“Buddy Holly & The Crickets: Complete US & UK Singles A’s & B’s 1956-1962 CD – MeTV Entertainment”

Despite The Fact That His Career Was So Tragically Curtailed When He Died In The Fateful Plane Crash On 3Rd February 1959, In Which The Big Bopper And Ritchie Valens Also Perished, Buddy Holly Remains As One Of The Most Important And Innovative Songwriters And Performers Of The Rock ‘N’ Roll Era. With A Style That Uniquely Blended Country And R&Amp;B Influences From His Background In Texas, And Under The Guidance Of Writer/Producer Norman Petty, Buddy Holly And The Crickets Had A Landmark Us And Uk No. 1 In 1957 With “That’Ll Be The Day”, Which Was Followed By A String Of Memorable Classics With Holly Recording Both With The Crickets And As A Solo Artist, Until Fate Intervened Only Eighteen Months After His Chart Debut. He Had Recorded Sufficient Material To Provide A Number Of Posthumous Singles Releases And Chart Entries, And The Crickets Continued Recording And Having Hits Without Buddy, And Between Them They Established A Legacy Of Evocative And Distinctive Material. This Great-Value 66-Track 2-Cd Collection Comprises The A And B Sides Of The Singles Released Under All Those Guises During This Period – Buddy Holly, The Crickets, Buddy Holly And The Crickets, And The Crickets Without Buddy, Plus The Titles From The “Chirping Crickets” And “Buddy Holly” Lps Not Otherwise Included As Singles. It Is A Comprehensive Overview Of The Recordings Which Established Holly And His Colleagues As Influential Pioneers Of The Genre, And A Fine Showcase For His Unique Talent.

Track List

1. Blue Days Black Nights
2. Love Me
3. Modern Don Juan
4. You Are My One Desire
5. That’Ll Be The Day
6. I’M Lookin’ For Someone To Love
7. Oh Boy!
8. Not Fade Away
9. Words Of Love
10. Mailman Bring Me No More Blues
11. Peggy Sue
12. Everyday
13. It’S Too Late
14. An Empty Cup (And A Broken Date)
15. Send Me Some Lovin’
16. Last Night
17. Rock Me Baby
18. Maybe Baby
19. Tell Me How
20. Think It Over
21. Fool’S Paradise
22. It’S So Easy
23. Lonesome Tears
24. Listen To Me
25. I’M Gonna Love You Too
26. Rave On
27. Take Your Time
28. Early In The Morning
29. Now We’Re One
30. Heartbeat
31. Well All Right
32. Reddy Teddy
33. Little Baby
34. It Doesn’T Matter Anymore
35. Raining In My Heart
36. Love’S Made A Fool Of You
37. Someone Someone
38. Peggy Sue Got Married
39. Crying Waiting Hoping
40. When You Ask About Love
41. Deborah
42. Rock Around With Ollie Vee
43. Midnight Shift
44. More Than I Can Say
45. Baby My Heart
46. True Love Ways
47. That Makes It Tough
48. Moondreams
49. Learning The Game
50. Don’T Cha Know
51. I Fought The Law
52. A Sweet Love
53. You’Re So Square (Baby I Don’T Care)
54. Valley Of Tears
55. What To Do
56. That’S What They Say
57. Look At Me
58. He’S Old Enough To Know Better
59. I’M Feeling Better
60. Reminiscing
61. Wait Til The Sun Shines Nellie
62. Don’T Ever Change
63. I’M Not A Bad Guy
64. I Believe In You
65. Parisian Girl
66. Little Hollywood Gir