That'll Be the Day

This article is about the Buddy Holly song. For the 1958 album, see That'll Be the Day (album). For the 1973 film, see That'll Be the Day (film). For the UK theatre show, see That'll Be the Day (musical).
"That'll Be the Day"
side-A label
1957 U.S. 45 rpm (Brunswick 9-55009)
Single by the Crickets
from the album The "Chirping" Crickets
B-side"I'm Looking for Someone to Love"
ReleasedJuly 1957 (1957-07)[1]
Recorded1957
StudioNorman Petty Recording Studio, Clovis, New Mexico
Genre
Length2:16
LabelBrunswick U.S. single 55009; Coral Records, UK single Q.72279; Coral Records BS-1578, Australian 78 single, BSP45-1578, 45 single
Songwriter(s)Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Norman Petty
Producer(s)Norman Petty[2]
The Crickets singles chronology
"That'll Be the Day"
(1957) 		"Oh, Boy!"
(1957)

"That'll Be the Day" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison. It was first recorded by Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes in 1956 and was re-recorded in 1957 by Holly and his new band, the Crickets. The 1957 recording achieved widespread success. Holly's producer, Norman Petty, was credited as a co-writer, although he did not contribute to the composition.[3]

Many other versions have been recorded. It was the first song recorded (as a demonstration disc) by the Quarrymen, a skiffle group from Liverpool that evolved into the Beatles.[4]

The 1957 recording was certified gold (for over a million US sales) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1969. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. It was placed in the National Recording Registry, a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States", in 2005.

  1. ^ Buddy Holly: Greatest Hits 1995 MCA Records Liner notes
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference pc12 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ The Real Buddy Holly Story. White Star Studios. 1987.
  4. ^ Anthology 1