Buddy Holly and the Crickets - The Buddy Holly Story ( 1959 )

 

Track listing

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Raining In My Heart"	Felice and Boudleaux Bryant	2:48
2.	"Early in the Morning"	Bobby Darin, Woody Harris	2:06
3.	"Peggy Sue"	Jerry Allison, Norman Petty	2:29
4.	"Maybe Baby"	Petty, Holly	2:01
5.	"Everyday"	Holly, Petty	2:07
6.	"Rave On!"	Sonny West, Bill Tilghman, Petty	1:49

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That'll Be the Day"	Allison, Petty, Holly	2:17
2.	"Heartbeat"	Buddy Holly, Bob Montgomery	2:09
3.	"Think It Over"	Holly, Petty, Allison	1:43
4.	"Oh, Boy!"	West, Tilghman, Petty	2:07
5.	"It's So Easy!"	Holly, Petty	2:09
6.	"It Doesn't Matter Anymore"	Paul Anka	2:04

Personnel

The following people contributed to The Buddy Holly Story:

• Buddy Holly – lead vocals, guitar
• Al Chernet – guitar on "Early in the Morning"
• George Barnes – guitar on "Early in the Morning"
• Sanford Bloch – bass on "Early in the Morning"
• Ernest Hayes – piano on "Early in the Morning"
• Sam "The Man" Taylor – tenor saxophone on "Early in the Morning"
• Panama Francis – drums on "Early in the Morning"
• Philip Krous – drums on "Early in the Morning"
• The Helen Way Singers – background vocals on "Early in the Morning"
• Niki Sullivan – guitar, background vocals
• Joe B. Mauldin – bass
• Jerry Allison – drums
• The Picks – background vocals
• Norman Petty – producer
• Vi Petty - celeste on "Everyday", piano on "Think It Over"
• Al Caiola – guitar on "Rave On!"
• Donald Arnone – rhythm guitar on "Rave On!"
• Bob Thiele – producer on "Rave On!"
• Larry Welborn – bass on "That'll Be the Day"
• June Clark – background vocals on "That'll Be the Day"
• Gary Tollet – background vocals on "That'll Be the Day"
• Romano Tollet – background vocals on "That'll Be the Day"
• Tommy Allsup – lead guitar
• George Alwood – bass on "Heartbeat"
• The Roses – background vocals
• Dick Jacobs – producer
• Ren Grevatt – liner notes