Charles Hardin Holley,known as Buddy Holly,was an American singer and songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock,Texas,during the Great Depression,and learned to play guitar and sing alongside his siblings. Holly's style was influenced by gospel music,country music,and rhythm and blues acts,which he performed in Lubbock with his friends from high school.
The Crickets were an American rock and roll band from Lubbock,Texas,formed by singer-songwriter Buddy Holly in January 1957. Their first hit record,"That'll Be the Day",released in May 1957,peaked at number three on the Billboard Top 100 chart on September 16,1957. The sleeve of their first album,The "Chirping" Crickets,shows the band line-up at the time:Holly on lead vocals and lead guitar,Niki Sullivan on rhythm guitar,Jerry Allison on drums,and Joe B. Mauldin on bass. The Crickets helped set the template for subsequent rock bands,such as the Beatles,with their guitar-bass-drums line-up,performing their own material. After Holly's death in 1959,the band continued to tour and record into the 1960s and beyond with other band members through to the 21st century.
"That'll Be the Day" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison. It was first recorded by Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes in 1956 and was re-recorded in 1957 by Holly and his new band,the Crickets. The 1957 recording achieved widespread success. Holly's producer,Norman Petty,was credited as a co-writer,although he did not contribute to the composition.
"Not Fade Away" is a song credited to Buddy Holly and Norman Petty and first recorded by Holly and his band,the Crickets.
"Peggy Sue" is a rock and roll song written by Jerry Allison and Norman Petty,and recorded and released as a single by Buddy Holly on September 20,1957. The Crickets are not mentioned on label of the single,but band members Joe B. Mauldin and Jerry Allison (drums) played on the recording. This recording was also released on Holly's eponymous 1958 album.
Gunfight At Carnegie Hall is the final album by Phil Ochs released during his lifetime,comprising songs recorded at the infamous,gold-suited,bomb-threat shortened first show at Carnegie Hall in New York City on March 27,1970,though it contains less than half of the actual concert. The shows recorded that day served to surprise Ochs' fans,from his gold laméNudie suit,modeled after Elvis Presley's,to his covers of Presley,Conway Twitty,Buddy Holly and Merle Haggard songs,to his own re-arranged songs. Some fans loved it,but some attendees at the show were unhappy with the music he was playing,wanting only to hear "old" Ochs. Before he had a chance to convince them,the concert was cut short by a telephoned bomb threat.
Sonny Curtis is an American singer and songwriter. Known for his collaborations with Buddy Holly,he was a member of the Crickets and continued with the band after Holly's death. Curtis's best known compositions include "Walk Right Back",a major hit in 1961 for the Everly Brothers;"I Fought the Law",notably covered by the Bobby Fuller Four and the Clash;and "Love is All Around," the theme song for The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
The "Chirping" Crickets is the debut album from the American rock and roll band the Crickets,led by Buddy Holly. It was the group's only album released during Holly's lifetime. In 2012,it was ranked number 420 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It also appears in the book,1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
The Hullaballoos were one of the original British Invasion bands. They are best known for their 1965 cover of Buddy Holly's "I'm Gonna Love You Too".
Niki Sullivan was an American rock and roll guitarist,born in South Gate,California. He was one of the three original members of Buddy Holly's backing band,the Crickets. Though he lost interest within a few months of his involvement,his guitar playing was an integral part of Holly's early success. He performed on 27 of the 32 songs Holly and The Crickets recorded over his brief career. He co-wrote a number of his own songs. In 2012,Sullivan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Crickets by a special committee,aimed at correcting the mistake of not including the Crickets with Buddy Holly when he was first inducted in 1986.
Buddy Holly is the debut studio album by Buddy Holly. It was released by Coral Records on February 20,1958. The album,featuring a rare photo of Holly without his trademark glasses on the front cover,collects Holly's four hit singles released on the Coral label;"Words of Love","Peggy Sue","I'm Gonna Love You Too",and "Rave On!". The backing group was Buddy Holly's band,the Crickets.
"Heartbeat" is a rockabilly song originally recorded by Bob Montgomery and credited to Norman Petty. It was recorded most famously by Buddy Holly in 1958. The B-side of the single was "Well... All Right". "Heartbeat" reached the UK top 10 twice:once in 1975 for Showaddywaddy at number seven and again in 1992 for Nick Berry,recorded as the theme to the television series Heartbeat,which reached number two.
Holly Days is the second album by singer and guitarist Denny Laine,released in 1977. It was recorded by him with fellow Wings members Paul and Linda McCartney. The album is a tribute to singer-songwriter Buddy Holly and comprises eleven cover versions of songs originally recorded by Holly,most of them lesser-known.
The Fireballs,sometimes billed as Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs,were an American rock and roll group,particularly popular at the end of the 1950s and in the early 1960s. The original line-up consisted of George Tomsco,Chuck Tharp (vocals),Stan Lark (bass),Eric Budd (drums),and Dan Trammell.
Blonde and Beyond is a compilation album of recordings by Blondie released on Chrysalis Records in 1993.
Atomic:The Very Best of Blondie is a greatest hits album by American rock band Blondie,released on July 13,1998,by Chrysalis Records,at the time when the band reunited and shortly before the beginning of their successful comeback tour.
"Maybe Baby" is a rock-and-roll song written by Buddy Holly and the producer Norman Petty,and recorded by Holly and the Crickets in 1957. The single,released in January 1958 and credited to the Crickets,was a Top 40 hit in the U.S.,the UK,and Canada.
"Everyday" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty,recorded by Buddy Holly and the Crickets on May 29,1957,and released on September 20,1957,as the B-side of "Peggy Sue". The single went to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1957. "Everyday" is ranked number 238 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
Live is a compilation album by the American psychedelic rock band the 13th Floor Elevators,released in 1968. Despite being marketed as a live album,it is actually a compilation of studio outtakes with cheering and applause overdubbed.
Buddy's Buddy:Buddy Holly Songs by Jimmy Gilmer is an album by singer Jimmy Gilmer,released in June of 1964. The album is a tribute to Buddy Holly who died in a 1959 plane crash along with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. Gilmer was backed by The Fireballs for these recordings,produced by Norman Petty in Clovis,NM.
