Buddy Holly is the debut solo studio album by Buddy Holly. It was released by Coral Records on February 20, 1958. The album, featuring a rare photo of Holly without his trademark glasses on the front cover, collects Holly's four hit singles released on the Coral label; "Words of Love", "Peggy Sue", "I'm Gonna Love You Too", and "Rave On!". The backing group was Buddy Holly's band, the Crickets.
Contents
Release history
It was first re-issued on compact disc in 1988 in the UK with a different cover.
Some re-releases include the tracks from Holly's next single, "Early in the Morning" backed with "Now We're One", and "Take Your Time", the B-side of the single "Rave On".
It was re-released again in Spain with different cover art in 2015 by WaxTime Records on 180 Gram Vinyl. This edition included the original liner notes and two extra tracks: "Now We're One" (issued as the B-side of Holly's "Early in the Morning") and "Ting-A-Ling". It also included new liner notes written by Gary Blailock in September 2014.
Track listing
1999 Bonus tracks
Personnel
The Crickets
Buddy Holly - vocals, guitar
Joe B. Mauldin - bass
Jerry Allison - drums
Niki Sullivan - rhythm guitar (track 6)
Additional personnel
Norman Petty - organ (track 5), piano (track 11)
Vi Petty - piano (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8), celesta (track 7)
C. W. Kendall Jr. - piano (tracks 3, 10, 12)
Al Caiola - guitar (track 11)
Donald Arnone - guitar (track 11)
William Marihe - backing vocals (track 11)
Robert Bollinger - backing vocals (track 11)
Robert Harter - backing vocals (track 11)
Merrill Ostrus - backing vocals (track 11)
Abby Hoffer - backing vocals (track 11)
Charts
Single