Buddy Holly discography

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This article serves as a discography for Buddy Holly. Holly recorded under several names, and with several different backing bands. The key for the Artist Credit below is as follows: Buddy Holly (BH); Buddy Holly & The Crickets (BH+C); Buddy Holly & The Three Tunes (BH+TTT)

The Crickets played on almost all of Holly's singles from 1957 to 1958.

[edit] Albums

Year Month Album Artist Credit Catalogue
US Charts UK Charts
1957 November The "Chirping" Crickets BH+C Brunswick 54038 LVA 9081
1958 March Buddy Holly BH Coral 57210 LVA 9085
1958 April That'll Be the Day BH+TTT Decca 8707
1959 March The Buddy Holly Story BH Coral 57279/757279 (US #11) LVA 9105
1960 March The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2 BH Coral 57326/757326 LVA 9127
1961 October That'll Be the Day BH+TTT AH3
1963 February Reminiscing BH Coral 57426/757426 (US #40) LVA 9212
1964 May Showcase BH Coral 57450/757450 LVA 9222
1965 January Holly In The Hills BH Coral 57463/757463 LVA 9227
1966 April The Best of Buddy Holly BH Coral CXB-8/CXSB-8
1967 March Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits BH Coral 57492/757492 AH148
1969 January Giant BH Coral 757504 MUPS 371
1970 May Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 BH CP/CPS47
1971  ? Good Rockin BH Vocalion 73923
1971 September Remember BH CPS 71
1972 August Buddy Holly: A Rock & Roll Collection BH Decca DXSE-207
1974 October Legend BH CDMSP 802
1975 August Rave On BH MFP 50176
1975 November The Buddy Story BH SM 301-5
1975 November The Nashville Sessions BH CDLM 8038
1977 November Western & Bop BH CDLM 8055
1978 May Buddy Holly & The Crickets 20 Golden Greats BH 3040 EMTV 8
1979 March The Complete Buddy Holly BH CDMSP807
1982 November The Great Buddy Holly BH 31037
1985 October From The Original Master Tapes BH 5540 MCLD19186
1989 February 20 Golden Greats: Buddy Holly BH DMCTV1
1991 August Golden Greats BH MCLD19046
1993 September The Buddy Holly Collection BH 10883 MCA10883.2
1994 April That'll Be the Day BH+TTT MCLD19242
1994 September Greatest Hits BH, BH+C
1994 October Cover To Cover BH+C MCCD177
1995 May The Buddy Holly Tapes BH 7013
1999 April 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection BH 11956 AAMCAD11956
1999 August The Very Best of Buddy Holly BH+P PLATCD518
2001 February Peggy Sue BH CD6247
2001 February Love Songs BH MCBD19522
2001 June Forever 22 With The Picks BH+P SMDCD293
2001 September The Buddy Holly Story BH 5446702
2002 January The Singles Plus (2CD) BH BS81262
2002 March Only The Love Songs BH 3555
2002 September The Best of Buddy Holly BH MCBD19506
2003 February Reminiscing BH 1102992
2003 June Singles Collection: Complete Coral Singles BH+C 1132122
2004 March Chirping Crickets: 4 Bonus Tracks BH+C 159202
2004 April Buddy Holly: 3 Bonus Tracks BH 159202
2005 October Gold BH 454302 9881400
2005 October The Ultimate Collection BH 9831134
2006 April Definitive Collection BH GEFB000471002.2

[edit] Singles

Buddy Holly released singles under several names, and with several different backing bands. The key for the Artist Credit below is as follows: The Crickets (C); Buddy Holly (BH); Buddy Holly & The Crickets (BH+C)

The Crickets played on almost all of Holly's singles from 1957 to 1958.

Year Title Artist Credit Chart Positions Album
Billboard Hot 100 UK singles charts US R&B Singles Chart
1956 "Blue Days, Black Nights" BH - - - That'll Be the Day
1956 "Modern Don Juan" BH - - - That'll Be the Day
1957 "That'll Be the Day" BH #1 #1 #2 The "Chirping" Crickets
1957 "I’m Looking For Someone To Love" BH - - -
1957 "Words of Love" BH - - - Buddy Holly
1957 "Rock Around With Ollie Vee" BH - - - That'll Be the Day
1957 "Everyday" BH - - - Buddy Holly
1957 "Peggy Sue" BH #3 #6 #3 Buddy Holly
1957 "Listen To Me" BH - #16 - The "Chirping" Crickets
1957 "Oh Boy!" BH+C #10 - #15 The "Chirping" Crickets
1958 "Love Me" BH - - - That'll Be the Day
1958 "I’m Gonna Love You Too" BH - - - Buddy Holly
1958 "Maybe Baby" BH+C #17 - #8 The "Chirping" Crickets
1958 "Rave On" BH #37 #5 - Buddy Holly
1958 "Think It Over" BH #27 - #9 The Buddy Holly Story
1958 "Fool’s Paradise" BH #58 - -
1958 "Think It Over" BH #27 - #9 The Buddy Holly Story
1958 "Early In The Morning" BH #32 #17 - The Buddy Holly Story
1958 "It’s So Easy" BH - - - The Buddy Holly Story
1958 "Heartbeat" BH #82 #30 #4 The Buddy Holly Story
1959 "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" BH #13 #1 - The Buddy Holly Story
1959 "Raining In My Heart" BH #88 - - The Buddy Holly Story
1959 "Midnight Shift" BH - #26 - That'll Be the Day
1959 "Peggy Sue Got Married" BH - #13 - The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2
1960 "Heartbeat" (re-issue) BH - #30 -
1960 "True Love Ways" BH - #25 - The Buddy Holly Story, Volume 2
1960 "Learnin' The Game" BH - #36 - The Buddy Holly Story, Volume 2
1961 "What To Do" BH - #34 - The Buddy Holly Story, Volume 2
1961 "Baby I Don’t Care / Valley Of Tears" BH - #12 -
1962 "Listen To Me" (re-issue) BH - #48 -
1962 "Reminiscing" BH - #17 -
1963 "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" BH - #3 -
1963 "Bo Diddley" BH - #4 -
1963 "Wishing" BH - #10 -
1963 "What To Do" (re-recording) BH - #27 -
1964 "You’ve Got Love" BH+C - #40 -
1964 "Love’s Made A Fool Of You" BH - #39 - Showcase
1968 "Peggy Sue" (re-issue) / "Rave On" (re-issue) BH - #32 - Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits
1969 "Love Is Strange" BH #105 - - Giant
1988 "True Love Ways" (re-issue) BH - #65 -

[edit] Guest appearance

Buddy Holly also played lead guitar on "Real Wild Child" by Ivan; "Ivan" was a pseudonym for the Crickets' drummer, Jerry Allison. The 1958 single reached #68 on the U.S. chart. Bobby Vee and the Crickets' "Someday (When I'm Gone From You)" was released in 1962, and charted for a single week at #99.