The Best of Buddy Holly

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Release credits

• Abby Hoffer
  background vocals [7]
• Abraham “Boomie” Richman
  tenor saxophone [20]
• Al Caiola
  guitar [7, 20]
• Al Chernet
  guitar [8]
• Bill Pickering
  background vocals [2-3]
• Bo Clarke
  drums (drum set) [18]
• Bob Lapham
  background vocals [2-3]
• Bob Thiele
  producer [7]
• Buddy Holly
  background vocals [14], guitar [1, 1-10, 14-16, 18-19], lead vocals [1-2, 14], vocal [2-7, 7-10, 14-16, 18-20]
• Cliff Leeman
  drums (drum set) [20]
• David Schwartz
  viola [20]
• Dick Jacobs
  conductor [20], producer [8, 20]
• Dick Jacobs & His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [20]
• Don Guess
  bass [10]
• Donald Amone
  guitar [7]
• Doris Johnson
  harp [20]
• Doug Kirkham
  percussion [10]
• Ernest Hayes
  piano [8, 20]
• Gary Tollett
  background vocals [1]
• George Atwood
  bass [9, 18]
• George Barnes
  guitar [8]
• Grady Martin
  guitar [10]
• Harriet Young
  background vocals [8]
• Helen Way
  background vocals [8]
• Herbert Bourne
  violin [20]
• Howard Kay
  viola [20]
• Irving Spice
  violin [20]
• Jerry Allison
  background vocals [14], drums (drum set) [1-7, 7, 9, 15-16, 19], percussion [14]
• Joe B. Mauldin
  bass [2-7, 7, 14-15, 19]
• John Pickering
  background vocals [2-3]
• Julius Held
  violin [20]
• June Clark
  background vocals [1]
• King Curtis
  tenor saxophone [15]
• Larry Welborn
  bass [16], double bass [1]
• Leo Kruczek
  violin [20]
• Leonard Posner
  violin [20]
• Maeretha Stewart
  background vocals [8]
• Maurice Bialkin
  cello [20]
• Maurice Brown
  cello [20]
• Merril Ostrus
  background vocals [7]
• Milton DeLugg
  producer [7]
• Niki Sullivan
  background vocals [1, 14], guitar [1, 3, 5-6]
• Norman Petty
  piano [7], producer [1-7, 9, 12, 14-16, 18-20], recording [16]
• Owen Bradley
  producer [10]
• Panama Francis
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Paul Winter
  violin [20]
• Phil Kraus
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Ramona Tollett
  background vocals [1]
• Ray Free
  violin [20]
• Robert Bollinger
  background vocals [7]
• Robert Harter
  background vocals [7]
• Sam “The Man” Taylor
  tenor saxophone [8]
• Sanford Bloch
  bass [8], bass guitar [20]
• Sonny Curtis
  guitar [10]
• Sylvia Shulman
  violin [20]
• The Fireballs
  performer [15]
• The Helen Way Singers
  background vocals [8]
• The Roses
  background vocals [4]
• Theresa Merritt
  background vocals [8]
• Tommy Allsup
  guitar [9, 18]
• Vi Petty
  celesta [14], piano [4]
• William Marine
  background vocals [7]
• Wolfman Jack
  spoken vocals [1]
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Issues

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  The Best of Buddy Holly

  CD
  1994
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  The Best of Buddy Holly

  Unknown format
  2 September 2002