![]() ![]() What a great, seminal rock tune! Buddy is up front, with his trademark black glasses, playing his signature Fender Stratocaster guitar. So, here are Buddy Holly and the Crickets performing their breakout hit, That’ll Be The Day, on the Ed Sullivan Show from December 1, 1957. It simultaneously hit #1 on the UK pop charts. It picked up some momentum, and then shot up to the top of the Billboard charts in November of that year. That’ll Be The Day was released in May, 1957. To avoid potential legal problems, the band chose the name The Crickets, and issued their first record under that title. Well, you give me all your lovin’ and your turtle dovin’Īll your hugs and kisses and your money tooīuddy Holly’s Nashville record contract prohibited him from releasing songs written under his Decca Records contract for five years, and That’ll Be The Day had been written during his Decca days. You say you’re gonna leave, you know it’s a lie Yes, that’ll be the day, when you make me cry Well, that’ll be the day, when you say goodbye He ridicules her statements that she is likely to leave him, claiming “that’ll be the day when I die.” Their song describes a conversation between the singer and his lover. One of Wayne’s lines in the film featured him saying, “That’ll be the day.” The phrase appealed to Holly and Allison, who wrote a song centered around this sarcastic comment. The idea for the song arose when Holly, Allison and Sonny Curtis took in the John Wayne movie The Searchers in June, 1956. The group began to record a collection of original songs and covers, beginning with the tune That’ll Be The Day written by Holly and Allison. In many ways, Buddy Holly and the Crickets were pioneers in what became the ‘classic’ rock group lineup – two guitars, bass and drums. For example, Bill Haley and the Comets had an accordion player in their ensemble! It might be worth noting that rock and roll directly followed the ‘big band’ era, so in the early days rock bands experimented with various combinations of instruments. Buddy sang vocals, played lead electric guitar, and wrote most of the group’s songs. ![]() There Buddy assembled a band consisting of drummer Jerry Allison, bassist Bill Mauldin and rhythm guitarist Niki Sullivan. Unfortunately, during that period Buddy’s producers attempted to shoe-horn him into the rather restrictive country-and-western “Nashville sound.” This turned out to be a bad fit for Buddy’s talent, and after leaving Nashville he eventually made his way to Clovis, New Mexico, where he hooked up with producer Norman Petty. To his surprise, the label on his first record misspelled his name as “Buddy Holly,” so that became his stage name. This took him to Nashville, where he signed a record contract and produced some work in the studio. Embed from Getty Imagesīuddy began to play various venues in the South, and gained some exposure opening for artists such as Elvis and Bill Haley and the Comets. Here are the Crickets, from L: Joe Mauldin, Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison, taken on their UK tour. Although his initial exposure was to country musicians such as Hank Williams and Bob Wills, Buddy was also drawn to the late-night stations that played blues and R&B music. He grew up in Lubbock, Texas where he learned to play guitar and aspired to be a musician. We will also throw in a ‘surprise bonus audio’ clip.Ĭharles “Buddy” Holley was one of the all-time great ‘roots’ rockers. We will review the original version by Buddy Holly and the Crickets, and covers of that song by the Everly Brothers and Linda Ronstadt. This is a great ‘roots’ rock song from the 50s. Hello there! In this week’s blog we consider That’ll Be The Day.
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