The Very Best of Buddy Holly and the Crickets

Original Release Date:  February 2, 2009

Track Listing

• 1. Heartbeat
• 2. That'll Be the Day
• 3. Peggy Sue
• 4. Oh Boy
• 5. Rave On
• 6. Think It Over
• 7. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
• 8. Love's Made a Fool of You
• 9. True Love Ways
• 10. Raining in My Heart
• 11. Everyday
• 12. Wishing
• 13. It's So Easy
• 14. Listen to Me
• 15. It Doesn't Matter Anymore
• 16. Words of Love
• 17. I'm Gonna Love You Too
• 18. Well... All Right
• 19. Bo Diddley
• 20. Blue Suede Shoes
• 21. Shake Rattle & Roll
• 22. What to Do
• 23. Midnight Shift
• 24. Love Is Strange
• 25. Crying, Waiting, Hoping
• 26. Peggy Sue Got Married
• 27. Maybe Baby
• 28. Early in the Morning
• 29. Baby I Don't Care
• 30. Reminiscing
• 31. Valley of Tears
• 32. Learning the Game
• 33. Look at Me
• 34. Fool's Paradise
• 35. Take Your Time
• 36. Not Fade Away
• 37. Blue Monday
• 38. Girl on My Mind
• 39. Love Me
• 40. Baby Won't You Come out Tonight
• 41. Rock-A-Bye Rock
• 42. Send Me Some Lovin'
• 43. Moondreams
• 44. You've Got Love
• 45. Ready Teddy
• 46. You're the One
• 47. You Are My One Desire
• 48. Changing All Those Changes
• 49. That Makes It Tough
• 50. It's Too Late

Credits

• Floyd Cramer: Piano
• Waylon Jennings: Composer, Performer
• Paul Anka: Composer
• Chuck Berry: Composer
• Bobby Darin: Composer
• Buddy Holly: Guitar, Composer, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Roy Orbison: Composer
• George Barnes: Guitar
• King Curtis: Composer, Saxophone
• Al Caiola: Guitar
• Tommy Allsup: Guitar
• Dave Bartholomew: Composer
• Sonny Curtis: Guitar
• Jerry Leiber: Composer
• Woody Harris: Composer
• Grady Martin: Guitar (Rhythm)
• Norman Petty: Organ, Piano, Celeste, Composer, Producer
• Sam "The Man" Taylor: Sax (Tenor)
• Jerry Allison: Percussion, Composer, Drums, Vocals (Background)
• Maurice Bialkin: Cello
• Bo Diddley: Composer
• Owen Bradley: Producer
• Maurice Brown: Cello
• Felice Bryant: Composer
• Boudleaux Bryant: Composer
• Fats Domino: Composer
• Panama Francis: Drums
• Ray Free: Violin
• Ernie Hayes: Piano
• Julius Held: Violin
• Dick Jacobs: Conductor, Producer
• Douglas Kirkham: Drums
• Phil Kraus: Drums
• Leo Kruczek: Violin
• Joe Mauldin: Bass, Composer
• Leonard Posner: Violin
• Sylvia Robinson: Composer
• Ray Rush: ?
• David Schwartz: Viola
• Irving Spice: Violin
• Mike Stoller: Composer
• Niki Sullivan: Guitar, Composer, Vocals (Background)
• Bob Thiele: Producer
• Farris Coursey: Drums, Sax (Tenor)
• Don Guess: Bass, Composer
• Howard Kay: Viola
• Bob Lapham: ?
• Bob Linville: ?
• Vi Petty: Piano
• Bill Pickering: ?
• John Pickering: ?
• Larry Welborn: Bass
• Paul Winter Consort: Violin
• Al Chernet: Guitar
• Bobby Montgomery: Composer
• Gary Tollet: Vocals (Background)
• Charles Hardin: Composer
• Earl Bud Lee: Composer
• Sonny LeGlaire: Composer
• Horace Linsley: Composer
• Bill Tilghman: Composer
• Slim Corbin: Composer, Performer
• Sonny West: Composer
• Merril Ostrus: Vocals (Background)
• George Atwood: Bass
• Donald Armone: Guitar (Rhythm)
• Herbert Bourne: Violin
• Clifford Leman: Drums
• Mickey "Guitar" Baker & His House Rockers: Composer