Buddy Holly's US and UK singles |
Highest chart position US
Billboard Top/Hot 100 |
Highest chart position UK NME Top 30 |
- Love Me / Blue Days-Black Nights - (16 April 1956 DECCA 9-29854 US) - (2 July 1956 BRUNSWICK 5581 UK)
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- Modern Don Juan / You Are My One Desire - (24 December 1956 DECCA 9-30166 US only)
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- That'll Be the Day / I'm Looking for Someone to
Love - (27 May 1957 BRUNSWICK 55009 US) - (10 September 1957 CORAL 72279 UK)
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- Words of Love / Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues
- (20 June 1957 CORAL 9-61852 US only)
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- That'll Be the Day / Rock Around With Ollie Vee - (? ? 1957 BRUNSWICK) & (2 September 1957 DECCA 9-30434 US) Maybellene #48
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- Everyday / Peggy Sue - (20 September 1957 CORAL 9-61885 US) - (15 November 1957 CORAL 72293 UK)
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- Oh, Boy! / Not Fade Away - (27 October 1957 BRUNSWICK 9-55035 US) - (22 December 1957 CORAL 72298 UK)
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- Love Me / You Are My One Desire - (6 January 1958 DECCA 9-30543 US only)
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- I'm Gonna Love You Too / Listen to Me - (5 February 1958 CORAL 9-61947 US) - (28 February 1958 CORAL 72288 UK)
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- Maybe Baby / Tell Me How - (12 February 1958 BRUNSWICK 55053 US) - (28 February 1958 CORAL 72307 UK)
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- Take Your Time / Rave On - (20 April 1958 CORAL 9-61985 US) - (6 June 1958 CORAL 72325 UK)
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- Think It Over / Fool's Paradise - (27 May 1958 BRUNSWICK 55072 US) - (4 July 1958 CORAL 72329 UK)
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- Girl On My Mind / Ting-A-ling - (23 June 1958 DECCA 9-30650 US
only)
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- Early In the Morning / Now We're One - (5 July 1958 CORAL 9-62006 US) - (8 August 1958 CORAL 72333 UK)
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- It's So Easy / Lonesome Tears - (12 September 1958 BRUNSWICK 55094 US) - (31 October 1958 CORAL 72343 UK)
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- Heartbeat / Well...All Right - (5 November 1958 CORAL 9-62051 US) - (21 November 1958 CORAL 72346 UK)
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- It Doesn't Matter Anymore / Raining In My Heart - (5 January 1959 CORAL 9-62074 US) click here for picture of demo copy
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Posthumous US and UK EP's |
- The Buddy Holly Story - (20 February 1959 CORAL EC 81182 US) - (? June 1959 CORAL FEP 2032 UK)
It Doesn't
Matter Anymore / Heartbeat / Raining In My Heart / Early In the Morning |
- Peggy Sue Got Married - (25 June 1959 CORAL EC 81191 US)
Peggy Sue Got Married / Crying, Waiting, Hoping / Learning the Game / That Makes It Tough |
- Buddy Holly No. 1 - (? July 1959 BRUNSWICK OE 9456 UK)
You Are My One Desire / Blue Days-Black Nights / Modern Don Juan / Ting-A-Ling |
- Buddy Holly No. 2 - (? July 1959 BRUNSWICK OE 9457 UK)
Girl On My Mind / Love Me / I'm Changin' All Those Changes / Don't Come Back Knockin' |
- Brown-Eyed Handsome Man - (? ? 1959 CORAL EC 81193 US)
Brown-Eyed Handsome Man / Wishing / Bo Diddley / True Love Ways |
- The Late Great Buddy Holly - (? February 1960 CORAL FEP 2044 UK)
Look at Me / Ready Teddy / Mailman Bring Me No More Blues / Words of Love |
- Four More - (? May 1960 CORAL FEP 2060 UK)
Last Night / Send Me Some Lovin' / You've Got
Love / Rock Me My Baby |
- That'll be the Day - (? November 1960 CORAL FEP 2062 UK)
That'll be the Day / I'm
Looking for Someone to Love / It's Too Late / An Empty Cup |
- The Crickets - (25 February 1963 CORAL EC 81192 US)
Great Balls of Fire - Earl Sinks on vocals / Don't Cha Know - David Box on vocals / It's Too Late - Buddy Holly on vocals / Baby My Heart - Sonny Curtis on vocals |
- Words of Love - (? ? 1964 CORAL EP 94606 US)
Words of Love / Think it Over / Peggy Sue / Oh, Boy! |
- Ready Teddy - (? ? 1964 CORAL EP 94608 US)
Ready Teddy / Little Baby / Not Fade Away / Crying, Waiting, Hoping |
- Buddy - By Request - (? September 1964 CORAL FEP 2065 UK)
Brown-Eyed Handsome Man / Slippin' and Slidin' / Bo Diddley / Umm, Oh Yeah |
- That Tex-Mex Sound - (? September 1964 CORAL FEP 2066 UK)
I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down / It's Not My Fault / Rip It Up / Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight |
- Wishing - (? October 1964 CORAL FEP 2067 UK)
Wishing / Reminiscing / Valley of Tears / Learning the Game |
- Showcase Vol. 1 - (? November 1964 CORAL FEP 2068 UK)
Honky Tonk / Gone / You're the One / I Guess I Was Just a Fool |
- Showcase Vol. 2 - (? November 1964 CORAL FEP 2069 UK)
Blue Suede Shoes / Come Back Baby / Shake, Rattle and Roll / Love's Made a Fool of You |
- Buddy Holly Sings - (? January 1965 CORAL FEP 2070 UK)
Peggy Sue Got Married / Crying, Waiting, Hoping / What to Do / That Makes It
Tough |
- True Love Ways (aka New York) - (3 September 1976 MCA 252 UK)
True Love Ways / It Doesn't Matter Anymore / Raining
In My Heart / Moondreams |
- Peggy Sue - (3 September 1976 MCA 253 UK)
Peggy Sue / Rave On / Rock Around with Ollie Vee / Midnight Shift |
- Maybe Baby - (3 September 1976 MCA 254 UK)
Maybe Baby / Think It Over / That'll be the Day / It's So Easy |
- Picture Record No. 1 - (1 March 1979 SOLID SMOKE SS-8002 US)
Peggy Sue / Brown-Eyed Handsome Man / Oh, Boy! / Maybe Baby |
- Picture Record No. 2 - (1 March 1979 SOLID SMOKE SS-8003 US)
Rave On / Rock Around with Ollie Vee / That'll be the Day /I'm Gonna Love You Too |
- Good Rockin' Tonight - (? September 1987 RC104 UK)
Good Rockin' Tonight / Rip it Up / Ain't Got no Home / Holly Hop |
- Buddy Holly - (? July 1990 OLD GOLD UK)
Brown-Eyed Handsome Man / Bo Diddley / Wishing / Reminiscing |
Here's where a few of the above stem from → The Acetates
Buddy Holly's LP's
Posthumous Buddy Holly LP's
- The Buddy Holly Story (aka Rave On) - (? March 1959 CORAL CRL-57279 US) - (? April 1959 CORAL LVA 9105 UK)
It's Raining In My Heart / Early
In the Morning / Peggy Sue / Maybe Baby / Everyday / Rave
On /
That'll be the Day / Heartbeat / Think It Over / Oh,
Boy! / It's So Easy / It Doesn't Matter Anymore
- The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2 (aka True Love Ways) - (2 May 1960 CORAL CRL-57326 US) - (? November 1960 CORAL LVA 9127 UK)
Peggy Sue Got Married / Well..All Right / What to Do / That Makes It Tough / Now We're One / Take Your
Time /
Crying, Waiting, Hoping / True Love Ways / Learning the Game / Little Baby / Moondreams / That's What They Say
- Reminiscing (aka Brown-Eyed Handsome Man) - (? March 1963 CORAL CRL-57426 US) - (? April 1963 CORAL LVA 9212 UK)
Reminiscing / Slippin' and Slidin' / Bo Diddley / Wait 'till
the Sun Shines Nellie / Baby, Won't You Come out
Tonight / Brown-Eyed Handsome Man /
Because I Love You / It's
Not My Fault / I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down / Changing All
Those Changes / Rock-A-Bye-Rock
- Showcase (aka He's the One (MCA re-issue 1968) ) - (18 May 1964 CORAL CRL-57450 US) - (? June 1964 CORAL LVA 9222 UK)
Shake Rattle & Roll / Rock Around with
Ollie Vee / Honky Tonk / I Guess I Was Just a Fool / Umm, Oh
Yeah / You're the One /
Blue Suede Shoes / Come Back Baby / Rip
It Up / Love's Made a Fool of You / Gone / Girl on My Mind
- Holly In the Hills (aka Wishing) - (18 January 1965 CORAL 57463 US) - (? June 1965 CORAL LVA 9227 UK)
I Wanna Play House with You / Door to My Heart / Fool's Paradise / I Gambled My Heart / What to Do / Wishing /
Down the Line / Soft
Place in My Heart / Lonesome Tears / Gotta Get You
Near Me Blues / Flower of My Heart / You and I Are Through.
The UK version replaces "Fool's Paradise" with "Baby It's Love", and "What to Do" with "Memories", and "Lonesome Tears" with "Queen of the Ballroom".
- Giant - (20 January 1969 CORAL CRL-757504 US) - (? February 1969 MCA MUPS 371 UK)
Love Is Strange / Good Rockin'
Tonight / Blue Monday / Have You Ever Been Lonely? / Slippin'
& Slidin' /
You're the One / Dearest / Smokey Joe's
Cafe / Ain't Got No Home / Holly Hop
- Remember - (? September 1971) (CORAL CPS 0071 UK only)
Maybe Baby / That Makes It Tough / Crying, Waiting,
Hoping / Lonesome Tears / That's My Desire / Real Wild Child
(Ivan) /
Peggy Sue Got Married / Fool's Paradise / Learning the Game / That's What They Say / Reminiscing / What to Do
- Good Rockin' - (? ? 1971) (VOCALION VL 73923 US only)
I Wanna Play House with You / You're So Square / Little
Baby / Ting-A-Ling / Take Your Time /
Down the Line / Now We're
One / Words of Love / That's What They Say / You and I Are
Through
- Rave On - (? August 1975 MUSIC FOR PLEASURE MCA MFP 50176 UK)
Rave On / Love Me / It's To Late / Take Your Time / That Makes It Tough / Gotta Get You Near Me Blues /
Everyday / Baby Won't You come Out Tonight / Dearest / I'm Looking for Someone to Love / Holly Hop
- Western and Bop - (? November 1977 CORAL CDLM 8055 UK) is the same as Holly in the Hills but adds:
"Maybe Baby", "Gone", "Because I Love You", "It's Not My Fault", "I Guess I was Just a Fool", and "Have You Ever Been Lonely".
- Visions of Buddy Holly - (? June 1980 THE GREAT NORTHWEST MUSIC CO. US)
Interview with Red Robinson interspersed with Buddy Holly songs performed by the Crickets without Buddy.
That'll be the Day / Oh Boy! / Peggy Sue /
True Love Ways / Well.. Alright / Raining In My Heart / It's So Easy / (medley)Everyday - Think It Over - Maybe Baby
- Buddy Holly - (? September 1980 UK PICKWICK UK)
That'll Be the Day / Tell Me How / Moondreams / You Are My One Desire / Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight / Rock Around With Ollie Vee /
Well..All Right / It Doesn't Matter Anymore / Love Is Strange / Early In the Morning / (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care / Everyday
- Rock On with Buddy Holly - (? October 1980 MUSIC FOR PLEASURE MCA MFP 50490 UK)
Brown-Eyed Handsome Man / Rock Around with OllieVee / Ready Teddy / Rock Me My Baby / It's Too Late / Blue Days-Black Nights / Holly Hop /
I?m Lookin' for Someone to Love / Crying, Waiting, Hoping / Peggy Sue Got Married / Rave On / Love Me / (You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care /
Ting-A-Ling / Tell Me How / Love's Made a Fool of You / Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight / Dearest / Slippin' and Slidin' / Everyday
- For the First Time Anywhere - (? March 1983 MCA-27059 US)
Rock-A-Bye Rock / Maybe Baby / Because I Love You / I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down / Changin' All Those Changes /
That's My Desire / Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight / It's Not My Fault / Brown-Eyed Handsome Man / Bo Diddley
- Something Special From Buddy Holly - (? September 1986 ROLLERCOASTER ROLL-2013 UK)
Good Rockin' Tonight / Rip It Up / Blue Monday / Honky Tonk / Blue Suede Shoes / Shake, Rattle and Roll / Ain't got No Home /
Holly Hop / Brown-Eyed Handsome Man / Bo Diddley / Gone (take 1) / Gone (take 2) / Have You Ever Been Lonely (take 1,2 and 3)
The original was the late 1956 recordings made by Bobby Peebles in a garage with a tape recorder, the so-called "Bobby Peeples tapes". 15 tracks of "garage-tape" type material.
Records of non-US/UK origin are here → Miscellaneous
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Other artist's singles/EP's that include Buddy's guitar |
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Cricket EP's without Buddy
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- The Crickets - (? ? 1960 CORAL FEP 2053)
When You Ask About Love / Deborah / Love's Made a Fool of You / Someone, Someone |
- Don't Ever Change - (? ? 1960 CORAL FEP 2064)
Don't Ever Change / More Than I Can Say / Baby My Heart / Peggy Sue Got Married / Don't Cha Know |
- Straight, No Strings - (? ? ? LIBERTY LEP 2094)
Willie and the handjive / Summertime blues / Searchin? / What?d I say |
- Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets - (? ? ? LIBERTY LEP 2115 Australia)
Peggy Sue / Lucille / Bo Diddley / Someday |
- Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets - (? ? ? LIBERTY LEP 2116)
Someday / I Gotta Know / Bo Diddley / Peggy Sue |
- Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets - (? ? ? LIBERTY LEP 2149)
Peggy Sue / Lookin' for Love / ? / ? |
- The Crickets - (? ? ? LIBERTY LEP 2169 France)
Lonely Avenue / You Can't Be In-Between / Slippin' & Slidin' / Come On |
- Just for Fun - (? ? 1963 LIBERTY LEP 2084)
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes / All You've Got To Do Is Touch Me / My Little Girl / Teardrops Fall Like Rain |
Crickets LP's without
Buddy
- In Style with the Crickets - (? December 1960 Coral LVA 9142 US)
More Than I Can Say / Rockin' Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu / Great Balls of Fire / Ting-A-Ling / Just This Once / Deborah /
Baby My Heart / When You Ask About Love / Time Will Tell / A Sweet Love / I Fought the Law / Love's Made A Fool of You
- Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets - (? ? ? LIBERTY LRP 3228 US) - (14 July 1962 LIBERTY LBY 1086 UK)
Peggy Sue / Bo Diddley / Someday / Well..All Right / I Gotta Know / Looking
For Love /
Sweet Little Sixteen / When You're in Love / Lucille / the Girl
of My Best Friend / Little Queenie / The Girl Can't Help It
- Something Old, Something New, Something Blue, Something Else!!! - (? ? 1962 LIBERTY LRP 3272 US) - (? January 1963 LIBERTY LBY-1120 UK)
Willie & the Hand Jive / Don't Ever Change / Summertime Blues / Searchin' / Little Hollywood Girl / Parisian Girl /
Pretty Blue Eyes / What'd I Say / Blue Blue Day / Love Is Strange / Blue Monday / He's Old Enough To Know
Better
- The Crickets (aka California Sun) - (? February 1964 LIBERTY LRP 3351 US)
I Want to Hold Your Hand / California Sun / She Loves You / A Fool Never
Learns / Slippin' & Slidin' / I Saw Her Standing There /
Lonely Avenue / Please Please Me / Money / From Me to You / You Can't be In-Between / Come
On
- A Collection - (? May 1965 LIBERTY LBY 1258 UK)
La Bamba / All Over You / Ev'rybody's Got a Little Problem / I Think I've
Caught the Blues / We Gotta Get Together / Playboy / Lonely Avenue /
My
Little Girl / Teardrops Fall Like Rain / Right or Wrong / You Can't be
In-Between / Don't Try to Change Me / Lost & Alone / I'm Not a Bad Guy
- Rock Reflections - (? March 1971 SUNSET SLS 50207) (UK only)
La Bamba / Lonely Avenue / Teardrops Fall Like Rain / Willie & the Hand Jive / Don't Ever Change / Thoughtless / Blue Blue Day /
My Little Girl / Summertime Blues / Love Is Strange / Little Hollywood Girl / What'd I Say / Playboy / Searchin'
- Rockin' 50s Rock n' Roll - (? ? 1971 CBS S64301 UK) - (? ? 1971 BARNABY 2061 US)
Rockin' 50s Rock & Roll / That'll be the Day / True Love Ways / Well..Alright / Peggy Sue /
Oh, Boy! / Raining In My Heart / It's So Easy / Medley: Everyday, Think It Over, Maybe Baby
- Bubblegum Bop Ballad & Boogies - (? ? 1973 Philips 6308 149 UK only)
Can I Make You Feel It / Hayride / Wasn't It Nice In New York City / Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu / Lovesick Blues /
My Rockin' Days / I've Got a Thing About You Baby / On the Outside Looking In / Keep a Knockin' / Day Gig / Destiny's Child
- Remnants - (? ? 1974 VERTIGO 1020 US)
Find Out What's Happening / Lay Lady Lay Down / Rock & Roll Man / I'm
Gonna Ruin Your Health / Rhyme & Time / Decoy Baker /
Losin' Streak / Atmore / The Truth Is Still the Same / Hitchhike Out to Venus / Ooh Las
Vegas / Draggin' Chains
- Rare Items 1959-1960 - (1974 MCA-Coral COPS 7335 ) (Germany and Australia only)
Someone Someone / Why Did You Leave? / Smooth Guy (#1) / After It's Over / So You're In Love (#1) /
Baby My Heart / So You're In Love (#2) / Smooth Guy (#2) / Don'cha Know / Peggy Sue Got Married
- A Long Way from Lubbock - (? ? 1974 Mercury 6310007 UK)
An American Love Affair / Lay Lady Lay Down / Decoy Baker / He's Got a Way with Women / Rhyme & Time / I Got a Thing About You Baby /
You Make It Way Too Hard / Ain't Protestin' / Bony Maronie / Ooh Las Vegas / Find Out what's Happening / I Like Your Music / Now and Then It's Gonna Rain
- T-Shirt - (? ? 1988 CBS - 462876 2 US)
Your M-M-M-Memory Is T-T-Torturing Me / Rockin' Socks / The Weekend / Holly
Would / T-Shirt /
Forever In Mind / Cruise In It / Three Piece / Don't Tell
Me That You Can't Come Out Tonight / That's All She Wrote
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Three Piece - (? ? 1988 ROLLERCOASTER ROLL 2014 UK only)
Same as on T-Shirt plus "Let's Do It Again".
- Double Exposure - (? ? 1993 re-recordings ROLLERCOASTER RCCD 3006 UK only)
My Little Girl / I Fought the Law / Oh, Boy! / That'll be the Day / When You
Ask About Love / Tell Me How / It Doesn't Matter Anymore /
Baby My Heart / Rave On / Maybe Baby / Brown-Eyed Handsome Man / Teardrops Fall Like Rain / Everyday / Think It Over / More Than I Can Say /
Don't Ever Change / Peggy
Sue / Well..All Right / True Love Ways / La Bamba / It's So Easy / Love's
Made a Fool of You
- Too Much Monday Morning - (? ? 1996 CARLTON 30360 00332 UK only)
As Good As Gone / Do You Want to be Loved / Picture This / Goin' Out Lovin' / Betty Sue's Still Breaking Jimmy Lee's Heart / Letter of Love / Say It
Isn't So /
No Kidding / (Get A Little) Closer / I Gotta Pass / Playing by
the Rules / The Best in Me / I Had a Dream / Too Much Monday Morning
- The Crickets and their Buddies - (? July 2004 SOVEREIGN US)
Rodney Crowell - That'll Be the Day / Phil & Jason Everly - Rave On / Tonio K. & Peter Case - Not Fade Away / Eric Clapton - Someone, Someone /
The Crickets - The Real Buddy Holly Story / J.D. Souther - Everyday / The Crickets - More Than I Can Say / Nanci Griffith - Heartbeat /
Bobby Vee - Blue Days-Black Nights / Albert Lee - Learning the Game / Waylon Jennings - Well..Alright / Graham Nash - Think It Over /
John Prine - Oh, Boy! / Vince Neil - I Fought the Law / Johnny Rivers - Love?s Made a Fool of You
Please be aware this is not a definitive list of LP's, EP's, or 45's from the US or UK
as I have not included any re-releases.
However if you see any glaring errors or ommisions in the list, please email me at
[email protected] and I will fix the problem as soon as possible.
Go to Buddy's music in recording order page
Go to Buddy's bootleg albums page
Go to Buddy's acetates page
Go to the Buddy Holly and The Crickets Vinyl Gallery
My latest site is all about Marc Bolan and T. Rex
Many thanks to Gilles Vignal for his great Buddy Holly site and links
Another great Buddy Holly site from Germany: Hans' Buddy Holly Lives
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