BUDDY HOLLY
Buddy Holly is Buddy Holly’s debut solo album and his second album overall (following The “Chirping” Crickets in 1957), released in February 1958. Although billed as a solo record, the personnel once again features Holly’s band, the Crickets, accompanying him. Approximately one year later, Holly was killed in a plane crash. It contains one of Holly’s best known songs, “Peggy Sue”. Some re-releases contain the tracks from Holly’s next single; “Early In the Morning” b/w “Now We’re One” as well as the B-side to his “Rave On!” single, “Take Your Time”. (More from Wikipedia)
Holly released just three albums during his lifetime, all under different names: The Chirping Crickets by the Crickets on Brunswick Records in 1957; Buddy Holly by Buddy Holly on Coral Records in 1958; and That’ll Be the Day by Buddy Holly & the Three Tunes on Decca Records, also in 1958. The latter album was an attempt by Decca to cash in on Holly’s fame by releasing the songs from Buddy Holly’s 1956 studio recordings from his original contract with Decca.
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