The Buddy Holly Story (album)

The Buddy Holly Story
Compilation album by Buddy Holly and the Crickets
Released February 28, 1959 (1959-02-28)[1]
Recorded February 25, 1957 – May 27, 1958 at Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico
September 27–28, 1957 at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City
January 25, 1958 – October 21, 1958 in New York City[2]
Genre Rock and roll
Label Coral
Producer Norman Petty, Dick Jacobs, Bob Thiele[2]
Buddy Holly chronology
That'll Be the Day
(1958)
The Buddy Holly Story
(1959)
The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2
(1960)
The Crickets chronology
The "Chirping" Crickets
(1957)
The Buddy Holly Story
(1959)
In Style With the Crickets
(1960)

The Buddy Holly Story is the first posthumously released compilation album by American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly and the Crickets. The album was released on February 28, 1959 (see 1959 in music) by the Coral record label less than a month after Holly's death.[1]

The album featured previously released singles by Buddy Holly on both the Brunswick label (with the Crickets) and the Coral label (as a solo artist).[3] The album became a top twenty hit in both the United States and England.

The album was certified Gold in the U.S. in 1969 by the RIAA.

Songs

Of the twelve songs released on the original album, the songs "Maybe Baby", "That'll Be the Day", "Think It Over", and "Oh, Boy!" were credited to the Crickets, while the rest were credited to Buddy Holly. All of the songs were released as singles and the songs "Peggy Sue", "That'll Be the Day", "Early in the Morning", "Maybe Baby", "Oh, Boy!", "Rave On!", "Think It Over", and "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" all peaked in the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the songs "Heartbeat" and "Raining In My Heart" both peaked in the lower half of the Hot 100.[4]

Concurrent and subsequent releases

When Coral Records released The Buddy Holly Story as a 12" 33⅓ rpm LP record, they also released the four songs "It Doesn't Matter Anymore", "Heartbeat", "Raining In My Heart", and "Early in the Morning" – which were included on the LP version – as a 7" 45 rpm EP record which was also titled as The Buddy Holly Story (catalog number EC-81182). The EP peaked at #9 on Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop EPs chart.[5]

In April 1960, Coral Records released a sequel to The Buddy Holly Story titled The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2. The album was also used as the title of the soundtrack album to the 1978 film of the same name.

Track listing


Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Raining In My Heart"  Felice and Boudleaux Bryant2:48
2."Early in the Morning"  Bobby Darin, Woody Harris2:06
3."Peggy Sue"  Jerry Allison, Norman Petty, Buddy Holly2:29
4."Maybe Baby"  Petty, Holly2:01
5."Everyday"  Holly, Petty2:07
6."Rave On!"  Sonny West, Bill Tilghman, Petty1:49
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."That'll Be the Day"  Allison, Petty, Holly2:17
2."Heartbeat"  Buddy Holly, Bob Montgomery[6]2:09
3."Think It Over"  Holly, Petty, Allison1:43
4."Oh, Boy!"  West, Tilghman, Petty2:07
5."It's So Easy!"  Holly, Petty2:09
6."It Doesn't Matter Anymore"  Paul Anka2:04

Personnel

The following people contributed to The Buddy Holly Story:[2][3]

Charts

The Buddy Holly Story reached #11 on the Billboard 200[7] and peaked at #2 on the UK Albums Chart.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Memorial Collection (CD liner). Buddy Holly. United States: Decca Records/Geffen Records. 2008. B0011337-02 http://aln2.albumlinernotes.com/Memorial_Collection.html |url= missing title (help).
  2. 1 2 Grevatt, Ren. The Buddy Holly Story (Vinyl sleeve). Buddy Holly. United States: Coral Records. Back cover. CRL 57279.
  3. "Charts & Awards: Buddy Holly – Billboard Singles". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (1992). Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Pop Charts (1955–1959). Record Research. ISBN 0-89820-092-X.
  5. John Goldrosen and John Beecher, "Remembering Buddy: the definitive biography", 1987, Page 113.
  6. "Charts & Awards: Buddy Holly – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  7. "Buddy Holly". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
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