20 Golden Greats

Tracklist

• 1
  That’ll Be the Day

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  2:16
  4.5 ★
• 2
  Peggy Sue

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  2:30
  4.5 ★
• 3
  Words of Love
  1:55
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Everyday

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  2:07
  4.8 ★
• 5
  Not Fade Away

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  2:21
  4.6 ★
• 6
  Oh Boy!

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  2:08
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Maybe Baby

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  2:02
  3.8 ★
• 8
  Listen to Me
  2:21
  3.5 ★
• 9
  Heartbeat

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  2:09
  4.6 ★
• 10
  Think It Over

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  1:46
  4.0 ★
• 11
  It Doesn’t Matter Anymore

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  2:04
  2.8 ★
• 12
  It’s So Easy

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  2:10
  3.5 ★
• 13
  Well… All Right
  2:14
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Rave On

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  1:49
  4.2 ★
• 15
  Raining in My Heart

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  2:47
  5.0 ★
• 16
  True Love Ways
  3:01
• 17
  Peggy Sue Got Married
  2:04
• 18
  Bo Diddley
  2:19
  5.0 ★
• 19
  Brown Eyed Handsome Man
  2:04
  3.4 ★
• 20
  Wishing
  2:01
  4.0 ★

More by Buddy Holly

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The Definitive Collection 2006

The Ultimate Collection

The Ultimate Collection 2005

Buddy Holly & The Picks

Buddy Holly & The Picks 2001

The Buddy Holly Collection

The Buddy Holly Collection 1993

From the Original Master Tapes

From the Original Master Tapes 1985

The Complete Buddy Holly Story

The Complete Buddy Holly Story 1973

Release credits

• Abby Hoffer
  background vocals [14]
• Abraham “Boomie” Richman
  tenor saxophone [11, 15]
• Al Caiola
  guitar [11, 14-15]
• Andrew Ackers
  piano [17]
• Bill Pickering
  background vocals [6-7]
• Bo Clarke
  drums (drum set) [20]
• Bob Lapham
  background vocals [6-7]
• Bob Thiele
  producer [14]
• Buddy Holly
  acoustic guitar [17], background vocals [4-5], guitar [1, 1-5, 5, 5-14, 19-20], lead vocals [1, 4-6], vocal [2-14, 14-15, 17, 19-20]
• Cliff Leeman
  drums (drum set) [11, 15]
• David Schwartz
  viola [11, 15]
• Dick Jacobs
  conductor [11, 15], producer [11, 15]
• Dick Jacobs & His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [11, 15]
• Donald Amone
  guitar [14, 17]
• Doris Johnson
  harp [11, 15]
• Ernest Hayes
  piano [11, 15]
• Gary Dale Tollett
  background vocals [1]
• George Atwood
  bass [9, 20]
• Herbert Bourne
  violin [11, 15]
• Howard Kay
  viola [11, 15]
• Irving Spice
  violin [11, 15]
• Jack Hansen
  producer [17]
• Jerry Allison
  background vocals [4-5], cymbal [13], drums (drum set) [1-5, 5-14, 14, 19], percussion [4]
• Joe B. Mauldin
  bass [1-14, 14], double bass [5]
• John Pickering
  background vocals [6-7]
• Julius Held
  violin [11, 15]
• June Clark
  background vocals [1]
• Larry Welborn
  bass [19], double bass [1]
• Leo Kruczek
  violin [11, 15]
• Leonard Posner
  violin [11, 15]
• Maurice Bialkin
  cello [11, 15]
• Maurice Brown
  cello [11, 15]
• Merril Ostrus
  background vocals [14]
• Milton DeLugg
  producer [14]
• Niki Sullivan
  background vocals [1, 4-5], guitar [1, 1-13]
• Norman Petty
  piano [14], producer [1-14, 19-20], recording [19]
• Panama Francis
  drums (drum set) [17]
• Paul Winter
  violin [11, 15]
• Ramona Tollett
  background vocals [1]
• Ray Free
  violin [11, 15]
• Robert Bollinger
  background vocals [14]
• Robert Harter
  background vocals [14]
• Sanford Bloch
  bass [17], bass guitar [11, 15]
• Sylvia Shulman
  violin [11, 15]
• The Ray Charles Singers
  background vocals [17]
• The Roses
  background vocals [10, 12]
• Tommy Allsup
  guitar [9, 12, 20]
• Vi Petty
  celesta [4], piano [10]
• William Marine
  background vocals [14]
• Wolfman Jack
  spoken vocals [1]
• Show all credits (50)

Issues

• 

  2
  (Combined release view)
• 

  2
  20 Golden Greats

  12" Vinyl
  1977
• 

  2
  20 Golden Greats

  Vinyl
  1978
• 2
  20 Golden Greats

  12" Vinyl
  1978
• 

  2
  20 Golden Greats

  12" Vinyl (club edition)
  1978
• 

  2
  20 Golden Greats

  CD
  1989
• 2
  20 Golden Greats

  CD
  1 February 1991
• 2
  20 Golden Greats

  CD
  1 May 2007
• 

  2
  20 Golden Greats: Buddy Holly Lives

  Digital Media