The "Chirping" Crickets

The only album the Crickets made under their own name while Buddy Holly was alive, built on three hit singles and recorded largely with Norman Petty in Clovis.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets, 1957

Released

27 November 1957

Recorded

1957

Studio

Norman Petty Recording Studios, Clovis, New Mexico, and sessions in Oklahoma City

Label

Brunswick

Producer

Norman Petty

Track listing

1. Oh, Boy!
2. Not Fade Away
3. You've Got Love
4. Maybe Baby
5. It's Too Late
6. Tell Me How
7. That'll Be the Day
8. I'm Looking for Someone to Love
9. An Empty Cup (And a Broken Date)
10. Send Me Some Lovin'
11. Last Night
12. Rock Me My Baby

Personnel

• Buddy Holly lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar on "It's Too Late"
• Jerry Allison drums, cardboard box percussion and backing vocals on "Not Fade Away"
• Joe B. Mauldin double bass (except on "That'll Be the Day" and "I'm Looking for Someone to Love"), backing vocals on "Not Fade Away"
• Niki Sullivan rhythm guitar on most tracks, backing vocals on "Not Fade Away", "That'll Be the Day" and "I'm Looking for Someone to Love"
• Larry Welborn double bass on "That'll Be the Day" and "I'm Looking for Someone to Love"
• The Picks backing vocals (Bill Pickering, John Pickering, Bob Lapham)
• Ramona and Gary Tollett backing vocals on "That'll Be the Day" and "I'm Looking for Someone to Love"

More from Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Buddy Holly (1958), The Buddy Holly Story (1959)