The song peaked at #6 in Vancouver, #18 on the Billboard pop singles chart and #11 on the Cashbox singles chart. In the beginning of February 1958, Red Robinson began to spin “Maybe Baby” by the Crickets. The B-side, “Not Fade Away” didn’t make the pop charts, but was covered successfully by the Rolling Stones in 1964. While “Peggy Sue” enjoyed eight weeks in the Top Ten on the Billboard and Cashbox singles charts, the Crickets “Oh Boy” climbed to #10, and in Vancouver peaked at #4 on CKWX. “Peggy Sue” climbed to #3 on the Billboard pop chart, and #2 on the Cashbox Best Selling Singles chart in January 1958. While The Crickets were not acknowledged on the record label credits for “Peggy Sue”, many DJ’s knew that Buddy Holly’s band was playing on the record. The Crickets were part of the vanguard of rock ‘n roll, at a time that many music critics predicted its demise and regarded it as a “music fad.” Buddy Holly and The Crickets appeared in concert at the Georgia Auditorium in Vancouver on October 23, 1957. “That’ll Be The Day” climbed to #1 for two weeks in Vancouver (BC) in July 1957. They were also skilled at over-dubbing in the studio years before it became a standard feature of studio recording. The three were capable of writing, playing, producing and recording their own records. They got bass player, Joe Mauldin to be a third member of the band. Allison first met to discuss forming a rock ‘n roll band. It was in Lubbock, Texas, that guitar player Buddy Holly and drummer J.I. Paul McCartney once told the press, “If it wasn’t for the Crickets, there wouldn’t be any Beatles.”The Crickets were initially the backing band for Buddy Holly and among their hits are “That’ll Be The Day”, Peggy Sue”, “Oh Boy”, “Not Fade Away”, “Maybe Baby”, “It’s So Easy” and “Rave On”. In fact, the Beatles got the idea for their name as a riff off of another insect, cricket, just going up one letter of the alphabet from C to B for Beatles. They are credited with influencing a whole range of recording artists including Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. The Crickets became a rock ‘n roll/rockabilly group in 1957. The label decided to release the record and it went on to be a big hit. In May of 1957 he and his band sent a demo of “That’ll Be the Day” to Brunswick Records in New York City, under the name The Crickets. Initially, Holly was not satisfied with the progress he was making with Decca Records. After signing the record deal, Buddy Holley dropped the “e” from his surname to become Buddy Holly. Shortly after Hollry would appear as the opening act for Presley in concert three times in 1955. Owen Bradley, who would also produce records for Conway Twitty, Brenda Lee, Patsy Cline and Gene Vincent, became Holley’s record producer after he signed a record deal with Decca Records in February 1956. He heard Elvis Presley in concert in Lubbock in 1955. After high school graduation Holly focused on making a career as a musician. He had a band that performed live on the Lubbock radio station KDAV. During his Junior and Senior years in school, Holley entered some talent shows with friends in duos and doing gigs with a band playing a blend of country & western and rhythm & blues. When he was five years old he won $5 when he entered a local talent show and sang “Down The River of Memories.” He listened to the Grand Ole Opry growing up and after trying to learn the piano settled on taking up the guitar. In 1936, Charles Hardin Holley was born in Lubbock, Texas. 8 weeks on CKWX’s Vancouver Chart (peak #7)
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