Words of Love is a chirpy early rock song that leaves you with a sunny disposition. It also has a tenderness that Buddy seemed to exude in his songs almost effortlessly. His unique intonations and the way he draws out…
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True Love Ways (1958) – Buddy Holly
Sometimes we’ll sigh…Sometimes we’ll cry…And we’ll know why…Just you and I…Know true love ways. Since I was a youngen’, I always found True Love Ways to be such a tender and sweet song from Buddy. The orchestral sound was also…
Rave on! (1958) – Buddy Holly
You know any song that starts with “A-weh-uh-heh-uh-ell” (a drawn-out “well”) has to be pretty darn good. There are few more jumpy and exciting starts in the rock annals than Buddy’s lead utterance into Rave On! He really put his…
Peggy Sue (1957) & Peggy Sue Got Married (1959) – Buddy Holly
(Peggy Sue) Gerron stated that she first heard the song at a live performance at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium in 1957, and that she was “so embarrassed, I could have died.” Today you get two Buddy Holly classics in the…
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Oh Boy! (1957) – Buddy Holly and the Crickets
If I was to go back to the dawning of it all, I guess I’d have to start with Buddy Holly. Buddy died when I was about eighteen and he was twenty-two. From the moment I first heard him, I…
Heartbeat (1958) – Buddy Holly
This is the second track to appear here from Buddy Holly. Heartbeat is an adorably winsome song and Holly makes it his own with his peculiar intonations. The first song to appear here: Everyday was released a year prior to…
Everyday (1957) – Buddy Holly
I adored this song as a kid in the coming-of-age movie Stand By Me. It is one of the monumental tracks in the origin of Rock n Roll music. Buddy Holly influenced the cream of the crop in music who…
