A Rock & Roll Collection

Compilation by Buddy Holly

Released 1977

Abby Hoffer
background vocals [1]
Abraham “Boomie” Richman
tenor saxophone [12]
Al Caiola
guitar [1, 12]
Bill Pickering
background vocals [1.5, 2.10]
Bob Lapham
background vocals [1.5, 2.10]
Bob Thiele
producer [1]
Buddy Holly
guitar [1.1, 1.5, 1.7-8, 2.3-4, 2.8-10], lead vocals [5], vocal [1.1, 1.5, 1.7-8, 1.12, 2.3-4, 2.8-10]
Cliff Leeman
drums (drum set) [12]
Dave Dexter, Jr.
liner notes
David Schwartz
viola [12]
Dick Jacobs
conductor [12], producer [12]
Dick Jacobs & His Orchestra
performing orchestra [12]
Donald Amone
guitar [1]
Doris Johnson
harp [12]
Ernest Hayes
piano [12]
George Atwood
bass [3]
Herbert Bourne
violin [12]
Howard Kay
viola [12]
Irving Spice
violin [12]
Jerry Allison
cymbal [4], drums (drum set) [2.3, 2.8-10, 1.1, 1.5, 1.7-8]
Joe B. Mauldin
bass [1.1, 1.5, 1.7, 2.4, 2.8-10]
John Pickering
background vocals [1.5, 2.10]
Julius Held
violin [12]
Larry Welborn
bass [8]
Leo Kruczek
violin [12]
Leonard Posner
violin [12]
Maurice Bialkin
cello [12]
Maurice Brown
cello [12]
Merril Ostrus
background vocals [1]
Milton DeLugg
producer [1]
Niki Sullivan
guitar [2.9-10, 1.7]
Norman Petty
piano [1], producer [1.1, 1.5, 1.7-8, 1.12, 2.3-4, 2.9-10], recording [8]
Paul Winter
violin [12]
Ray Free
violin [12]
Robert Bollinger
background vocals [1]
Robert Harter
background vocals [1]
Sanford Bloch
bass guitar [12]
Sylvia Shulman
violin [12]
The Roses
background vocals [8]
Tommy Allsup
guitar [3, 8]
William Marine
background vocals [1]