Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson; Wednesday; Pearl Jam (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Описание: Last Kiss (J. Frank Wilson, 1964; Wednesday, 1974; Pearl Jam, 1999). Live performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2025-11-08. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"

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"Last Kiss," written by Wayne Cochran, was J. Frank Wilson's only top 40 hit rising to the no. 2 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1964 and reentered the chart in 1973 stalling at no. 92 . Two other version of the song made the Billboard chart: Wendesday (no. 34, 1974) and Pearl Jam (no. 2, 1999) (Whitburn, 2013). Wayne Cochran, who wrote this song and recorded it in 1961, "lived on Route 1941 in Georgia, a busy road with lots of accidents. All the crashes he saw inspired his lyric. . . . [when telling the story about how he wrote the song, he] embellished a bit, claiming it was based on a tragic accident about 15 miles from his home.

The story is real. It happened when five teenagers were riding in a 1954 Chevy on Highway 341 in rural Barnesville, Georgia. The driver was J.L Hancock, a 16-year-old who was dating Jeanette Clark, also 16 and riding in the front seat next to him. Beside her was Wayne Cooper; two other passengers, Jewel Emerson and Ed Shockley, were in the back seat.

It was foggy, and by the time Hancock saw a flatbed truck stalled on the highway, it was too late. He crashed into it, going under the truck and killing everyone in the front seat; the two passengers in the back survived with serious injuries.

Cochran said the intense emotional response from the community fueled his lyric, but that accident took place on December 22, 1962, well after he released the song. It did make a great story and wasn't easy to fact check back then" (songfacts, 2025).

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Lyrics:

Well, where oh where can my baby be
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven
So I got to be good
So I can see my baby
When I leave this ol' world

We were out on a date in my daddy's car
We hadn't driven very far
There in the road, straight ahead
The car was stalled, the engine was dead
I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right
Never forget the sound that night
The cryin' tires, the bustin' glass
The painful scream that I heard last

Well, where oh where can my baby be
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven
So I got to be good
So I can see my baby
When I leave this ol' world

Well, when I woke up
The rain was pourin' down
There were people standing all around
Something warm a-running in my eyes
But I found my baby somehow that night

I raised her head and when she smiled and said
"Hold me darling for a little while"
I held her close
I kissed her our last kiss
I found the love that I knew I would miss
But now she's gone, even though I hold her tight
I lost my love ... my life, that night

Well, where oh where can my baby be
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven
So I got to be good
So I can see my baby
When I leave this ol' world