That'll Be the Day (album)

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That'll Be the Day
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ReleasedApril 1958
RecordedJanuary 26, July 22, November 15, 1956
Studio Bradley Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre
Length25:06
Label Decca
Producer Owen Bradley
Buddy Holly chronology
Buddy Holly
(1958)
That'll Be the Day
(1958)
The Buddy Holly Story
(1959)
Singles from That'll Be the Day
  1. "Love Me" / "Blue Days - Black Nights"
    Released: 16 Apr 1956
  2. "Modern Don Juan" / "You Are My One Desire"
    Released: 24 Dec 1956
  3. "That'll Be the Day" / "Rock Around With Ollie Vee"
    Released: 12 Aug 1957
  4. "Love Me" / "You Are My One Desire"
    Released: 6 Jan 1958
  5. "Girl On My Mind" / "Ting-A-Ling"
    Released: 23 Jun 1958
Professional ratings
Review scores
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That'll Be The Day is the second and final studio album from Buddy Holly. Decca, Holly's first major record label, after failing to produce a hit single from Holly's early recordings, packaged these 1956 tunes after he had some success with recordings from the Brunswick and Coral labels, especially the previously released single "That'll Be the Day". This is the last album released before his death in a plane crash on February 3, 1959, and is rare among collectors. [2]

Contents

Background

Recordings were done in three different sessions typically running just 3 hours long, January, July and November 1956 at the Bradley Film and Recording Studio at 804 16th Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. [3] From these sessions a single was released on April 16, 1956 (D 29854), "Blue Days, Black Nights" / "Love Me". A second single "Modern Don Juan / You Are My One Desire" (D 30166) was released December 24, 1956. Low sales convinced Decca to shelve the remaining tracks.

When Buddy Holly found new fame with his re-recording of "That'll Be the Day" with his band the Crickets, Decca began to issue Holly's recordings from these sessions as singles, which culminated in a full-length LP as well as an accompanying EP.

The Decca 1956 Nashville recordings were repackaged several times. [4] Instruments and background vocals were added with later releases as late as 1984. The mid-1970s British album The Nashville Sessions is the best of the vinyl editions according to Allmusic. [5]

The album reached no. 5 on the UK album chart in 1961 in a re-release. [6] The album was re-released in 1967 under the title The Great Buddy Holly.

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Are My One Desire"Don Guess2:23
2."Blue Days, Black Nights"Ben Hall2:04
3."Modern Don Juan"Don Guess, Jack Neal2:39
4."Rock Around With Ollie Vee" (with the Three Tunes)Sonny Curtis2:18
5."Ting a Ling" (with the Three Tunes) Ahmet Ertegun 2:41
6."Girl on My Mind" (with the Three Tunes)Don Guess2:18
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."That'll Be the Day" (with the Three Tunes) (July 22, 1956 Decca version)Buddy Holly, Jerry "J.I." Allison2:30
2."Love Me"Buddy Holly, Sue Parrish2:07
3."I'm Changing All Those Changes" (with the Three Tunes)Buddy Holly2:14
4."Don't Come Back Knockin'"Buddy Holly, Sue Parrish2:14
5."Midnight Shift"Earl Lee, Jimmie Ainsworth2:10
1999 Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rock Around With Ollie Vee (No.2)"Sonny Curtis2:14
2."Changing All Those Changes" (Demo)Buddy Holly1:39

Personnel

* line up on July 22 credited as "The Three Tunes". According to buddyhollycenter.org the group name was Buddy and the Two Tones (i.e. Buddy Holly with Don Guess and Sonny Curtis).

Charts

Album

Chart (1961)Peak
position
UK Album Chart5 [7]

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