The Best of Buddy Holly

Compilation by Buddy Holly

Released 1988

Abby Hoffer
background vocals [4]
Abraham “Boomie” Richman
tenor saxophone [5, 13-14]
Al Caiola
guitar [4-5, 13-14]
Bill Pickering
background vocals [2, 7]
Bob Lapham
background vocals [2, 7]
Bob Thiele
producer [4]
Buddy Holly
background vocals [9], guitar [2, 4, 7-9, 11-12], lead vocals [7, 9], vocal [2, 4, 4-5, 7-9, 11-14]
Cliff Leeman
drums (drum set) [5, 13-14]
David Schwartz
viola [13-14]
Dick Jacobs
conductor [5, 13-14], producer [5, 13-14]
Dick Jacobs & His Orchestra
performing orchestra [5, 13-14]
Donald Amone
guitar [4]
Doris Johnson
harp [5, 13-14]
Ernest Hayes
piano [5, 13-14]
George Atwood
bass [12]
Herbert Bourne
violin [5, 13-14]
Howard Kay
viola [13-14]
Irving Spice
violin [5, 13-14]
Jerry Allison
background vocals [9], drums (drum set) [2, 4, 7-8, 11-12], percussion [9]
Joe B. Mauldin
bass [2, 4, 7-9]
John Pickering
background vocals [2, 7]
Julius Held
violin [5, 13-14]
Larry Welborn
bass [11]
Leo Kruczek
violin [5, 13-14]
Leonard Posner
violin [5, 13-14]
Maurice Bialkin
cello [13-14]
Maurice Brown
cello [13-14]
Merril Ostrus
background vocals [4]
Milton DeLugg
producer [4]
Niki Sullivan
background vocals [9], guitar [2, 8]
Norman Petty
piano [4], producer [2, 4, 7-9, 11-12, 14], recording [11]
Paul Winter
violin [5, 13-14]
Ray Free
violin [5, 13-14]
Robert Bollinger
background vocals [4]
Robert Harter
background vocals [4]
Sanford Bloch
bass guitar [5, 13-14]
Sylvia Shulman
violin [5, 13-14]
Tommy Allsup
guitar [12]
Vi Petty
celesta [9]
William Marine
background vocals [4]