Holly wrote (or co-wrote) much of his most memorable material, worked up innovative arrangements for his recordings, and excelled as rhythm and lead guitarist as well as vocalist. Those merits were a blend of pop craftsmanship, rockabilly irreverence, and R&B showmanship refracted through Holly’s distinctly personal lens. But even without the Beatles or any similar Holly inspired pop phenom in the years after his death, his work stands out from his contemporaries purely on his own merits. More than that of Presley or the R&B-turned R ‘n’ R acts, Holly’s image and sound were accessible to the British. You can’t, nor can you imagine many of the other “British Invasion” sounds which were clearly recycled Hollyisms. Imagine the Beatles without Holly and his Crickets as role models. Holly may have been less flamboyantly charismatic than those men, but is gifts were arguably more varied than theirs, too. Holly surely wasn’t the sole artist to presage rock ‘n’ roll’s later development: There was Elvis with his overwhelming force field Little Richard with his defiant primal scream Chuck Berry with his “kid friendly” gateway to the blues. Buddy Holly is one of the prime reasons rock ‘n’ roll did not, like the calypso craze of the same era, wind down like some musical hula hoop. Eisenhower was President, and in 1957 rock ‘n’ roll was still deemed as an auditory viral infection that would, like a Soviet satellite, soon run its course. Sputnik I was orbiting earth when “Peggy Sue” first shook our jukeboxes. Original Ads: Showtime Archives (Toronto) / Colin Escott Remastered from original masters by Glenn Meadows, Masterfonics, Nashville, TN Recorded Pythian Temple, New York City, New Yorkīuddy Holly – vocals and lead guitar (all tracks, except as noted)Īll songs produced by Norman Petty except as indicated. (Sonny LeGlaire – Horace Linsley – Norman Petty) The Roses: Bob Linville, Ray Bush, David Bingham Recorded Clovis, New Mexico, February, 1958 Recorded Bell Sound Studios, New York City, New York The Picks (background vocals, added later in Clovis) Recorded Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Joe Mauldin – Niki Sullivan – Norman Petty)īackground vocals (overdubbed later) cricket (chirping) (Jerry Allison – Norman Petty – Buddy Holly) The Picks: Bill Pickering, John Pickering, Bob Lapham Recorded Clovis, New Mexico, June 29 – July 1, 1957 (Sunny West – Bill Tighman – Norman Petty) Probably Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Niki Sullivan: background vocals Recorded Clovis, New Mexico, May 27, 1957 Recorded Clovis, New Mexico, April 8, 1957 Niki Sullivan, June Clark, Gary & Ramona Tollet: background vocals Recorded Clovis, New Mexico, February 25, 1957 (Norman Petty – Buddy Holly – Jerry Allison) To buy this album from, click here: Buddy Holly - Greatest Hits To download this album via iTunes, click here:
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