The Very Best of Buddy Holly and The Crickets

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  That’ll Be the Day
  2:18
  4.6 ★
• 2
  Peggy Sue
  2:31
  4.5 ★
• 3
  It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
  2:06
  2.8 ★
• 4
  Oh Boy!
  2:09
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Rock Around With Ollie Vee
  2:13
• 6
  Everyday
  2:08
  4.9 ★
• 7
  Not Fade Away
  2:22
• 8
  True Love Ways
  2:52
  4.5 ★
• 9
  It’s So Easy
  2:11
  3.5 ★
• 10
  (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care
  1:37
• 11
  I’m Looking for Someone to Love
  1:58
• 12
  Well… All Right
  2:14
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Fool’s Paradise
  2:30
• 14
  Crying, Waiting, Hoping
  2:16
• 15
  Last Night
  1:56
• 16
  Think It’s Over
  1:48
• 17
  Blue Days, Black Nights
  2:05
• 18
  That Makes It Tough
  2:27
• CD 2
• 1
  Rave On
  1:51
  4.2 ★
• 2
  Heartbeat
  2:09
  4.6 ★
• 3
  I’m Gonna Love You Too
  2:14
  4.5 ★
• 4
  Raining in My Heart
  2:50
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Listen to Me
  2:22
  3.5 ★
• 6
  An Empty Cup
  2:14
• 7
  Peggy Sue Got Married
  2:08
• 8
  Words of Love
  1:56
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Tell Me How
  2:01
• 10
  Midnight Shift
  2:12
• 11
  Take Your Time
  1:58
• 12
  Valley of Tears
  2:10
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Learning the Game
  2:12
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Early in the Morning
  2:07
  5.0 ★
• 15
  Mailman Bring Me No More Blues
  2:13
• 16
  You’ve Got Love
  2:08
• 17
  It’s Too Late
  2:25
• 18
  What to Do
  1:56
  3.5 ★
• CD 3
• 1
  Maybe Baby
  2:05
  3.8 ★
• 2
  Lonesome Tears
  1:49
• 3
  Look at Me
  2:07
• 4
  Rock Me My Baby
  1:51
• 5
  Ready Teddy
  1:33
• 6
  Send Me Some Lovin’
  2:37
• 7
  Don’t Come Back Knockin’
  2:15
• 8
  I’m Changin’ All Tho
  2:14
• 9
  Little Baby
  1:57
• 10
  Love Me
  2:08
• 11
  Now We’re One
  2:07
• 12
  Modern Don Juan
  2:40
• 13
  That’s What They Say
  2:13
• 14
  Girl on My Mind
  2:18
• 15
  Ting‐A‐Ling
  2:42
• 16
  You Are My One Desire
  2:23
• 17
  Moondreams
  2:41
• 18
  Rock Around With Ollie Vee (alternate sax version)
  2:26

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Release credits

• Abby Hoffer
  background vocals [1]
• Abraham “Boomie” Richman
  tenor saxophone [1.3, 1.8, 2.4]
• Al Caiola
  guitar [2.1, 2.4, 1.3, 1.8]
• Al Chernet
  guitar [14]
• Bill Pickering
  background vocals [3.1, 1.4]
• Bob Lapham
  background vocals [1.4, 3.1]
• Bob Thiele
  producer [1]
• Buddy Holly
  acoustic guitar [13, 18], background vocals [6], guitar [2.1-3, 2.5, 2.8, 2.12, 2.14, 3.1, 1.1, 1.1-2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.9, 1.12], lead vocals [1, 4, 6], vocal [2.1, 2.1-5, 2.8, 2.12-14, 2.18, 3.1, 1.2-4, 1.6, 1.8-9, 1.12]
• Cliff Leeman
  drums (drum set) [2.4, 1.3, 1.8]
• David Schwartz
  viola [2.4, 1.3]
• Dick Jacobs
  conductor [1.3, 1.8, 2.4], producer [1.3, 1.8, 2.4, 2.14]
• Dick Jacobs & His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1.3, 1.8, 2.4]
• Donald Amone
  guitar [1]
• Doris Johnson
  harp [1.3, 1.8, 2.4]
• Ernest Hayes
  piano [2.4, 2.14, 1.3, 1.8]
• Gary Tollett
  background vocals [1]
• George Atwood
  bass [2]
• George Barnes
  guitar [14]
• Harriet Young
  background vocals [14]
• Helen Way
  background vocals [14]
• Herbert Bourne
  violin [1.3, 1.8, 2.4]
• Howard Kay
  viola [1.3, 2.4]
• Irving Spice
  violin [1.3, 1.8, 2.4]
• Jerry Allison
  background vocals [6], cymbal [12], drums (drum set) [2.1, 2.1-3, 2.5, 2.8, 2.12, 1.1-2, 1.4, 1.9, 3.1], percussion [6]
• Joe B. Mauldin
  bass [2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 2.12, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.9, 1.12, 3.1]
• John Pickering
  background vocals [1.4, 3.1]
• Julius Held
  violin [1.3, 1.8, 2.4]
• June Clark
  background vocals [1]
• Larry Welborn
  double bass [1]
• Leo Kruczek
  violin [1.3, 1.8, 2.4]
• Leonard Posner
  violin [1.3, 1.8, 2.4]
• Maeretha Stewart
  background vocals [14]
• Maurice Bialkin
  cello [2.4, 1.3]
• Maurice Brown
  cello [2.4, 1.3]
• Merril Ostrus
  background vocals [1]
• Milton DeLugg
  producer [1]
• Niki Sullivan
  background vocals [1, 6], guitar [3.1, 1.1-2, 2.5]
• Norman Petty
  organ [12], piano [1], producer [1.1-4, 1.6, 1.9, 1.12, 2.1-3, 2.5, 2.8, 2.12-13, 2.18, 3.1]
• Panama Francis
  drums (drum set) [14]
• Paul Winter
  violin [1.3, 1.8, 2.4]
• Phil Kraus
  drums (drum set) [14]
• Ramona Tollett
  background vocals [1]
• Ray Free
  violin [1.3, 1.8, 2.4]
• Robert Bollinger
  background vocals [1]
• Robert Harter
  background vocals [1]
• Sam “The Man” Taylor
  tenor saxophone [14]
• Sanford Bloch
  bass [14], bass guitar [2.4, 1.3, 1.8]
• Sylvia Shulman
  violin [1.3, 1.8, 2.4]
• The Fireballs
  background vocals [13, 18], instrument [13, 18]
• The Helen Way Singers
  background vocals [14]
• The Roses
  background vocals [9]
• Theresa Merritt
  background vocals [14]
• Tommy Allsup
  guitar [2.2, 1.9]
• Vi Petty
  celesta [6], piano [12]
• William Marine
  background vocals [1]
• Wolfman Jack
  spoken vocals [1]
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Issues

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  The Very Best of Buddy Holly and The Crickets

  3x CD
  26 September 2011