Track Listing

1. That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Don Guess, Grady Martin, Bob Montgomery, Sonny Curtis, Owen Bradley
2. Oh Boy - Norman Petty, The Crickets, Buddy Holly, Niki Sullivan, Joe B Mauldin, Jerry Allison, The Picks
3. Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison, Joe B Mauldin, Unknown
4. Rave On - Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Bob Thiele, Jerry Allison, Joe B Mauldin, Al Caiola, Donald Armone, William Marine, Robert Bollinger, Robert Harter, Merril Ostrus, Abby Hoffer
5. Peggy Sue Got Married - Buddy Holly, The Fireballs, Norman Petty
6. True Love Ways - Buddy Holly, Dick Jacobs, Abraham Richman, Sanford Bloch, Al Caiola, Ernest Hayes, Clifford Leman, Doris Johnson, Sylvia Shulman, Leo Kruczek, Leonard Posner, Irving Spice, Ray Free, Herbert Bourne, Julius Held, Paul Winter
7. Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Buddy Holly
8. Words Of Love - Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison, Joe B Mauldin, Unknown
9. It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Buddy Holly, Dick Jacobs, Abraham Richman, Sanford Bloch, Al Caiola, Ernest Hayes, Clifford Leman, Doris Johnson, Sylvia Shulman, Leo Kruczek, Leonard Posner, Irving Spice, Ray Free, Herbert Bourne, Julius Held, Paul Winter, David Schwartz, Howard Kay, Maurice Brown, Maurice Bialkin
10. Love Is Strange - Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, The Fireballs
11. Raining In My Heart - Buddy Holly, Dick Jacobs, Abraham Richman, Sanford Bloch, Al Caiola, Ernest Hayes, Clifford Leman, Doris Johnson, Sylvia Shulman, Leo Kruczek, Leonard Posner, Irving Spice, Ray Free, Herbert Bourne, Julius Held, Paul Winter, David Schwartz, Howard Kay, Maurice Brown, Maurice Bialkin
12. You're The One - Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Slim Corbin, The Fireballs, Waylon Jennings
13. Not Fade Away - Norman Petty, The Crickets, Buddy Holly, Niki Sullivan, Joe B Mauldin, Jerry Allison
14. Everyday - Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Joe B Mauldin, Jerry Allison, Unknown
15. Fool's Paradise - Norman Petty, The Crickets, Buddy Holly, Niki Sullivan, Joe B Mauldin, Jerry Allison, Vi Petty, The Roses
16. Valley Of Tears - Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison, Joe B Mauldin, Vi Petty, Unknown
17. Heartbeat - Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison, Tommy Allsup, George Atwood
18. Maybe Baby - Norman Petty, The Crickets, Buddy Holly, Joe B Mauldin, Jerry Allison, The Picks
19. Crying, Waiting, Hoping - Buddy Holly, Norman Petty
20. Early In The Morning - Buddy Holly, Dick Jacobs, Sam Taylor, George Barnes, Al Chernet, Sanford Bloch, Ernest Hayes, Panama Francis, Phillip Kraus, Helen Way Singers

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12779 in Music
• Released on: 1999-03-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 45 minutes

Customer Reviews

Brief life but a lasting legacy
Buddy Holly's place in popular music history is significant. He was a major influence on the Beatles and Rolling Stones as well as many other singers in a variety of genres. Whole tribute albums have been devoted to him. The Hollies named themselves after him. Yet, all this was achieved despite his limited recorded output.

On this album, you get all the classics - Heartbeat, That'll be the day, Peggy Sue, Oh boy, Rave on, True love ways, Raining in my heart, Everyday, It's so easy, Listen to me and It doesn't matter anymore among them. Many of these (and others) have been covered frequently down the years, and new versions continue to appear on a regular basis. The Rolling Stones covered Not fade away and it first appeared on one of their early B-sides. In 2002, British jazz singer Claire Martin recorded a magical version of Raining in my heart, perhaps the best cover of a Buddy Holly song I've ever heard - and I've heard a lot.

Besides those classic songs, there are some great covers here, some of which were also hits for Buddy. They include Blue Suede shoes (Carl Perkins), also covered by Elvis, and Brown eyed handsome man (Chuck Berry). With 36 tracks, there is still enough room to include some interesting but seldom-heard songs, such as What to do, Learning the Game, Look at me and Take your time.

This is the best single-CD collection of Buddy's music that you are ever likely to find.

NEARLY 50 YEARS ON AND STILL FANTASTIC!
I first heard Buddy as a young kid in the early 80s and loved the songs but what I find remarkable these days is that all these songs were recorded within a two year period when Buddy was in his early 20's.

As near perfect as any greatest hits package could be but with two minor flaws- the demo versions of Blue Suede Shoes and Shake Rattle & Roll are fine for a box set collection but they are stuck haphazardly in the middle of this Cd. It's frustrating as the likes of "Tell Me How", "Moondreams", "Looking For Someone to Love" and "Rock Around With Ollie Vee" are omitted to acccomodate them. In any case there are better versions of these songs by other artists out there.

Aside from this minor quibble, the quality and variety of the tracks is astonishing. Holly was equally adept at rockers like "That'll Be The Day" and ballads like "True Love Ways".

His influence on other musicians is immense and his death was a shattering loss to the music industry. But the music lives on, the Buddy musical continues to tour worldwide bringing the great man's music to those like myself who were born many years after his premature death at 22.

Quite simply this CD is essential for any music lover.

Buddy Holly is the Very Best!
This is an excellent album!It contains all of my favourite Holly songs. It really is 'The very best of Buddy Holly.' I'd recomend this album to any fans of rock 'n' roll since Buddy is the father of rock. There isn't much else to say about this album, other than you won't regret buying it!