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HOLLY Buddy
(voc,g)

Personal Data:

Born:	07.09.1936	(Lubbock, Texas, USA, as Charles Hardin Holley)
Died:	03.02.1959	(plane crash)

Appearances:

1953-54	Buddy & Bob
1956-57	Buddy Holly & The Three Tunes
2/57-10/58	The Crickets

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Buddy Holly	20.01.1958	Coral
2.	That'll Be The Day	4/1958	Decca		5
3.	The Buddy Holly Story & The Crickets	3/1959	Coral		2	11
4.	The Buddy Holly Story Volume 2	3/1960	Coral		7
5.	Reminiscing	2/1963	Coral		2	40
6.	Showcase	5/1964	Coral		3
7.	Holly In The Hills	1/1965	Coral		13
8.	Buddy Holly And The Crickets & The Crickets	1966
9.	The Best Of Buddy Holly (2LP)	4/1966	Coral
10.	The Great Buddy Holly (reissue of "That'll Be The Day")	3/1967	Vocalion
11.	Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits	6/1967	Coral		9
12.	Listen To Me (reissue of "Buddy Holly")	7/1968	MCA
13.	Rave On (reissue of "The Buddy Holly Story")	7/1968	MCA
14.	True Love Ways (reissue of "The Buddy Holly Story 2")	7/1968	MCA
15.	Brown-Eyed Handsome Man (reissue of "Reminiscing")	7/1968	MCA
16.	He's The One (reissue of "Showcase")	7/1968	MCA
17.	Wishin' (reissue of "Holly In The Hills")	7/1968	MCA
18.	Giant	1/1969	Coral		13
19.	Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits Vol. 2	5/1970	Coral
20.	Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits Vol. 3	5/1970	Coral
21.	Good Rockin'	1971
22.	Remember	9/1971	Coral
23.	Rock'n'Roll Collection	1972
24.	Bubblegum, Pop, Ballads & Boogie	1973
25.	Complete Buddy Holly	1974	3LP
26.	Long Way From Lubbock	1974
27.	Greatest Hits	2/1974	Coral
28.	Greatest Hits Vol. 2	2/1974	Coral
29.	Legend (2LP)	10/1974	RCA
30.	Portrait In Music	1975
31.	The "Chirping" Crickets & The Crickets	8/1975	MCA
32.	The Buddy Holly Story (5LP box set)	11/1975	World
33.	The Nashvile Tapes	11/1975	MCA/Coral
34.	The Buddy Holly Story (5LP)	05.12.1975	World
35.	Western And Bop & Bob Montgomery	23.12.1977	MCA
36.	Buddy Holly Lives	2/1978	MCA		7
37.	20 Golden Greats & The Crickets	3/1978	MCA		1	55
38.	The Complete Buddy Holly (6LP)	30.03.1979	MCA/Coral
39.	Heartbeat	8/1980	M&S
40.	Buddy Holly (3LP)	9/1980	Pickwick
41.	Rock On With Buddy Holly	10/1980	M.F.P.
42.	Love Songs	8/1981	MCA
43.	20 Love Songs	8/1982	M.F.P.
44.	Buddy Holly (2MC)	1983	Cambra
45.	For The First Time Anywhere	3/1983	MCA
46.	Rock Around With Buddy Holly & The Crickets & The Crickets (2LP)	5/1984	Cambra
47.	Greatest Hits	8/1984			100
48.	23 All Time Greatest Hits	11/1984	Astan
49.	Buddy Holly Rocks	5/1985	Charly
50.	Golden Greats	7/1985	MCA
51.	From The Original Master Tapes	10/1985	MCA
52.	The Best Of Buddy Holly	9/1986	Hallmark
53.	Something Special From Buddy Holly	9/1986	Rollercoaster
54.	Rock'n'Roll Greats	10/1987	M.F.P.
55.	The Legendary Buddy Holly	10/1987	Hallmark
56.	Buddy Holly: The Collection (2LP)	10/1987	Castle
57.	Very Best Of Buddy Holly	5/1988	Arcade
58.	The Great Buddy Holly	6/1988	MCA
59.	True Love Ways	2/1989	Telstar		8
60.	The Buddy Holly Box Set (box set)	9/1989	MCA
61.	Moondreams	3/1990	Pickwick
62.	Special Limited Edition	12/1992	Pickwick
63.	Words Of Love - 22 Classic Hits & The Crickets	2/1993	MCA		1
64.	The Best Of Buddy Holly	9/1993	Pickwick
65.	The Singles Collection 1957-1961 & The Crickets	5/1994	Pickwick
66.	Cover To Cover & The Crickets	10/1994	Music Club
67.	A Special Collection (3CD box set)	12/1994	Pickwick
68.	The Best Of Buddy Holly	5/1995	Pickwick
69.	The Legendary Buddy Holly	5/1995	Pickwick
70.	The Very Best Of Buddy Holly	11/1996	Dino		24
71.	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Buddy Holly	20.04.1999	MCA			157
72.	The Very Best Of Buddy Holly And The Crickets & The Crickets	8/1999			25
73.	Real Story	20.09.1999
74.	Singles +	15.01.2002	DJ Specialist
75.	Oh Boy	18.03.2003	DJ Specialist
76.	That's What They Tell Me - That's What They	01.04.2003	Rollercoaster
77.	"Chirping" Crickets	23.03.2004	MCA
78.	Buddy Holly	13.04.2004	Geffen
79.	Great Buddy Holly	23.11.2004	Collectables
80.	The Music of Buddy Holly and the Crickets	25.04.2005	Universal Music International
81.	Very Best Of Buddy Holly	05.07.2005	Prism Platinum
82.	Raining in My Heart	19.07.2005	Pazzazz
83.	Gold	11.10.2005	Geffen
84.	Ultimate Collection	10.01.2006	Universal International
85.	Definitive Collection	18.04.2006	Geffen
86.	Gotta Roll: Early Recordings 1949-1955	19.09.2006	Rev-Ola
87.	Hollybilly: Buddy Holly 1956 - The Complete Recordings	30.01.2007	El Toro
88.	Colour Collection	15.10.2007	Spectrum
89.	Buddy Holly	20.11.2007	Madacy
90.	Not Fade Away: Buddy Holly 1957 Complete Recording & The Crickets	26.02.2008	El Toro
91.	Rock 'N' Roll Legends & The Crickets	18.02.2008	Polydor
92.	Peggy Sue	11/2008	World Legends
93.	The Masters Collection: Classic Buddy Holly	15.12.2008	Spectrum
94.	Pat Dinizio / Buddy Holly & Pat Dinizio	20.01.2009	Koch
95.	Down the Line: The Rarities	20.01.2009	Geffen
96.	The Very Best of Buddy Holly and The Crickets	02.02.2009	UMTV		13
97.	Memorial Collection	10.02.2009	Geffen
98.	Legends Rave On	19.05.2009	Primo
99.	Music Didn't Die	06.10.2009	Jasmine
100.	Rock Me Baby	27.10.2009	Snapper
101.	Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More (6CD)	24.11.2009	Hip-O Select
102.	All The Hits (3CD)	01.04.2010	Music & Melody
103.	Rave On: The Very Best Of Buddy Holly & The Crickets (3CD)	22.04.2010	Spectrum
104.	Icon	01.03.2011	Geffen
105.	Greatest Hits	07.04.2012	10Ten Media
106.	The Best of Buddy Holly	26.06.2012	Universal
107.	Six Classic Albums Plus	03.07.2012
108.	The Ultimate Collection	30.10.2012
109.	All the Favorites	30.10.2012
110.	The King of Tex-Mex	05.03.2013	Documents
111.	The Essential	21.01.2014	Music Digital
112.	The Chirping Crickets & The Crickets	18.04.2014	Wax Time
113.	The Essential Tracks	13.05.2014	Vintage Vinyl
114.	Rock 'n' Roll Legends	12.08.2014	One & Only Rock'n'Roll
115.	Collected	3/2015	Universal
116.	The Day the Music Died	31.07.2015	Feel Good Music
117.	The Very Best of Buddy Holly & the Picks & The Picks	25.09.2015
118.	Tracks From Some of Their Wonderful EPs & The Crickets	06.11.2015	High Note
119.	The Absolutely Essential 3CD Collection	25.03.2016	Big 3
120.	Buddy Holly Golden Hits	06.05.2016	zyx
121.	Four Classic Albums	07.10.2016	Avid
122.	Buddy Holly Legacy: 1936/1959	04.11.2016	My Generation Music
123.	The Rough Guide to Buddy Holly & the Crickets	24.02.2017	World Music Network
124.	True Love Ways & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	11/2018	Decca		10

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Blue Days Black Nights / Love Me	16.04.1956	Decca
2.	Modern Don Juan / You Are My One Desire	12/1956	Decca
3.	That'll Be The Day & The Crickets	27.05.1957
4.	Words Of Love / Mailman Bring Me No More Blues	6/1957	Coral
5.	Peggy Sue / Everyday	9/1957	Coral	6	3
6.	Rock Around With Ollie Vee / That'll Be The Day	9/1957	Decca
7.	That'll Be The Day EP (That'll Be The Day / Ting-A-Ling / Blue Days, Black Nights / You Are My One Desire)	11/1957	Decca
8.	Love Me / You Are My One Desire	1/1958	Decca
9.	Listen To Me / I'm Gonna Love You Too	3/1958	Coral	16
10.	Rave On / Take Your Time	4/1958	Coral	5	37
11.	Girls On My Mind / Ting-A-Ling	6/1958	Decca
12.	Early In The Morning / Now We're One	7/1958	Coral	17	32
13.	Buddy Holly EP (Listen To Me / Peggy Sue / Everyday / I'm Gonna Love You Too)	9/1958	Coral
14.	Heartbeat / Well All Right	11/1958	Coral	30	82
15.	Rave On EP (Rave On / Take Your Time / Early In The Morning / Now We're One)	12/1958	Coral
16.	Heartbeat EP (Heartbeart / Well All Right / Baby I Don't Care / Little Baby)	1/1959	Coral
17.	It Doesn't Matter Anymore / Raining In My Heart	2/1959	Coral	1	13
18.	The Buddy Holly Story EP	3/1959	Coral
19.	Midnight Shift / Rock Arund With Ollie Vee	7/1959	Brunswick	26
20.	Buddy Holly No. 1 EP (You Are My One Desire / Blue Days, Black Nights / Ting-A-Ling / Modern Don Juan)	7/1959	Brunswick
21.	The Late Great Buddy Holly EP (Look At Me / Ready Teddy / Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues / Little Baby)	7/1959	Brunswick
22.	Peggy Sue Got Married / Crying, Waiting, Hoping	7/1959	Coral	13
23.	Heartbeat / Everyday	3/1960	Coral	30
24.	True Love Ways / Moondreams	5/1960	Coral	25
25.	True Love Ways / That Makes It Tough (v USA)	6/1960	Coral
26.	Learning The Game / That Makes It Tough	10/1960	Coral	36
27.	What To Do / That's What They Say	1/1961	Coral	34
28.	Baby I Don't Care / Valley Of Tears	6/1961	Coral	12
29.	Look At Me / Mailman Bring Me No More Blues	11/1961	Coral
30.	Listen To Me / Words Of Love	2/1962	Coral	48
31.	Peggy Sue Got Married EP (Peggy Sue Got Married / Crying, Waiting, Hoping / Learning The Game / That Makes It Tough)	6/1962	Coral
32.	Brown-Eyed Handsome Man EP (Brown-Eyed Handsome Man / Bo Diddley / Wishing / True Love Ways)	6/1962	Coral
33.	Reminiscing / Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie	8/1962	Coral	17
34.	Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Slippin' & Slidin'	2/1963	Coral	3
35.	Bo Diddley / True Love Ways	4/1963	Coral		116
36.	Bo Diddley / It's Not My Fault	5/1963	Coral	4
37.	Brown-Eyed Handsome Man / Wishing	7/1963	Coral		113
38.	Wishing / Because I Love You	8/1963	Coral	10
39.	What To Do / Umm Oh Yeah (Dearest)	12/1963	Coral	27
40.	Rock Around With Ollie Vee / I'm Gonna Love You Too	1/1964	Coral
41.	Maybe Baby / Not Fade Away	4/1964	Coral
42.	You've Got Love / An Empty Cup & The Crickets	4/1964	Coral	40
43.	Love's Made A Fool Of You / You're The One	9/1964	Coral	39
44.	Buddy By Request EP (Brown-Eyed Handsome Man / Bo Diddley / Umm ... Oh Yeah (Dearest) / Slippin' And Slidin')	9/1964	Coral
45.	That Tex-Mex Sound EP (I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down / It's Not My Fault / Rip It Up / Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight)	9/1964	Coral
46.	Wishing EP (Wishing / Reminiscing / Valley Of Tears / Learning The Game)	10/1964	Coral
47.	Showcase EP Vol. 1 (Honky Tonk / Gone / You're The One / Guess I Was Just A Fool)	11/1964	Coral
48.	Showcase EP Vol. 2 (Blue Suede Shoes / Come Back Baby / Shake Rattle And Roll / Love's Made A Fool Of You)	11/1964	Coral
49.	Buddy Holly Sings EP (Peggy Sue Got Married / Crying, Waiting, Hoping / What To Do / That Makes It Tough)	1/1965	Coral
50.	What To Do / Slippin' And Slidin'	3/1965	Coral
51.	Maybe Baby / That's My Desire	20.05.1966	Coral
52.	Peggy Sue / Rave On	3/1968	MCA	32
53.	Oh! Boy / That'll Be The Day & The Crickets	5/1968	MCA
54.	Rave On / Early In The Morning	7/1968	Coral
55.	Love Is Strange / You're The One	1/1969	MCA		105
56.	It Doesn't Matter Anymore / Maybe Baby	5/1969	MCA
57.	Rave On / Umm Oh Yeah (Dearest)	3/1970	MCA
58.	That'll Be The Day / Everyday / Oh Well	04.05.1973	MCA
59.	It Doesn't Matter Anymore / Brown-Eyed Handsome Man / True Love Ways	01.02.1974	MCA
60.	Oh Boy / Everyday	29.08.1975	MCA
61.	True Love Ways / It Doesn't Matter Anymore / Raining In My Heart / Moon Dreams	03.09.1976	MCA
62.	Peggy Sue / Rave On / Rock Around With Ollie Vee / Midnight Shift	03.09.1976	MCA
63.	Maybe Baby / That'll Be The Day / Think It Over / It's So Easy & The Crickets	03.09.1976	MCA
64.	Maybe Baby / That'll Be The Day / Think It Over / It's So Easy & The Crickets	16.09.1977	MCA
65.	It Doesn't Matter Anymore / Peggy Sue	1978	MCA
66.	Wishing / Love's Made A Fool Of You	10.02.1978	MCA
67.	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	4/1979
68.	True Love Ways / It Doesn't Matter Anymore / Raining In My Heart / Moon Dreams (reissue)	8/1981	MCA
69.	Peggy Sue / Everyday (reissue)	7/1982	Old Gold
70.	It Doesn't Matter Anymore / Raining In My Heart (reissue)	4/1983	Old Gold
71.	Rave On / True Love Ways	4/1983	Old Gold
72.	That'll Be The Day / Rock Me My Baby	9/1984	MCA
73.	Peggy Sue / Everyday	9/1984	MCA
74.	Oh Boy / Not Fade Away	9/1984	MCA
75.	Maybe Baby / Tell Me Now	9/1984	MCA
76.	Rave On / Ready Teddy	9/1984	MCA
77.	Think It Over / It's So Easy	9/1984	MCA
78.	It Doesn't Matter Anymore / Raining In My Heart	9/1984	MCA
79.	True Love Ways / Words Of Love	9/1984	MCA
80.	Reminiscing / Baby I Don't Care	9/1984	MCA
81.	Brown-Eyed Handsome Man / Bo Diddley	9/1984	MCA
82.	That'll Be The Day / I'm Looking For Someone To Love 12" + It Doesn't Matter Anymore / Raining In My Heart	8/1986	MCA	85
83.	That'll Be The Day / Rock Me Baby / Peggy Sue	8/1986	MCA
84.	Good Rockin' Tonight / Rip It Up / Ain't Got No Home / Holly Hop	10/1987	Rollercoaster
85.	True Love Ways / Raining In My Heart	11/1988	MCA	65
86.	That'll Be The Day / Oh Boy / Maybe Baby	5/1989	Old Gold
87.	Oh Boy / Not Fade Away	9/1989	MCA
88.	Not Fade Away: 55th Anniversary Special Edition Vol 2 EP (Not Fade Away / Maybe Baby / Oh Boy / Peggy Sue / Think It Over / Reminiscing)	17.04.2014	El Toro
89.	Rockabuddy: Special 55th Anniversary Edition Vol 1 EP (Midnight Shift (26th January 1956 - alternative take) / Don't Come Back Knockin' (26th January 1956 - alternative take) / Moonlight Baby (7th December 1955 - demo cut) / Down The Line (Mid 1955 - alternative demo take) / I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down (Early 1956 - demo cut) / Love Me (7th December 1955 - demo cut))	09.05.2014	El Toro

Videos:

1. The Music of Buddy Holly and the Crickets - 25.04.2005, Universal Music International
2. The Music Of Buddy Holly And The Crickets, The Definitive Story - 02.02.2009

Movies:

1. Buddy Live (11/99)

Awards:

1979 Melody Maker Rock'n'Roll Reissue Of The Year ("The Complete Buddy Holly")
1997 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
1999 Grammy Hall Of Fame ("Peggy Sue")

Various:

† 3.2.1959 (letecké neštěstí)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1971	0	18.09.1971	30	Pop Albums	album review
1975	4	25.01.1975	31
1976	36	04.09.1976	5
1976	37	11.09.1976	18		profile
1976	38	18.09.1976	3	Singles	single review
1977	38	17.09.1977	13	Singles	single review
1977	53	31.12.1977	14	Albums	album review
1978	6	11.02.1978	28	Singles	single review
1978	20	20.05.1978	23	Albums	album review
1979	19	19.05.1979	19		profile
1979	52	29.12.1979	16	1979 Records Of The
1980	32	20.09.1980	10	As It Happens ...
1981	36	05.09.1981	4	Fast Forward
1984	32	22.09.1984	27	Singles	single review
1996	17	27.04.1996	58
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1960	0	28.10.1960	16	posmrtny clanek
1966	0	20.05.1966	4	Singles	single review
1973	0	30.06.1973	30	Players
1974	0	02.02.1974	2	News Desk - Recording News
1974	0	28.09.1974	3	News Desk - Record News
1974	0	26.10.1974	19	Platters	album review
1975	0	13.09.1975	29	Junkyard Angels
1975	0	27.09.1975	34	On The Town - Books	gig review
1975	0	27.12.1975	16	Platters	album review
1976	0	24.01.1976	19	Platters	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1994	21	25.10.1994	7	Galerie