20 Golden Greats (Buddy Holly & The Crickets album)

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20 Golden Greats
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedFebruary 17, 1978 (1978-02-17) [1]
Recorded1956–1958
Genre Rock and roll
Length45:16
Label EMI
Producer Norman Petty
CompilerJohn Beecher
Buddy Holly chronology
Buddy Holly: A Rock & Roll Collection
(1972)
20 Golden Greats
(1978)
The Complete Buddy Holly
(1979)
The Crickets chronology
A Long Way From Lubbock
(1974)
20 Golden Greats
(1978)
The Complete Crickets
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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20 Golden Greats (also known as Buddy Holly Lives) is a greatest hits album by Buddy Holly & the Crickets first released in the United Kingdom by EMI on February 17, 1978. [1] The songs on the UK release were licensed to EMI by MCA Records, who released the album in North America. The album is now out of print.

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The album became an instant success in the UK, being certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry two months after the album's release [1] and topping the UK Albums Chart for three weeks. It was also Buddy Holly's first number 1 album on the chart. [3] The album was somewhat less successful in the United States peaking at number 55 on the Billboard 200, [4] but ended up crossing over to the Country Albums chart, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1983. [5] In 2003, it was ranked number 92 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, [6] maintaining the ranking in the 2012 update and dropping to number 166 in the 2020 reboot of the list. [7] [8]

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."That'll Be the Day" Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Norman Petty The "Chirping" Crickets2:16
2."Peggy Sue"Allison, Holly, PettyBuddy Holly2:35
3."Words of Love"HollyBuddy Holly2:01
4."Everyday" Charles Hardin, PettyBuddy Holly2:12
5."Not Fade Away"Petty, HardinThe "Chirping" Crickets2:25
6."Oh, Boy!"Petty, Sonny West, Bill TilghmanThe "Chirping" Crickets2:11
7."Maybe Baby"Petty, HollyThe "Chirping" Crickets2:06
8."Listen to Me"Hardin, PettyBuddy Holly2:26
9."Heartbeat" Bob Montgomery, PettyThe Buddy Holly Story2:13
10."Think It Over"Holly, PettyThe Buddy Holly Story1:51
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."It Doesn't Matter Anymore" Paul Anka The Buddy Holly Story2:16
2."It's So Easy"Holly, PettyThe Buddy Holly Story2:14
3."Well... All Right"Holly, Allison, Petty, Joe B. Mauldin The Buddy Holly Story Volume II2:18
4."Rave On"West, Tilghman, PettyBuddy Holly1:53
5."Raining in My Heart" Felice and Boudleaux Bryant The Buddy Holly Story2:52
6."True Love Ways"Petty, HollyThe Buddy Holly Story Volume II2:51
7."Peggy Sue Got Married"HollyThe Buddy Holly Story Volume II2:10
8."Bo Diddley" Ellas McDaniel Reminiscing2:24
9."Brown Eyed Handsome Man" Chuck Berry Reminiscing2:07
10."Wishing"Holly, MontgomeryHolly In The Hills2:08

Charts and certifications

Chart (1978)Peak
position
Canadian 100 Albums [9] 31
Canadian Country Albums [10] 17
UK Albums Chart [3] 1
US Billboard 200 [4] 55
US Country Albums [11] 20
OrganizationLevelDate
BPI  – U.K. [1] SilverApril 4, 1978
Gold
Platinum
RIAA  – U.S. [5] GoldNovember 14, 1983

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United Kingdom February 17, 1978 EMI LP EMTV 8
North America 1978 MCA LPMCA-3040
Cassette MCAC-3040
8-track MCAT-3040

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