. He loaded a bunch of 45's in the trunk of his car and went around selling them. It caught on in Georgia, and Wayne tried to promote sales of the record the only way he knew how. Wayne sang the song locally, and when people liked it, he recorded it for the small Gala Records label. He completed the song and dedicated it to the memory of Jeanette Clark. He had written a song about all the accidents and left it unfinished, until he heard about the tragedy in Barnesville. Wayne saw accident after accident on the busy stretch of highway on which he lived. Living about fifteen miles away in an old shack for which he was paying $20 a month rent was Wayne Cochran, a white R&B singer and composer. It was a terribly gory accident and provoked an intense reaction in Barnesville. Most had been students at Gordon Military College.
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Jeanette, the driver and another teenager were killed, and two other teens in the car were seriously injured. Hancock, also sixteen, was driving the car in heavy traffic and while traveling on Highway 341, collided with a trailer truck. She was with a group of friends in a '54 Chevrolet. Sixteen-year-old Jeanette Clark was out on a date in Barnesville, Georgia on December 22, 1962, the Saturday before Christmas. Last Kiss Written by Wayne Cochran in 1962
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
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