Buddy Holly Fans of the World UNITE! (tickets, drum, rock)

Gavin B. · 01-14-2009, 08:26 AM

I've always given lip service to Buddy Holly's music and appreciated his best known songs like Not Fade Away, Peggy Sue and Rave On. It wasn't until a couple years back when I started listening to some of his lesser known music that I completely appreciated his talents and contribution to rock and roll music.

Buddy was 22 years old at the time of his death and had spent all of 18 months as a moderately successful performer. Buddy Holly was a prodigy at crafting simple, elegant songs about the complexities of love and loss.

He had a unique artistic development deal with Decca Records and his music publisher that allowed him to have dual contracts: One for Buddy Holly and the Cricketts and one for Buddy Holly. It allowed Holly to establish a large body of work in the year and half span of his recording career and most of his recorded material was unreleased at the time of his death. Unfortunately up until 1993 this dual contract presented licensing problems for any label intrested in anthologizing both his work as a Cricket and as a solo artist.

The 1993 MCA 2 disk, 50 song Buddy Holly Collection finally brought together the most important songs from Buddy's 18 months of studio work:

1 Down the Line Holly, Montgomery, Petty 2:04
2 Soft Place in My Heart Montgomery, Petty 2:15
3 Holly Hop Holley 1:43
4 Blue Days (aka Blue Days, Black Nights) Hall 2:05
5 Love Me Holly, Parrish 2:07
6 Midnight Shift Ainsworth, Lee 2:12
7 Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight Guess, Holly 1:57
8 Changing All Those Changes Holly 1:42
9 I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down Holly 2:19
10 Rock Around With Ollie Vee Curtis 2:14
11 Girl on My Mind Guess 2:17
12 Ting-A-Ling Ertegun 2:43
13 Modern Don Juan Guess, Neal 2:44
14 Brown Eyed Handsome Man Berry 2:06
15 That'll Be the Day Allison, Holly, Petty 2:18
16 I'm Lookin' for Someone to Love Holly, Petty 1:58
17 Words of Love Holly 1:55
18 Not Fade Away Holly, Petty 2:23
19 Everyday Holly, Petty 2:08
20 Tell Me How Allison, Hardin, Petty 2:00
21 Ready Teddy Blackwell, Marascalco 1:32
22 Listen to Me Hardin, Petty 2:22
23 Oh, Boy! Petty, Tilghman, West 2:09
24 It's Too Late Willis 2:24
25 Peggy Sue Allison, Holly, Petty 2:29
26 I'm Gonna Love You Too Mauldin, Petty, Sullivan 2:15
27 Look at Me Allison, Holly, Petty 2:08
28 Little Baby Holly, Kendall, Petty 1:57
29 You've Got Love Orbison, Petty, Wilson 2:10
30 Maybe Baby Holly, Petty 2:03
31 Rock Me My Baby Heather, Long 1:48
32 (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care Leiber, Stoller 1:36
33 Rave On Petty, Tilghman, West 1:49
34 Fool's Paradise LeGlaire, Linsley, Petty 2:31
35 Take Your Time Holly, Petty 1:57
36 Well...All Right Allison, Holly, Mauldin, Petty 2:14
37 Think It Over Allison, Holly, Petty 1:48
38 Early in the Morning Darin, Harris 2:07
39 Heartbeat Montgomery, Petty 2:09
40 It's So Easy Holly, Petty 2:11
41 Wishing Holly, Montgomery 2:02
42 Love's Made a Fool of You Holly, Montgomery 2:01
43 Reminiscing King Curtis 2:01
44 True Love Ways Holly, Petty 2:50
45 It Doesn't Matter Anymore Anka 2:04
46 Raining in My Heart Bryant, Bryant 2:49
47 Peggy Sue Got Married Holly 1:51
48 Crying, Waiting, Hoping Holly 2:04
49 Learning the Game Holly 2:03
50 What to Do Holly

If you'll notice most of the songs aren't fully credited to Buddy Holly and it was standard practice for a band's manager to share a songwritting credit for royalty points, even though Norman Petty, Holly's manager had nothing to do with the writting of Buddy's songs. On a few of the songs above, Holly received no song writting credit on songs he wrote. Notice that future entertainment mogul Paul Anka has a songwritting credit the Holly hit It Doesn't Matter Anymore. I'm not sure who actually composed the song.

I realize that Buddy Holly is from the prehistoric age of rock and roll. Rock music was so young that there weren't even any proper venues for performances and when Buddy Holly died, he was on a tour of shows that were primarily done in high school gymnasiums and union halls. Fairly humble venues compared to the Royal Albert Hall, Shea Stadium and the Isle of Wight.

Tell me what your Buddy Holly experience is. I have a couple to share:

I saw the Crickets on one of those summer reunion tours in the Eighties and was stunned at how much the band sound got out of one guitar,a drum and stand-up accoustic bass. Later Carl Perkins joined the Hollies on stage and it was just flippin' awesome.

My aunt still has the unused tickets she had for the Buddy Holly show in a high school in Cedar Rapids Iowa on February 4th, 1959. Buddy never made it to that show because the fatal plane crash that killed Holly and the Big Bopper went down in Clear Lake Iowa the night before the show.

01-14-2009, 08:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	Buddy Holly Fans of the World UNITE! I've always given lip service to Buddy Holly's music and appreciated his best known songs like Not Fade Away, Peggy Sue and Rave On. It wasn't until a couple years back when I started listening to some of his lesser known music that I completely appreciated his talents and contribution to rock and roll music. Buddy was 22 years old at the time of his death and had spent all of 18 months as a moderately successful performer. Buddy Holly was a prodigy at crafting simple, elegant songs about the complexities of love and loss. He had a unique artistic development deal with Decca Records and his music publisher that allowed him to have dual contracts: One for Buddy Holly and the Cricketts and one for Buddy Holly. It allowed Holly to establish a large body of work in the year and half span of his recording career and most of his recorded material was unreleased at the time of his death. Unfortunately up until 1993 this dual contract presented licensing problems for any label intrested in anthologizing both his work as a Cricket and as a solo artist. The 1993 MCA 2 disk, 50 song Buddy Holly Collection finally brought together the most important songs from Buddy's 18 months of studio work: 1 Down the Line Holly, Montgomery, Petty 2:04 2 Soft Place in My Heart Montgomery, Petty 2:15 3 Holly Hop Holley 1:43 4 Blue Days (aka Blue Days, Black Nights) Hall 2:05 5 Love Me Holly, Parrish 2:07 6 Midnight Shift Ainsworth, Lee 2:12 7 Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight Guess, Holly 1:57 8 Changing All Those Changes Holly 1:42 9 I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down Holly 2:19 10 Rock Around With Ollie Vee Curtis 2:14 11 Girl on My Mind Guess 2:17 12 Ting-A-Ling Ertegun 2:43 13 Modern Don Juan Guess, Neal 2:44 14 Brown Eyed Handsome Man Berry 2:06 15 That'll Be the Day Allison, Holly, Petty 2:18 16 I'm Lookin' for Someone to Love Holly, Petty 1:58 17 Words of Love Holly 1:55 18 Not Fade Away Holly, Petty 2:23 19 Everyday Holly, Petty 2:08 20 Tell Me How Allison, Hardin, Petty 2:00 21 Ready Teddy Blackwell, Marascalco 1:32 22 Listen to Me Hardin, Petty 2:22 23 Oh, Boy! Petty, Tilghman, West 2:09 24 It's Too Late Willis 2:24 25 Peggy Sue Allison, Holly, Petty 2:29 26 I'm Gonna Love You Too Mauldin, Petty, Sullivan 2:15 27 Look at Me Allison, Holly, Petty 2:08 28 Little Baby Holly, Kendall, Petty 1:57 29 You've Got Love Orbison, Petty, Wilson 2:10 30 Maybe Baby Holly, Petty 2:03 31 Rock Me My Baby Heather, Long 1:48 32 (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care Leiber, Stoller 1:36 33 Rave On Petty, Tilghman, West 1:49 34 Fool's Paradise LeGlaire, Linsley, Petty 2:31 35 Take Your Time Holly, Petty 1:57 36 Well...All Right Allison, Holly, Mauldin, Petty 2:14 37 Think It Over Allison, Holly, Petty 1:48 38 Early in the Morning Darin, Harris 2:07 39 Heartbeat Montgomery, Petty 2:09 40 It's So Easy Holly, Petty 2:11 41 Wishing Holly, Montgomery 2:02 42 Love's Made a Fool of You Holly, Montgomery 2:01 43 Reminiscing King Curtis 2:01 44 True Love Ways Holly, Petty 2:50 45 It Doesn't Matter Anymore Anka 2:04 46 Raining in My Heart Bryant, Bryant 2:49 47 Peggy Sue Got Married Holly 1:51 48 Crying, Waiting, Hoping Holly 2:04 49 Learning the Game Holly 2:03 50 What to Do Holly If you'll notice most of the songs aren't fully credited to Buddy Holly and it was standard practice for a band's manager to share a songwritting credit for royalty points, even though Norman Petty, Holly's manager had nothing to do with the writting of Buddy's songs. On a few of the songs above, Holly received no song writting credit on songs he wrote. Notice that future entertainment mogul Paul Anka has a songwritting credit the Holly hit It Doesn't Matter Anymore. I'm not sure who actually composed the song. I realize that Buddy Holly is from the prehistoric age of rock and roll. Rock music was so young that there weren't even any proper venues for performances and when Buddy Holly died, he was on a tour of shows that were primarily done in high school gymnasiums and union halls. Fairly humble venues compared to the Royal Albert Hall, Shea Stadium and the Isle of Wight. Tell me what your Buddy Holly experience is. I have a couple to share: I saw the Crickets on one of those summer reunion tours in the Eighties and was stunned at how much the band sound got out of one guitar,a drum and stand-up accoustic bass. Later Carl Perkins joined the Hollies on stage and it was just flippin' awesome. My aunt still has the unused tickets she had for the Buddy Holly show in a high school in Cedar Rapids Iowa on February 4th, 1959. Buddy never made it to that show because the fatal plane crash that killed Holly and the Big Bopper went down in Clear Lake Iowa the night before the show.