Portrait in Music, Volume 2

Compilation by Buddy Holly

Released 1971

Abraham “Boomie” Richman
tenor saxophone [11]
Al Caiola
guitar [11]
Al Chernet
performer [6]
Bill Pickering
background vocals [10]
Bob Lapham
background vocals [10]
Buddy Holly
guitar [1.3, 1.5-7, 1.10, 2.1-5, 2.5], lead vocals [2.5, 1.7, 1.10], vocal [2.1-4, 2.6, 1.3, 1.5-6, 1.11]
C. W. Kendall
piano [6]
Cliff Leeman
drums (drum set) [11]
David Schwartz
viola [11]
Dick Jacobs
conductor [11], producer [1.11, 2.6]
Dick Jacobs & His Orchestra
performing orchestra [11]
Doris Johnson
harp [11]
Ernest Hayes
piano [1.11, 2.6]
George Barnes
guitar [6]
Herbert Bourne
violin [11]
Howard Kay
viola [11]
Irving Spice
violin [11]
Jerry Allison
cymbal [3], drums (drum set) [1.3, 1.5-7, 1.10, 2.1-2, 2.5], percussion [4]
Joe B. Mauldin
bass [1.3, 1.5-7, 2.1-4], double bass [10]
John Pickering
background vocals [10]
Julius Held
violin [11]
Leo Kruczek
violin [11]
Leonard Posner
violin [11]
Maurice Bialkin
cello [11]
Maurice Brown
cello [11]
Niki Sullivan
guitar [2.2, 1.7, 1.10]
Norman Petty
organ [1.3, 2.1], producer [2.1-5, 1.3, 1.5-7, 1.10]
Panama Francis
performer [6]
Paul Winter
violin [11]
Phil Kraus
drums (drum set) [6]
Ray Free
violin [11]
Sam “The Man” Taylor
tenor saxophone [6]
Sanford Bloch
bass [6], bass guitar [11]
Sylvia Shulman
violin [11]
The Helen Way Singers
background vocals [6]
The Picks
background vocals [1.7, 1.10, 2.2, 2.5]
Vi Petty
piano [1, 4]