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“Heartbeat”  is a rockabilly song credited to Bob Montgomery and Norman Petty and recorded originally by Buddy Holly in 1958.  The B-side of the single was “Well . . . All Right” (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison, Joe Mauldin).  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 

The confusion spread to the general public as well, since some of his 45’s were released under the name Buddy Holly, and others as the Crickets (often with Holly’s name nowhere in sight, even as a songwriter).  In spite of this, Buddy Holly and/or the Crickets had numerous hit songs, among them “Not Fade Away”, “Everyday”, “Listen to Me”, “Oh Boy!”, “Peggy Sue”, “Maybe Baby”, “Rave On”, “Heartbeat”, and “It’s So Easy”. 

 

Meanwhile, Buddy Holly was at the height of his powers as a musician, though record sales began to slip as a result:  Holly’s final 45 during his lifetime, Heartbeat b/w “Well . . . All Right” peaked at #82 on the Billboard singles charts.  Of the “B” side, Bruce Eder notes:  “[Buddy Holly] might even have advanced farther than a big chunk of the group’s audience was prepared to accept in late 1958.  ‘Well . . . All Right’, for example, was years ahead of its time as a song and a recording.”  Well All Right is one of the tracks on the excellent Blind Faith album that was released in 1969

 

(June 2013/1)

 
Last edited: March 22, 2021