#TheCrickets

What song is Tom Listening To?TomsMusic
2025-10-01
Album art from the album Buddy Holly by Buddy Holly, The Crickets

"That'll Be the Day" is a song written by #BuddyHolly and #JerryAllison. 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, #theCrickets. Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes' version was released several months after the Crickets' version, which achieved widespread success. Holly's producer, #NormanPetty, was credited as a co-writer, although he did not contribute to the composition.
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"More Than I Can Say" is a song written by #SonnyCurtis and #JerryAllison, both former members of #BuddyHolly's band #theCrickets. They recorded it in 1959 soon after Holly's death and released it in 1960. Their original version reached No. 42 on the British #RecordRetailer Chart in 1960. It has been notably performed by singers #BobbyVee and #LeoSayer.
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Ralf H. Schneidernoosphaere
2025-07-26

Am 3.2. vor 66 Jahren kam mit Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper und dem Piloten bei einem Flugzeugabsturz ums Leben. Don McLean verewigte 1971 diesen "Day the Music Died" mit "American Pie".
Das Debütalbum der Rock and Roll Band von 1957 ist eines von 3 Studioalben, an dem Buddy Holly beteiligt war (die anderen entstanden allerdings ohne "The Crickets").
Auch wenn die Schaffensphase vom [...]

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Abreißtageskalender von seltmann mit dem Kalenderblatt des Vinyl-Covers der LP "The 'Chirping' Crickets" (1973) von Buddy Holly & The Crickets

"That'll Be the Day" is a song written by #BuddyHolly and #JerryAllison. 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, #theCrickets. Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes' version was released several months after the Crickets' version, which achieved widespread success. Holly's producer, #NormanPetty, was credited as a co-writer, although he did not contribute to the composition.
youtube.com/watch?v=V0j4h9ajtgg

2025-05-12

Great songs with great covers ...

I Fought The Law
-- The Bobby Fuller Four (1965)
-- The Clash (1979)

Breakin' rocks in the hot sun
I fought the law and the law won

Tidbit - originally released by The Crickets in 1960. Yes, those Crickets.

#music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #bobbyFuller #bobbyFullerFour #theBobbyFullerFour #clash #theClash #joeStrummer #theCrickets #buddyHolly #coverSongs #songCovers #coverTunes #60sRock #60sMusic #70sRock #70sMusic #punkRock #oldies #popRock

Ralf H. Schneidernoosphaere
2025-02-03

Heute vor 66 Jahren kam mit Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper und dem Piloten bei einem Flugzeugabsturz ums Leben. Don McLean verewigte 1971 diesen "Day the Music Died" mit "American Pie".
Das Debütalbum der Rock and Roll Band von 1957 ist eines von 3 Studioalben, an dem Buddy Holly beteiligt war (die anderen entstanden allerdings ohne "The Crickets").
Auch wenn die Schaffensphase vom nur 22 [...]

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Abreißtageskalender mit dem Kalenderblatt des Vinyl-Covers der LP "The 'Chirping' Crickets" (1957) von Buddy Holly & The Crickets

"That'll Be the Day" is a song written by #BuddyHolly and #JerryAllison. 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, #theCrickets. The 1957 recording achieved widespread success. Holly's producer, #NormanPetty, was credited as a co-writer, although he did not contribute to the composition. Many other versions have been recorded. It was the first song recorded (as a #demonstrationDisc).
youtube.com/watch?v=M4TfFTmITLo

"That'll Be the Day" is a song written by #BuddyHolly and #JerryAllison. 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, #theCrickets. The 1957 recording achieved widespread success. Holly's producer, #NormanPetty, was credited as a co-writer, although he did not contribute to the composition. Many other versions have been recorded. It was the first song recorded (as a #demonstrationDisc).
youtube.com/watch?v=Y1viq-xCRcY

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