| The Buddy Holly Story | ||||
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| Released | February 28, 1959[1] | |||
| Recorded | February 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] | |||
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| Label | Coral | |||
| Producer | Norman Petty, Dick Jacobs, Bob Thiele[2] | |||
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| 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.
- ^ a b Gilbert, Adrian (1990). "Rock '59". In Brown, Ashley (ed.). The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated History of Popular Music. Vol. III (Reference ed.). Marshall Cavendish. p. 284.
- ^ 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) - ^ "The Buddy Holly Story - Buddy Holly, Buddy Holly & the Crickets | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Grevatt, Ren. The Buddy Holly Story (Vinyl sleeve). Buddy Holly. United States: Coral Records. Back cover. CRL 57279.