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The "Chirping" Crickets

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Released
  
November 27, 1957

Artist
  
The Crickets

Producer
  
Norman Petty

Length
  
28:27

Release date
  
27 November 1957

Label
  
Coral Records

The

Recorded
  
February 25 – September 28, 1957

The "Chirping" Crickets (1957)
  
The Buddy Holly Story (1959)

Genres
  
Rock music, Rock and roll, Rockabilly

Similar
  
Reminiscing, Buddy Holly, 20 Golden Greats, Greatest Hits, That'll Be the Day

Buddy holly oh boy 1957


The "Chirping" Crickets is the self-titled debut album from the American rock and roll band The Crickets, led by Buddy Holly. In 2003, the album was ranked number 421 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Contents

The LP was released in the US in 1957, and in the UK in 1958. It was re-released by Coral in 1962 as Buddy Holly and The Crickets. After being out of print for many years, it was reissued as a remastered CD in 2004 with bonus tracks.

The chirping crickets 2 not fade away buddy holly and the crickets


Personnel

Buddy Holly and The Crickets
  • Buddy Holly – lead vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar on 5, backing vocals on 2
  • Jerry Allison – drums, card-box percussion and backing vocals on 2
  • Joe B. Mauldin – contrabass, except on 7 and 8
  • Niki Sullivan – rhythm guitar, except on 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 11, backing vocals on 2, 7 and 8
    • Additional personnel
  • Larry Welborn – contrabass on 7 and 8
  • The Picks (Bill Pickering, John Pickering and Bob Lapham) - backing vocals, except on 2, 7 and 8
  • Ramona and Gary Tollett – backing vocals on 7 and 8

    • Songs

    1Oh Boy2:09
    2Not Fade Away2:23
    3You've Got Love2:08

    References

    The "Chirping" Crickets Wikipedia
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