User's Guide To WDAM Radio's History Of Buddy Holly & The Crickets Preface To The 2020 Edition This across-four-decades-and-two-centuries-long work-in-progress now has been converted to MP3. This new version is expanded from the most recent edition (2009) and contains even more hit and significant non-hit covers of Buddy Holly “solo” and Buddy Holly & The recordings ... as well as newly discovered Buddy Holly "salute" songs, interviews, and recorded historical artifacts that WDAM Radio has identified and acquired. The Collection Congratulations! You now own every hit record ever recorded by Buddy Holly (and/or records on which Buddy appeared as a back-up singer/musician) in both the United States and the United Kingdom. It also includes all charted hits by the Crickets [including all of their many United Kingdom hits, too!] after Buddy's death, as well as their remaining discography. All are in chronological order! .... or at least, sort of. You'll also enjoy original versions of songs that were later re-made into hits by Holly...plus every other artists' hit covers [including those that were only hits in the United Kingdom] of Holly originals ever recorded...plus almost all of those glorious "Buddy Holly death-salute" songs (along with similar tributes to J.P. Richardson and Ritchie Valens). It's the only collection of its kind this side ... or any side of Lubbock, Texas; Clovis, New Mexico; New York City; or Clear Lake, Iowa. (If you know the history of Buddy Holly, you will know why those locations were chosen.) Every release on single 45's (or 78's) is followed by the highest position reached in Billboard magazine and the year. Songs that were hits in the United Kingdom only have the designation – "U.K." Singles that never charted are designated (–/year). The designation "rare" means you probably will not find this at your favorite online sources or bricks-and-mortar music store. Other cuts of interest (at least of interest to WDAM Radio’s management and staff) that are included here that were not released as singles just have the year in parenthesis following them. A little more trivia that you need to have in order to appreciate this collection......As you may know, songs released on the Coral label were credited only to Buddy Holly, and songs released on the Brunswick label were credited to the Crickets (even though both of these labels were subsidiaries of the same company – Decca Records). WDAM Radio has followed this same format on the music list below, however, songs with the Crickets' "involvement" are shown with "(& The Crickets)." Additionally, Buddy's first label, which ironically was Decca, labeled their releases as either by Buddy Holly or Buddy Holly and The Three Tunes (Sonny Curtis [later, an "occasional/additional" Cricket, who also wrote and is heard singing the theme of the Mary Tyler Moore Show on CBS Television], Jerry Allison, an "original" Cricket], and assorted others). These also are labeled appropriately. After Buddy's death, his original producer, Norman Petty, took remaining voice tracks, and for 10 years continued remixing them with additional background tracks provided by the Fireballs (remember their hits – "Sugar Shack," "Daisy Petal Pickin'," "Vaquero," "Bull dog," "Quite A Party," "Ain't Gonna Tell Anybody," "Goin' Away," "Come On, React!" and "Long Green"? – [yes, WDAM Radio has all of these]....and now you do, too...see below!). Several of these were then released as singles in both the U.S. and U.K. for 20 years, until 1978, and a couple actually made the charts. Single releases that include dubbed in backgrounds by the Fireballs are also noted along with both the years of Buddy's original track and the later dubbed in backgrounds. And the Picks, who provided backup vocals on many of his Buddy’s recordings also re-dubbed backgrounds on his complete hit catalogue – sure enough, they are on this collection, too! As an extra added bonus (and because we are compulsive “completists” at WDAM Radio), this collection also includes all the charted hits of other artists associated with Buddy Holly & The Crickets...their first producer – Norman Petty [plus all the hit singles, as well as a comprehensive collection of non-hits he produced for other artists], one of their later producers – Buzz Cason [a/k/a Garry Miles], various "early" Crickets – Sonny Curtis, and "later" Crickets – Jerry Naylor, Earl Henry Sinks, and David Box, among others. In addition to various “Producer’s Notes” and other information in the “Comments” column of music list, check the Internet links that have been provided in this column for even more detailed information about the songs and the artists in this archive. As detailed on the pages that follow, we have divided this collection into the following mixes: • “Hit Mix” • “Deluxe Hit Singles & Hit Album Cuts Mix” • “Musicology Mix” • “Tributes & Mentions Mix” • “Crickets After Buddy Holly” • “Individual Crickets Mix” • “Buddy Holly-Picks Mix” • “Norman Petty et al Mix” • “Buddy Holly’s Buddies Mix” • “Assorted Cover Recordings Mix” The hits just keep on comin’ – listen for updates to this collection as more “tribute” and cover recordings find their way into WDAM Radio’s dusty groove yard – and ultimately into this collection. Rock on! Radio Dave WDAM Radio's Hit Singles History Of Buddy Holly & The Crickets # Artist Title Chart Comments Position/ Year “Hits Mix” 0000 Mr. Announcer & The “Introduction/Station Identification” WDAM Radio Singers 0001 Crickets “That’ll Be The Day” #1/1957 The song had its genesis in a trip to the movies by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, and Sonny Curtis in June 1956. The John Wayne film The Searchers was playing. Wayne's frequently-used, world-weary catchphrase, "that'll be the day" inspired the young musicians. The second recorded version of this song was recorded eight months later, at the Norman Petty studios in Clovis, New Mexico, on February 25, 1957 and issued on Decca's Brunswick label three months later. Because Holly had signed a recording contract with Decca, he was contractually prohibited from re-recording any of the songs recorded during the 1956 Nashville sessions for five years, even if Decca never released them. To dodge this, producer Norman Petty credited the Crickets as the artist on this new recording of That'll Be the Day to shield Buddy from possible legal action. Ironically, Brunswick was a subsidiary of Decca. Once the cat was out of the bag, Decca re-signed Holly to another of its subsidiaries, Coral, so he ended up with two recording contracts. His group efforts would be issued by Brunswick, and his solo recordings would be on Coral. See http://www.songwriter.co.uk/page53.html for the complete story. 0002 Buddy Holly (& The "Words Of Love" –/1957 Crickets) 0003 Buddy Holly (& The "Peggy Sue" #3/1957 Originally titled Cindy Lou – renamed after Crickets) Jerry Allison’s girlfriend and later wife, Peggy Sue Gerrow. 0004 Buddy Holly (& The "Everyday" –/1957 B-side of Peggy Sue Crickets) 0005 Crickets "Oh, Boy!" #10/1957 0006 Crickets "Not Fade Away" –/1957 B-side of Oh, Boy! 0007 Buddy Holly (& The "I'm Gonna Love You Too" –/1957 Crickets) 0008 Crickets "Maybe Baby" #17/1958 0009 Buddy Holly (& The "Listen To Me" #16-U.K./1958 Crickets) & #28- U.K./1962 0010 Buddy Holly (& The "Rave On" #37/1958 Crickets) 0011 Crickets "Think It Over" #27/1958 0012 Crickets "Fool's Paradise" #58/1958 0013 Buddy Holly (& The "Early In The Morning” #32/1958 Composer – Bobby Darin. Crickets) 0014 Crickets "It's So Easy" –/1958 0015 Ivan "Real Wild Child" #68/1958 Jerry "Ivan" Allison –drummer with the Crickets. Buddy Holly is on guitar and on background vocals. 0016 Buddy Holly (& The "Heartbeat" #82/1958 Crickets) 0017 Buddy Holly (& The "Well, All Right" –/1958 Crickets) 0018 Buddy Holly (& Dick "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" #13/1959 Composer – Paul Anka. Instrumental and Jacobs Orchestra) vocal backings added by Dick Jacobs. 0019 Buddy Holly (& The "Raining In My Heart" #88/1959 Instrumental and vocal backings added by Dick Jacobs Dick Jacobs. Orchestra) 0020 Buddy Holly (& The "Midnight Shift" #26-U.K./1959 Recorded in 1956. Three Tunes) 0021 Buddy Holly (& The "Peggy Sue Got Married" #17-U.K./1959 Instrumental and vocal backings added by Crickets) Dick Jacobs. 0022 Buddy Holly (& The "True Love Ways" #25-U.K./1960 Instrumental and vocal backings added by Dick Jacobs Dick Jacobs. Orchestra) 0023 Buddy Holly "Learning The Game" #28-U.K./1960 Instrumental and vocal backings added by Jack Hansen at the Decca studios in June 1959. 0024 Buddy Holly "What To Do" #34-U.K./1961 Instrumental and vocal backings added by Jack Hansen at the Decca studios in June 1959. 0025 Buddy Holly (& The "What To Do" #10-U.K./1963 Fireballs backing overdubbed by Norman Fireballs) Petty in 1963. 0026 Buddy Holly (& The "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't #12-U.K./1961 Crickets) Care" 0027 Buddy Holly (& The “Valley Of Tears” #12-U.K./1961 Norman Petty playing organ. Written by Fats Crickets) Domino & Dave Bartholomew. B-Side of You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care. 0028 Buddy Holly (& The "Reminiscing" #12-U.K./1962 Crickets) 0029 Buddy Holly (& The "Bo Diddley" #116/1963 Fireballs backing overdubbed by Norman Fireballs) Petty in 1963. 0030 Buddy Holly (& The Fireballs) 0031 Buddy Holly (& The "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" #113/1963 Fireballs backing overdubbed by Norman Crickets) Petty in 1963. 0032 Buddy Holly (& The “You’ve Got Love” #40-U.K./1964 Recorded in 1957 – the Picks vocals added Crickets (& The later and were uncredited on the record Picks) label.