| "Heartbeat" | ||||
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| Single by Buddy Holly | ||||
| Released | 1958 | |||
| Format | 7" single, CD single | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:11 | |||
| Writer(s) | Bob Montgomery, Norman Petty | |||
| Buddy Holly singles chronology | ||||
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"Heartbeat" is a rockabilly song written by Bob Montgomery and Norman Petty and recorded originally by Buddy Holly in 1958. The B side of the single was "Well... All Right" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison, Joe Mauldin).
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The last Buddy Holly single to be released during his lifetime, "Heartbeat" was only a minor hit in the US with a #82 Billboard Hot 100 peak.
The song had more chart impact in the UK reaching #30 first in January 1959 and again upon its April 1960 re-issue. [1]
"Heartbeat" would subsequently reach the UK Top Ten twice: first in 1975 for Showaddywaddy — #7 that September — and again in 1992 when the version Nick Berry recorded as the theme to the Heartbeat TV series (in which Berry starred) reached #2 that June.[1]
Versions of "Heartbeat" have appeared on albums (indicated in parenthesis) by Tommy Roe (Sheila, 1962), Bobby Vee (I Remember Buddy Holly, 1963), Herman's Hermits — who had originally been named the Heartbeats after the Buddy Holly song — (Herman's Hermits on Tour, 1965), Dave Berry (One Dozen Berries, 1966), Skeeter Davis (Skeeter Sings Buddy Holly, 1967), Cliff Richard (Don't Stop Me Now, 1967; also a non-charting US single release), Humble Pie (Town and Country, 1969), Cilla Black (It Makes Me Feel So Good, 1976), the Knack (Get the Knack, 1979), Connie Francis (With Love to Buddy, 1996), Mike Berry (Buddy — a Life in Music, 1999), Speedy Sparks (OK, Let's Play, 2001) and P. J. Proby (Sentimental Journey, 2003).
The Hollies, who had named themselves after Buddy Holly, made their only attempt at having a hit remake of a Buddy Holly song with a 1980 single release of "Heartbeat", a midtempo version that failed to chart.
"Heartbeat" served as the title cut for a 1993 album release by Hank Marvin. (Cliff Richard provided the background vocal on the instrumental track). Marvin's album reached no. 17 in the UK.
On the 2004 album, The Crickets and Their Buddies, which featured various vocalists fronting Buddy Holly's band the Crickets, Nanci Griffith provided the vocal on a remake of "Heartbeat".
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