Ed Cobb & Friends with
his many gold records

Ed Cobb's song catalog with BMI:

1. BARRACUDA
2. BEAUTIFUL BALLOONS
3. BONE A DOG A SWORD AND A SHIELD
4. BORDERLINES
5. DIRTY GREEK
6. DIRTY WATER
7. DON T BE A LOSER BABY
8. DOWN IN THE CITY
9. EVERY LITTLE BIT HURTS
10. FANNY
11. GUILTY
12. HAVE YOU EVER SPENT THE NIGHT
13. HEARTBEAT PARTS 1 AND 2
14. HER BABY BOY
15. HOW DO YOU TELL AN ANGEL
16. I LL BE LOOKING BACK
17. I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER
18. INNER MYSTIQUE
19. IT CERTAINLY AIN T A NICE THIN
20. LITTLE SISTER
21. LOVE BELONGS TO EVERYONE
22. MAN NAMED JESUS
23. MOUNTAIN WOMAN
24. NATURAL WAY
25. PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY
26. RARI
27. RECITAL ROCK
28. RUN ONE FLIGHT OF STAIRS
29. S.O.S
30. SOMETIMES GOOD GUYS DON'T WEAR WHITE
31. TAINTED LOVE
32. THERE'S A STORM COMIN
33. TOUCH OF VENUS
34. VOYAGE OF THE TRIESTE
35. WEST COAST
36. WHY PICK ON ME
37. WRITTEN ON THE WIND
38. YES I REALLY LOVE YOU
39. YESTERDAY I PICKED A DAISY

Ed Cobb songlist at shrout.co.uk

Ed Cobb's life comes right out of a fairy tale. He and his pals were discovered after singing in a talent show at their Hollywood High (class of 55) senior talent show. They landed a seven-year recording contract at Capitol Records and became known as The Four Preps with 13 chart hits between 1956 and 1964.

Ed Cobb went on to have an amazing song writing career with hits such as "Tainted Love" and "Every Little Bit Hurts."    Ed Cobb also wrote, recorded and produced songs in Hitsville USA in Detroit. He later owned Producers Workshop in Los Angeles. Gloria Jones first recorded "Tainted Love" in mowtown in 1964.  Marc Almond with Soft Cell had the big hit (no1 in 17 countries) for "Tainted Love"  in the 80's.

Ed also produced and wrote songs for bands such as "Sweet Young Thing" for The Chocolate Watch Band; "Dirty Water" and "Barracuda" (among many others) for The Standells; and worked on The Wall with Pink Flyod and Rumors with Fleetwood Mac.

Song Fact: The only genre of music "Tainted Love" has NOT been released in is COUNTRY!

Links About Ed Cobb:

Sites with general info on Ed Cobb & his Songs:

• IMDB - Earth's Biggest Movie Database
• http://www.shrout.co.uk/cobb.html
• Ed Cobb songlist at shrout.co.uk
• Singers.com - Info on Ed's first band, The Four Preps

Some of the arists who've covered Ed Cobb Songs:

• Rihanna ("S.O.S" with "Tainted Love" melody)
• Rihanna ("S.O.S") Watch the video here!
• Soft Cell (Tainted Love) Listen here!
• Marilyn Manson (Tainted Love) Watch the video here!
• Coil (Tainted Love) Watch the video here!
• Levi's Commercial (Tainted Love) Watch the video here!
• Marc Almond (Tainted Love) Watch the video here!
• Alicia Keys (Every Little Bit Hurts) Watch the video here!

Lyrics: Tainted Love

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I run from you
This tainted love you've given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all
Tainted love, oh
Tainted love

Now I know I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
You don't really want any more from me
To make things right
You need someone to hold you tight
And you think love is to pray
But I'm sorry I don't pray that way

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I run from you
This tainted love you've given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all
Tainted love, oh
Tainted love

Don't touch me please
I cannot stand the way you tease
I love you though you hurt me so
Now I'm gonna pack my things and go
Tainted love, tainted love
Tainted love, tainted love
Touch me baby, tainted love
Touch me baby, tainted love
Tainted love, tainted love, tainted love