The Buddy Holly Story (album)

The Buddy Holly Story
Compilation album by
ReleasedFebruary 28, 1959 (1959-02-28)[1]
RecordedFebruary 25, 1957 – May 27, 1958, Norman Petty Studios, Clovis, New Mexico
September 27–28, 1957, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City
January 25, 1958 – October 21, 1958, New York City[2]
Genre
LabelCoral
ProducerNorman Petty, Dick Jacobs, Bob Thiele[2]
Buddy Holly chronology
That'll Be the Day
(1958)
The Buddy Holly Story
(1959)
The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2
(1960)
The Crickets chronology
The "Chirping" Crickets
(1957)
The Buddy Holly Story
(1959)
In Style With the Crickets
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

The Buddy Holly Story is the first posthumously released compilation album by Buddy Holly and the Crickets. The album was released on February 28, 1959 by Coral Records less than a month after Holly's death.[1]

The album featured previously released singles by Buddy Holly on both the Brunswick label (with the Crickets) and the Coral label (as a solo artist).[5] The album became a top twenty hit in the United States and England.

The album was certified Gold in the U.S. in 1969 by the RIAA.

  1. ^ a b Memorial Collection (CD liner). Buddy Holly. United States: Decca Records/Geffen Records. 2008. B0011337-02.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ "The Buddy Holly Story - Buddy Holly, Buddy Holly & the Crickets | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. ^ Grevatt, Ren. The Buddy Holly Story (Vinyl sleeve). Buddy Holly. United States: Coral Records. Back cover. CRL 57279.

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