The Very Best of Buddy Holly and the Crickets

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Heartbeat

  Buddy Holly
  2:11
  4.6 ★
• 2
  That'll Be The Day

  Buddy Holly
  2:17
  4.6 ★
• 3
  Peggy Sue

  Buddy Holly
  2:31
  4.5 ★
• 4
  Oh, Boy!

  Buddy Holly
  2:09
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Rave On

  Buddy Holly
  1:50
  4.2 ★
• 6
  Think It Over

  Buddy Holly
  1:47
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Brown Eyed Handsome Man

  Buddy Holly
  2:05
  3.4 ★
• 8
  Love's Made A Fool Of You

  Buddy Holly
  2:01
  3.0 ★
• 9
  True Love Ways

  Buddy Holly
  2:50
  4.5 ★
• 10
  Raining In My Heart

  Buddy Holly
  2:48
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Everyday

  Buddy Holly
  2:08
  4.9 ★
• 12
  Wishing

  Buddy Holly
  2:02
  4.0 ★
• 13
  It's So Easy

  Buddy Holly
  2:11
  3.5 ★
• 14
  Listen To Me

  Buddy Holly
  2:22
  3.5 ★
• 15
  It Doesn't Matter Anymore

  Buddy Holly
  2:04
  2.8 ★
• 16
  Words Of Love

  Buddy Holly
  1:56
  4.0 ★
• 17
  I'm Gonna Love You Too

  Buddy Holly
  2:14
  4.5 ★
• 18
  Well...All Right

  Buddy Holly
  2:14
  4.0 ★
• 19
  Bo Diddley

  Buddy Holly
  2:20
  5.0 ★
• 20
  Blue Suede Shoes

  Buddy Holly
  1:54
  4.0 ★
• 21
  Shake Rattle & Roll

  Buddy Holly
  1:23
  4.0 ★
• 22
  What To Do

  Buddy Holly
  1:54
  3.5 ★
• 23
  Midnight Shift

  Buddy Holly
  2:11
  4.0 ★
• 24
  Love Is Strange

  Buddy Holly
  3:04
• 25
  Crying, Waiting, Hoping

  Buddy Holly
  2:05
• CD 2
• 1
  Peggy Sue Got Married

  Buddy Holly
  2:07
• 2
  Maybe Baby

  Buddy Holly
  2:03
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Early in the Morning

  Buddy Holly
  2:08
  5.0 ★
• 4
  You're So Square (Baby, I Don't Care)

  Buddy Holly
  1:36
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Reminiscing

  Buddy Holly
  2:01
• 6
  Valley of Tears

  Buddy Holly
  2:08
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Learning the Game

  Buddy Holly
  2:02
• 8
  Look at Me

  Buddy Holly
  2:05
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Fool's Paradise

  Buddy Holly
  2:30
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Take Your Time

  Buddy Holly
  1:58
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Not Fade Away

  Buddy Holly
  2:23
  4.6 ★
• 12
  Blue Monday

  Buddy Holly
  2:02
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Girl on My Mind

  Buddy Holly
  2:18
  5.0 ★
• 14
  Love Me

  Buddy Holly
  2:06
• 15
  Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight

  Buddy Holly
  1:54
• 16
  Rock-A-Bye Rock

  Buddy Holly
  2:23
• 17
  Send Me Some Lovin'

  Buddy Holly
  2:35
• 18
  Moondreams

  Buddy Holly
  2:41
• 19
  You've Got Love

  Buddy Holly
  2:06
  4.0 ★
• 20
  Ready Teddy

  Buddy Holly
  1:32
• 21
  You're the One

  Buddy Holly
  2:03
• 22
  You Are My One Desire

  Buddy Holly
  2:23
• 23
  Changing All Those Changes

  Buddy Holly
  1:41
• 24
  That Makes It Tough

  Buddy Holly
  2:28
• 25
  It's Too Late

  Buddy Holly
  2:24
  5.0 ★

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Release credits

• Abby Hoffer
  background vocals [5]
• Abraham “Boomie” Richman
  tenor saxophone [9-10, 15]
• Al Caiola
  guitar [5, 9-10, 15]
• Al Chernet
  guitar [3]
• Andrew Ackers
  piano [1]
• Bill Pickering
  background vocals [2.2, 1.4]
• Bo Clarke
  drums (drum set) [8, 12]
• Bob Lapham
  background vocals [1.4, 2.2]
• Bob Thiele
  producer [5]
• Buddy Holly
  acoustic guitar [2.1, 1.22], background vocals [2.11, 1.11], guitar [2.2-4, 2.6, 2.8-11, 2.11, 2.13, 2.16-17, 2.19-20, 2.25, 1.1-2, 1.2-8, 1.11-14, 1.16-18, 1.20, 1.23], lead vocals [2.9, 2.11, 2.17, 2.25, 1.2, 1.4, 1.11], vocal [1.1, 1.3-5, 1.5-18, 1.20, 1.22-23, 2.1-4, 2.6, 2.8, 2.10-11, 2.13-14, 2.16, 2.19-20]
• Cliff Leeman
  drums (drum set) [9-10, 15]
• David Schwartz
  viola [10, 15]
• Dick Jacobs
  conductor [9-10, 15], producer [2.3, 1.9-10, 1.15]
• Dick Jacobs & His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [9-10, 15]
• Don Guess
  bass [2.13-14, 2.22-23, 1.23], bass guitar [15]
• Donald Amone
  guitar [2.1, 1.5]
• Doris Johnson
  harp [9-10, 15]
• Doug Kirkham
  percussion [2.14, 1.23]
• Dutch McMillin
  tenor saxophone [22]
• Ernest Hayes
  piano [2.3, 1.9-10, 1.15]
• Floyd Cramer
  piano [22]
• Gary Tollett
  background vocals [2]
• George Atwood
  bass [1, 8, 12]
• George Barnes
  guitar [3]
• Grady Martin
  guitar [1.23, 2.14, 2.22]
• Harriet Young
  background vocals [3]
• Helen Way
  background vocals [3]
• Herbert Bourne
  violin [9-10, 15]
• Howard Kay
  viola [10, 15]
• Irving Spice
  violin [9-10, 15]
• Jack Hansen
  producer [1]
• Jerry Allison
  background vocals [1.11, 2.11], cymbal [18], drums (drum set) [2.2, 2.4-6, 2.9-11, 2.11, 2.13, 2.15-17, 2.19-20, 2.23, 2.25, 1.1-5, 1.5-7, 1.13-14, 1.16-17, 1.20], percussion [1.11, 2.8]
• Joe B. Mauldin
  bass [1.3-5, 1.5-6, 1.11, 1.13-14, 1.16-18, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8-11, 2.17, 2.19-20], bass guitar [5], double bass [11]
• John Pickering
  background vocals [2.2, 1.4]
• Julius Held
  violin [9-10, 15]
• June Clark
  background vocals [2]
• King Curtis
  saxophone [5]
• Larry Welborn
  bass [7], double bass [2]
• Leo Kruczek
  violin [9-10, 15]
• Leonard Posner
  violin [9-10, 15]
• Maeretha Stewart
  background vocals [3]
• Maurice Bialkin
  cello [10, 15]
• Maurice Brown
  cello [10, 15]
• Merril Ostrus
  background vocals [5]
• Milton DeLugg
  producer [5]
• Niki Sullivan
  background vocals [2.11, 1.2, 1.11], guitar [1.2-3, 1.14, 2.2, 2.17, 2.19-20]
• Norman Petty
  organ [6, 10], piano [5], producer [2.2, 2.4-12, 2.15-17, 2.19-21, 2.23, 2.25, 1.1-8, 1.11-18, 1.22, 1.24-25], recording [1.7, 2.16]
• Owen Bradley
  producer [2.13-14, 2.22, 1.23]
• Panama Francis
  drums (drum set) [1, 3]
• Paul Winter
  violin [9-10, 15]
• Peacock
  design
• Phil Kraus
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Ramona Tollett
  background vocals [2]
• Ray Free
  violin [9-10, 15]
• Robert Bollinger
  background vocals [5]
• Robert Harter
  background vocals [5]
• Sam “The Man” Taylor
  tenor saxophone [3]
• Sanford Bloch
  bass [1, 3], bass guitar [9-10, 15]
• Slim Corbin
  performer [21]
• Sonny Curtis
  guitar [2.13-16, 2.23, 1.23]
• Sylvia Shulman
  violin [9-10, 15]
• The Fireballs
  background vocals [1.22, 1.24, 2.21], instrument [22]
• The Helen Way Singers
  background vocals [3]
• The Picks
  background vocals [17, 19, 25]
• The Ray Charles Singers
  background vocals [1]
• The Roses
  background vocals [1.6, 1.13, 2.9]
• Theresa Merritt
  background vocals [3]
• Tommy Allsup
  guitar [1, 8, 12-13]
• Vi Petty
  celesta [11], piano [1.6, 2.6, 2.8-9, 2.20]
• Waylon Jennings
  performer [21]
• William Marine
  background vocals [5]
• Wolfman Jack
  spoken vocals [2]
• Show all credits (72)

Issues

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  The Very Best of Buddy Holly and the Crickets

  2x CD
  2008
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  T
  The Very Best of Buddy Holly and the Crickets

  2x CD
  2008