Buddy Holly discography
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Buddy Holly recorded under several names, and with several different backing bands, though the Crickets played on almost all of Holly's singles from 1957 to 1958.[1]
Though Holly was killed in a plane crash on February 3, 1959, he had recorded prolifically, releasing three albums in his lifetime. Coral Records was able to release brand new albums and singles for 10 years after his death, although the technical quality was mixed, some being studio quality and others home recordings.
Holly continued to be promoted and sold as an "active" artist, and his records had a loyal following, especially in Europe. The demand for unissued Holly material was so great that Norman Petty resorted to overdubbing whatever he could find: alternate takes of studio recordings, originally rejected masters, "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" and the other five 1959 tracks (adding new surf-guitar arrangements), and even Holly's amateur demos from 1954 (where the low-fidelity vocals are often muffled behind the new orchestrations). The last new Buddy Holly album was Giant (featuring the single "Love is Strange"), issued in 1969. Between the 1959–60 overdubs produced by Jack Hansen (with vocal backings imitating the Crickets' sound), the 1960s overdubs produced by Petty, various alternate takes, and Holly's undubbed originals, collectors can often choose from multiple versions of the same song. There are also many different versions of Holly's Greatest Hits as well as covers/compilation albums of Buddy's songs performed by various artists. Many singles and albums of his material were released posthumously, beginning with "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" in 1959.
Singles
| Year | Titles (A-side / B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated |
Artist | Label | Chart Positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Hot | US R&B | UK | |||||
| 1956 | "Blue Days, Black Nights" "Love Me" |
Buddy Holly | Decca | — | — | — | That'll Be The Day |
| "Modern Don Juan" "You Are My One Desire" |
— | — | — | ||||
| 1957 | "That'll Be The Day" "I'm Looking for Someone To Love" |
The Crickets | Brunswick | 1 | 2 | 1 | The "Chirping" Crickets |
| "Words of Love" "Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues" |
Buddy Holly | Coral | — | — | — | Buddy Holly | |
| "Rock Around With Ollie Vee" "That'll Be The Day" |
Decca | — | — | — | That'll Be The Day | ||
| "Peggy Sue" "Everyday"[2] |
Coral | 3 | 3 | 6 | Buddy Holly | ||
| "Oh, Boy!" "Not Fade Away" |
The Crickets | Brunswick | 10 | 15 | 3 | The "Chirping" Crickets | |
| 1958 | "Love Me" "You Are My One Desire" |
Buddy Holly | Decca | — | — | — | That'll Be The Day |
| "I'm Gonna Love You Too" "Listen To Me" |
Coral | — | — | — | Buddy Holly | ||
| "Maybe Baby" "Tell Me How" |
The Crickets | Brunswick | 17 | 8 | 4 | The "Chirping" Crickets | |
| "Rave On" "Take Your Time" (from The Buddy Holly Story Volume II) |
Buddy Holly | Coral | 37 | — | 5 | Buddy Holly | |
| "Think It Over" "Fool's Paradise"[2] (from Holly In The Hills) |
The Crickets | Brunswick | 27 | 9 | 11 | The Buddy Holly Story | |
| "Girl On My Mind" "Ting-a-Ling" |
Buddy Holly | Decca | — | — | — | That'll Be The Day | |
| "Early In The Morning" "Now We're One" (from The Buddy Holly Story Volume II) |
Coral | 32 | — | 17 | The Buddy Holly Story | ||
| "It's So Easy" "Lonesome Tears" (from Holly In The Hills) |
The Crickets | Brunswick | — | — | — | ||
| "Real Wild Child" "Oh, You Beautiful Doll" |
Ivan (pseudonym for Jerry Allison) |
Coral | 68 | — | — | Non-LP tracks | |
| "Heartbeat" "Well... All Right" (from The Buddy Holly Story Volume II) |
Buddy Holly | 82 | 4 | 30 | The Buddy Holly Story | ||
| 1959 | "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" "Raining In My Heart" |
13 | — | 1 | |||
| "Peggy Sue Got Married" "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" |
— | — | — | The Buddy Holly Story Volume II | |||
| 1960 | "True Love Ways" "That Makes It Tough" |
— | — | 25 | |||
| 1962 | "Reminiscing" "Wait 'Til The Sun Shines, Nellie" |
68 | — | 17 | Reminiscing | ||
| 1963 | "Bo Diddley" "True Love Ways" (from The Buddy Holly Story Volume II) |
116A | — | 4 | |||
| "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" "Wishing" (from Holly In The Hills) |
113A | — | 3 | ||||
| 1964 | "Rock Around With Ollie Vee" "I'm Gonna Love You Too" (from Buddy Holly) |
— | — | — | Showcase | ||
| 1965 | "What To Do" "Slippin' and Slidin'" (from Reminiscing) |
— | — | 34 | Holly In The Hills | ||
| 1969 | "Love Is Strange" "You're The One" |
105A | — | — | Giant | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||
- 1.^ Denotes a release that charted on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Artist | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3][4][5] |
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| 1957 | The "Chirping" Crickets | The Crickets | 5 | |
| 1958 | Buddy Holly | Buddy Holly |
|
— |
| That'll Be the Day | Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes |
|
5 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||
Compilation albums
| Decade | Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [6] |
NZ [7] |
UK [3][5] |
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| 1950s | The Buddy Holly Story | 11 | — | 2 | US: Gold[8] | |
| 1960s | The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2 |
|
41 [9] |
— | 7 | |
| Reminiscing |
|
40 | — | 2 | ||
| Showcase |
|
— | — | 3 | ||
| Holly in the Hills |
|
— | — | 13 | ||
| The Best of Buddy Holly |
|
— | — | — | UK: Gold[10] | |
| Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits |
|
— | — | 9 | ||
| Giant |
|
— | — | 13 | ||
| 1970s | Buddy Holly: A Rock & Roll Collection |
|
— | — | — | |
| 20 Golden Greats also known as Buddy Holly Lives |
|
55 | — | 1 | US: Gold[8] UK: Platinum[10] |
|
| The Complete Buddy Holly | — | — | — | |||
| 1980s | Love Songs 20 Love Song (US title) |
|
— | — | — | UK: Gold[10] |
| The Great Buddy Holly |
|
— | — | — | ||
| For the First Time Anywhere |
|
— | — | — | ||
| From the Original Master Tapes |
|
— | — | — | ||
| True Love Ways |
|
— | 24 | 8 | UK: Gold[10] | |
| 1990s | Words of Love |
|
— | 20 | 1 | UK: Gold[10] |
| The Buddy Holly Collection |
|
— | — | — | ||
| Greatest Hits |
|
— | — | — | ||
| The Very Best of Buddy Holly |
|
— | — | 24 | UK: Gold[10] | |
| The Best Of Buddy Holly: 20th Century Masters |
|
— | — | — | ||
| The Very Best of Buddy Holly & the Crickets |
|
— | 12 | 13 | ||
| 2000s | Buddy Holly Gold |
|
— | — | — | |
| Not Fade Away |
|
101 | — | — | ||
| Down the Line: Rarities |
|
— | — | — | ||
| Memorial Collection |
|
— | — | — | ||
| Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings And More |
|
— | — | — | ||
| 2010s | The Very Best of Buddy Holly and the Crickets |
|
— | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||
References
- ↑ Norman Petty (producer) interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Buddy Holly Discography" at hotshotdigital.com. Accessed 2011 August 7.
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