Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers singles chronology Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers version "Last Kiss" The reviewer said, "Blues, chanted in relaxed style, with a funky guitar backing. None of the records charted.īillboard had kind words for the B-side, in its review of "Last Kiss" - giving four stars to the song called "Funny Feeling", on the flip side, written by Joe Carpenter and Milt "Pete" Skelton. On September 18, 1961, Billboard Music Week printed a review of the song "Last Kiss" and gave it three stars. A fifth version of the song was cobbled from the Boblo recording, rechanneled for stereo, on Radical Musik Records, probably around 1973. The Boblo record featured "Last Kiss II" b/w "Hey! Baby" (Boblo 101-A), produced by Bobby Smith, offering another take on the song, with different lyrics, a faster tempo, and different instrumentation. The Boblo disc credited "Last Kiss" to Macon Music, while the King record cited Boblo-BMI. Aire Records, located in Dublin, Georgia, credited the song to Perry Music, as did the Gala recording. The Aire disc was easily the most different version of all, with heavy reverb and a staccato drumbeat. In all, Cochran recorded four versions of the song, the original, Gala #117, Boblo Records #101, King Records #5856, and Aire Records #150, released as "Last Kiss" b/w "Edge of the Sea", with Cochran sharing vocals with an unnamed male vocalist. Cochran evidently never asked Gala to change the label to include the other names to this day, Cochran is the only one credited with writing "Last Kiss".Ĭochran went on to re-record the song for release on Aire Records (1962), in a slightly different tempo, with some changes to the lyrics and for re-release on King Records in 1963. When the labels for the 45s, Gala #117, were printed, the names of co-writers Joe Carpenter, Randall Hoyal, and Bobby McGlon were left off. Cochran (vocals), Carpenter (guitar), Bobby Rakestraw (bass), and Jerry Reppert (drums) recorded the song for the Gala label, a small label based in Vidalia. In the summer of 1961, four friends traveled to the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, to record a song Wayne Cochran had written, with Joe Carpenter, Randall Hoyal, and Bobby McGlon, called "Last Kiss". In the song's chorus, the singer vows to be a good person so that he may reunite with his love when his time comes, believing she has made it into Heaven.īy Wayne Cochran, Joe Carpenter, Randall Hoyal, and Bobby McGlon (1961) When he cradles his girlfriend lovingly in his arms, she regains partial consciousness, smiling and asking the singer to "hold me, darling, for a little while." The singer then gives her the titular "last kiss" as she fades into death. While partially blinded by the blood flowing from his injuries, the singer is able to find his girlfriend, still lying unconscious. The singer later regains consciousness in the midst of a rainstorm, and finds several people at the scene of the accident. Unable to stop, the singer swerves to the right to avoid it, losing control and crashing violently in the process, knocking his girlfriend and himself unconscious. The singer borrows his father's car to take his girlfriend out on a date, and comes upon a stalled car in the road. The song was one of several teen tragedy songs from that period. Wednesday, Pearl Jam, and several international artists also covered the song, with varying degrees of success. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, who took it to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Cochran subsequently re-recorded his song for the King label in 1963. " Last Kiss" is a song released by Wayne Cochran in 1961 on the Gala label. UGA Campus ( Athens, Georgia) (original version)
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