Buddy Holly (album)

Buddy Holly
Studio album by Buddy Holly
Released	February 20, 1958
Recorded	April 8, 1957 – January 26, 1958, Clovis, New Mexico, New York City
Genre	Rock and roll pop rockabilly
Length	24:35
Label	Coral
Producer	Norman Petty, Bob Thiele
Buddy Holly chronology
Buddy Holly (1958) That'll Be the Day (1958)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide	[2]

Buddy Holly is Buddy Holly's debut solo album and his second album overall (following The "Chirping" Crickets in 1957), released in February 1958. Although billed as a solo record, the personnel once again features Holly's band, the Crickets, accompanying him. Approximately one year later, Holly was killed in a plane crash. It contains one of Holly's best known songs, "Peggy Sue". Some re-releases contain the tracks from Holly's next single; "Early In the Morning" b/w "Now We're One" as well as the B-side to his "Rave On!" single, "Take Your Time".

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Gonna Love You Too"	Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan, Norman Petty	2:14
2.	"Peggy Sue"	Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Norman Petty	2:30
3.	"Look at Me"	Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Norman Petty	2:07
4.	"Listen to Me"	Buddy Holly, Norman Petty	2:22
5.	"Valley of Tears"	Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew	2:09
6.	"Ready Teddy"	Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco	1:32

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Everyday"	Buddy Holly, Norman Petty	2:09
8.	"Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues"	Ruth Roberts, Bill Katz, Stanley Clayton	2:12
9.	"Words of Love"	Buddy Holly	1:56
10.	"(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	1:37
11.	"Rave On!"	Sonny West, Bill Tilghman, Norman Petty	1:50
12.	"Little Baby"	Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, C. W. Kendall Jr.	1:57

Personnel

The Crickets

• Buddy Holly – guitar, vocals
• Joe B. Mauldin – bass
• Jerry Allison – drums
• Niki Sullivan – rhythm guitar on 6

Additional personnel

• Norman Petty – organ on 3, piano on 11
• Vi Petty – piano on 3 5 6 8, celeste on 7
• C. W. Kendall Jr. – piano on 3 10 12
• Al Caiola – guitar on 11
• Donald Arnone – guitar on 11
• William Marihe – backing vocals on 11
• Robert Bollinger – backing vocals on 11
• Robert Harter – backing vocals on 11
• Merrill Ostrus – backing vocals on 11
• Abby Hoffer – backing vocals on 11

Charts

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1957	"Peggy Sue"	Billboard Pop Singles	3

References

1. Allmusic
2. Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (Editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979, p. 173.