Peggy Sue Got Married (song)
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| “Peggy Sue Got Married” | |||||
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| Single by Buddy Holly | |||||
| B-side | "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" (Holly) | ||||
| Released | July 20 1959 (USA) August 28 1959 (UK) |
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| Format | 7" 45 rpm | ||||
| Recorded | June 30 1959, New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Length | 2:03 | ||||
| Label | Coral C62134 (USA) Coral Q72376 (UK) |
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| Writer(s) | Buddy Holly | ||||
| Producer | Jack Hansen | ||||
| Buddy Holly singles chronology | |||||
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This article is about the Buddy Holly song. For the Francis Ford Coppola film see Peggy Sue Got Married (film)
Peggy Sue Got Married is a song by Buddy Holly. It was released in 1959 as a 45-rpm single with "Crying, Waiting, Hoping"). It refers to his song hit "Peggy Sue".
Holly recorded the vocal, accompanying himself on guitar, on December 8, 1958 in apartment 4H of "The Brevoort", Fifth Avenue (Manhattan), Studio musicians recorded backup vocals and instrumentals on June 30, 1959 at Coral Records' Studio A in New York City. An alternate version of the song, with new instrumentals but without backup singers, was recorded in 1964.
For details about the studio recording sessions and overdubs, see the Wikipedia entry for "Crying, Waiting, Hoping".
Holly's original, undubbed home recording was used as theme music in the motion picture "Peggy Sue Got Married".
