Ned Fairchild

It was at that time common for a star who recorded a song to take a co-writer credit. Originator of this thread, journalist Dean Miller, examined royalty statements at Fairchild's home in 2007 to confirm Fairchild was paid an undivided royalty on "Twenty Flight Rock", which supports her statements that Cochran's co-writing credit is not for authorship, but for covering the song.

In 2006, she published the autobiographical book Sing or Cry: My Life in Verse. After the book was published she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

In "Chaos & Creation at Abbey Road", McCartney's 2005 bio/documentary, McCartney tells the story of auditioning on the song, which he credits with gaining him a spot in John Lennon's band, The Quarrymen. The song was featured in "The Girl Can't Help It," a 1956 film featuring Jayne Mansfield.

Her first marriage at age 15 in 1944 was to Jack B. Farnsworth. He fought in the South Pacific during World War II, was disabled by malaria, and came home a war hero. They divorced, leaving Nelda a single mother of a four-year-old son, Jack D. Farnsworth. She met and married Richard "Bing" Bingo in 1950. Together they had two children, Jill and Frank, and Nelda's song writing and poetry proliferated. She worked nearly continuously, often on the road selling her songs and singing in bars and lounges with a small band. Bing died in 2002. Her son, Jack, died in July 2011.

Nelda "Ned" Fairchild (August 26, 1929 in Burley, Idaho - May 3, 2015) was an American songwriter. Her best known work is the 1957 rock'n'roll hit "Twenty Flight Rock", on which a co-writing credit was given to rock and roll pioneer Eddie Cochran. Paul McCartney and John Lennon have in different contexts said that McCartney was invited to join Lennon's band, The Quarrymen, because he knew both the chords and words to "Twenty Flight Rock", a much-admired staple of the bands forming in England at that time.