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Holly, Buddy

Real name Charles Hardin Holley. Born 1936 in Lubbock, Texas. Died in 1959.

References:
   Complete sessionography by Gilles Vignal
   Buddy Holly: the Complete Works website by Bjorn Witlox and Johan Oomen
   Feature article on original versions of songs in issue 19 (1978) of New Kommotion.
   Feature article and master list in issue 23 (1980) of New Kommotion.
   Article in issue 72 (1989) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 83 (1990) of Now Dig This.
   Two-part feature article in issues 42-43 (1991-1992) of Rockin' Fifties. Index to recordings in issue 43.
   Article in issue 115 (1992) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 111 (1992) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 138 (1994) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 151 (1995) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 150 (1995) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 148 (1995) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 142 (1995) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 162 (1996) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 157 (1996) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 174 (1997) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 186 (1998) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 198 (1999) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 263 (2005) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 269 (2005) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 287 (2007) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 300 (2008) of Now Dig This.

Source: Bruce Grossberg

Original Releases

Discography is intended to be complete through 1964

Date & Source	Label & Number	V	Titles {& References to LP/CD List}	As By	Matrix Numbers
1956/Apr. 21 Bb c&w rev.	Decca 9-29854		Love Me {e,f} Blue Days--Black Nights {x,z}	1 1	45-89280 45-89283+
1956/Dec. 29 Bb c&w rev.	Decca 9-30166		Modern Don Juan You Are My One Desire	1 1	45-101034 45-101035+
1957/June 24 Bb pop rev.	Coral 9-61852		Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues {n} Words Of Love {n,x}	1 1	45-102256 45-102255
1957/Aug. 19 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30434		Rock Around With Ollie Vee {c,e,k,n,t,u,w,x,y, A} That'll Be The Day	1 2	101,033+ 100,442
1957/Sept. 30 Bb pop rev.	Coral 9-61885		Peggy Sue {a,b,h,x} Everyday {n,x}	1 1	45-103180+ 45-103105
	Decca ED 2575		That'll Be The Day [monaural] That'll Be The Day You Are My One Desire Blue Days--Black Nights Ting-A-Ling	2 1 2	S 3950 S 3950 S 3951+
1958/Jan. 6 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30543		Love Me You Are My One Desire	1 1	89280 101,035+
1958/Feb. 3 Bb pop rev.	Coral 9-61947		I'm Gonna Love You Too {n} Listen To Me {n}	1 1	103,257 103,258+
	Coral EC 81169		Listen To Me [ep] Listen To Me Peggy Sue I'm Gonna Love You Too Everyday	1 1 1	S 3952 S 3953+
1958/Apr. 21 Bb pop rev.	Coral 9-61985		Rave On {b,g,r,s,x} Take Your Time	1 1	104,202+ 104,738
1958/June 23 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30650		Ting-A-Ling {n} Girl On My Mind	2 2	100,444+ 100,433
1958/June 30 Bb pop rev.	Coral 9-62006		Early In The Morning Now We're One	3 3	105,182 105,183+
1958/Oct. 27 Bb pop rev.	Coral 9-62051		Well ... All Right {n} Heartbeat {n,x}	1 1	104,739+ 105,511
1959/Jan. 19 Bb pop rev.	Coral 9-62074		It Doesn't Matter Anymore {x} Raining In My Heart {n,x}	3 3	105,870 105,871+
	Coral EC-81182		The Buddy Holly Story [monaural] Early In The Morning Heartbeat It Doesn't Matter Anymore Raining In My Heart	3	S 4148 S 4148
1959/Aug. 3 Bb pop rev.	Coral 9-62134		Peggy Sue Got Married {g,x} Crying, Waiting, Hoping	1 1	107,694 107,695+
1960/June 13 Bb pop rev.	Coral 9-62210		That Makes It Tough True Love Ways {n}	1	108,601 105,869
1961/July (Bb est.)	Coral 62283		You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care) {p} Valley Of Tears		104,200 104,201
	Coral EC-81191		Peggy Sue Got Married [monaural] Peggy Sue Got Married Crying, Waiting, Hoping Learning The Game {n} That Makes It Tough	4 4	S 4358 S 4358 S 4359+ S 4359+
1962/Aug. 18 Bb pop rev.	Coral 62329		Reminiscing Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie	1 1	112,352+ 112,353
1963/Mar. 30 Bb pop rev.	Coral 62352		Bo Diddley True Love Ways	1 3	112,764 105,869+
	Coral EC 81193		Brown Eyed Handsome Man [monaural] Brown Eyed Handsome Man Wishing Bo Diddley True Love Ways	1 1 1 1	S-4466 S-4466 S-4467+ S-4467+
1963/July 27 Bb pop rev.	Coral 62369		Brown-Eyed Handsome Man {d,e} Wishing	1 1	112,767+ 113,149
1964/Jan. 4 Bb pop rev.	Coral 62390		Rock Around With Ollie Vee I'm Gonna Love You Too	1 1	100,440 103,257+
1965/Apr. (Bb est.)	Coral 62448		Slippin' And Slidin' What To Do	1 1	112,763+ 114,086
1966-67 (Bb est.)	Coral 62554		Rave On Early In The Morning	1 1	104,202 105,182+
1967 (Bb est.)	Coral 62558		You're The One Love Is Strange {n}	1 1	120,719+ 120,714
1958	Coral CRL 57210		Buddy Holly [monaural] I'm Gonna Love You Too Peggy Sue Look At Me {b} Listen To Me Valley Of Tears Ready Teddy {x} Everyday Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues Words Of Love You're So Square (Baby, I Don't Care) {n} Rave On Little Baby {x}	1 1 1 1 1 1	MG 6222 MG 6222 MG 6222 MG 6222 MG 6222 MG 6222
1958/May 5 Bb Aud.	Decca DL-8707		That'll Be The Day [monaural] You Are My One Desire Blue Days - Black Nights Modern Don Juan Rock Around With Ollie Vee Ting-A-Ling Girl On My Mind That'll Be The Day Love Me I'm Changing All Those Changes {f,w,y} Don't Come Back Knockin' Midnight Shift {f,m,v}	1 1 1 5 5 5 5 1 5 1 1	MG 6148 MG 6148 MG 6148 MG 6148 MG 6148 MG 6148 MG 6149+ MG 6149+ MG 6149+ MG 6149+ MG 6149+
1959	Coral CRL-57279		The Buddy Holly Story [monaural] Raining In My Heart Early In The Morning Peggy Sue Maybe Baby Everyday Rave On That'll Be The Day Heartbeat Think It Over Oh! Boy It's So Easy It Doesn't Matter Anymore
1959	Coral CRL-757279		The Buddy Holly Story [e] Raining In My Heart [rechan. vers.] Early In The Morning [rechan. vers.] Peggy Sue [rechan. vers.] Maybe Baby [rechan. vers.] Everyday [rechan. vers.] Rave On [rechan. vers.] That'll Be The Day [rechan. vers.] Heartbeat [rechan. vers.] Think It Over [rechan. vers.] Oh! Boy [rechan. vers.] It's So Easy [rechan. vers.] It Doesn't Matter Anymore [rechan. vers.]
1960/May 2 Bb Aud.	Coral CRL-57326		The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2 [monaural] Peggy Sue Got Married Well All Right What To Do That Makes It Tough Now We're One Take Your Time Crying, Waiting, Hoping True Love Ways Learning The Game Little Baby Moondreams That's What They Say
1963	Coral CRL-57426		Reminiscing [monaural] Reminiscing Slippin' And Slidin' Bo Diddley Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight Brown-Eyed Handsome Man Because I Love You It's Not My Fault I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down Changing All Those Changes Rock-A-Bye Rock {i,j}
1963	Coral CRL-757426		Reminiscing [e] Reminiscing [rechan. vers.] Slippin' And Slidin' [rechan. vers.] Bo Diddley [rechan. vers.] Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie [rechan. vers.] Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight [rechan. vers.] Brown-Eyed Handsome Man [rechan. vers.] Because I Love You [rechan. vers.] It's Not My Fault [rechan. vers.] I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down [rechan. vers.] Changing All Those Changes [rechan. vers.] Rock-A-Bye Rock [rechan. vers.]
1964	Coral CRL-57450		Showcase [monaural] Shake Rattle And Roll Rock Around With Ollie Vee Honky Tonk I Guess I Was Just A Fool Umm Oh Yeah You're The One Blue Suede Shoes Come Back Baby Rip It Up Love's Made A Fool Of You Gone Girl On My Mind
1964	Coral CRL-757450		Showcase [e] Shake Rattle And Roll [rechan. vers.] Rock Around With Ollie Vee [rechan. vers.] Honky Tonk [rechan. vers.] I Guess I Was Just A Fool [rechan. vers.] Umm Oh Yeah [rechan. vers.] You're The One [rechan. vers.] Blue Suede Shoes [rechan. vers.] Come Back Baby [rechan. vers.] Rip It Up [rechan. vers.] Love's Made A Fool Of You [rechan. vers.] Gone [rechan. vers.] Girl On My Mind [rechan. vers.]
	[LP track]		Down The Line {f,q,u}
Additional Tracks on Comps
	[live recording]		Peggy Sue [live vers.] {o}
	[unissued]		Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight {z} Rock Around With Ollie Vee [alt. vers.] {l}

References in "As By" Column:

as by Buddy Holly
as by Buddy Holly And The Three Tunes
as by Buddy Holly With Chorus And Orchestra Directed By Dick Jacobs
as by Buddy Holly With Chorus And Orchestra Directed By Jack Hansen
as by Buddy Holly With The Three Tunes

Other Notes:

SEE ALSO: Crickets

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

Single-artist compilations not included

	1972
a.	Coral (England) CPS 88 (lp)	Rock & Roll Survival
b.	Coral (Germany) COPS- 6219 (lp)	Good Old Rock 'N' Roll
	1974
c.	Tommy T.O.M. 536 (lp)	We Still Remember: Rare Recordings, Vol. 1
	1976
d.	MCA (Germany) 6. 22455 (lp)	We Like Rock 'N' Roll
	1977
e.	MCA Coral (England) CDLM 8049 (lp)	Non-Stop Rock 'N' Roll
	1981
f.	MCA (U.S.) MCL 1504 (lp)	Rockabilly Boogie
g.	MFP 50466 (lp)	Rockin'
	1983
h.	Franklin Mint FMRS-CW- 053 (lp)	Rockabilly
	1987
i.	MCA (U.S.) MCA- 25088 (lp)	Rockabilly Classics
j.	MCA (U.S.) MCAD 5935 (cd)	20 Rockabilly Classics
	1990
k.	Time-Life Music OPCD- 2571 (cd)	Red-Hot Rockabilly
	1994
l.	Go-Cat-Go 20691 (cd)	Best Of Rockabilly
m.	MCA 11119 (cd)	Decca Rock & Roll Collection
n.	Music Club MCCD 177 (cd)	Cover To Cover
o.	TVT 9446 (cd)	The Sullivan Years: Rock 'N' Roll Pioneers, 1955-1959
	1995
p.	K-Tel KTEL 3436 (cd)	Rockabilly Riot
q.	Vladimir Twist VTR 6903 (lp)	Like Nothing Your Ears Have Ever Heard, Vol. 3
	1996
r.	MCA (Japan) MVCM 22064 (cd)	Rock Around The Clock: Decca/Coral/Brunswick
	1997
s.	[label?] 553 868 (cd)	And The Train Kept A'Rollin'
	2004
t.	Now Dig This CMFCD 1042 (cd)	Well, Now Dig This
	2006
u.	Rhino 73346 (cd)	Rockin' Bones: '50s Punk & Rockabilly
	2007
v.	Smith & Co. SCCD 1125 (cd)	Great Rockabilly: Just About As Good As It Gets!
	2008
w.	Smith & Co. SCCD 1145 (cd)	Great Rockabilly: Just About As Good As It Gets!, Vol. 2
	Year Unknown
x.	MCA MCD 32338 (cd)	The Real Buddy Holly Story
y.	Mustang MUST 6 (cd)	Rockabilly & Hillbilly Bop, Vol. 6
z.	Mustang MUST 7 (cd)	Rockabilly & Hillbilly Bop, Vol. 7
A.	Time-Life Music OP- 2571 (lp)	Red-Hot Rockabilly

Acknowledgments: Marc Coulavin, Bill Davis, Udo Frank, Bernd Hermoneit, Tom Krajina, Tom Lincoln, Gerd Miller, Lasse Olander, Rockabilly Record Guide, Don Stilton, Bjorn Witlox, eBay

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